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IE 7 to take a cue from Firefox
Cnet News ^ | 05/17/2005 | Renai LeMay

Posted on 05/17/2005 4:32:51 PM PDT by Panerai

Microsoft has confirmed that its upcoming version of Internet Explorer will include tabbed browsing, a feature made popular by competitors Opera Software and Firefox.

In a Microsoft blog, IE product unit manager Dean Hachamovitch told consumers not to expect too much from tabbed browsing in IE's beta offering.

"The tabbed browsing experience in the upcoming IE 7 beta is pretty basic," he said. "The main goal for tabs in our beta release is to make sure our implementation delivers on compatibility and security. The variety of IE configurations and add-ins across the Internet is tremendous."

Hachamovitch said his team would seek feedback to help iron out bugs in the feature. "We've also looked closely at reported vulnerabilities in other implementations of tabbed browsing," he said.

The IE executive also explained the motivation behind keeping the feature--which has been available for some years in competing products--out of IE until now.

"Some people have asked why we didn't put tabs in IE sooner," he said. "Initially, we had some concerns around complexity and consistency--will it confuse users more than it benefits them? Is it confusing if IE has tabs, but other core parts of the Windows experience, like Windows Media Player or the shell, don't have tabs?"

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: ancient; firefox; following; internetexplorer; lowtech; microshaft; microsoft; notaleader; notech; oldtech; playingcatchup; slow
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To: Panerai
My guess is that in IE7 if you open too many tabs it crashes the browser or locks up the computer.

I have no evidence to support that opinion, just a hunch based on previous experience with M$ "products".
21 posted on 05/17/2005 4:50:44 PM PDT by Ticonderoga34
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To: andyk

you can, that's exactly what it is.


22 posted on 05/17/2005 5:18:25 PM PDT by Asphalt (Join the NFL ping list ... All thing football ... FReepmail Asphalt to get on or off)
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To: djf

Are you talking about the index.dat file?


23 posted on 05/17/2005 7:12:31 PM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: Terpfen

Yup.


24 posted on 05/17/2005 8:32:49 PM PDT by djf (Sheep logic, or why sheep aren't mathematicians: I'll give up my freedom to preserve freedom)
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To: djf
http://www.imilly.com/winclean.htm

Problem solved.
25 posted on 05/17/2005 8:42:18 PM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: ShadowAce; backhoe; Ernest_at_the_Beach

ping


26 posted on 05/17/2005 11:05:11 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the Leftist population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: Terpfen; djf
Are you talking about the index.dat file?

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27 posted on 05/18/2005 12:10:36 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: backhoe

Yes, I know all about CCleaner. However, the Winclean file I linked to is a simpler, more direct version that does the same thing.


28 posted on 05/18/2005 12:13:19 AM PDT by Terpfen (New Democrat Party motto: les enfant terribles)
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To: FreedomPoster

Didn't know that, thanks.


29 posted on 05/18/2005 12:34:37 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (This tagline no longer operative....floated away in the flood of 2005 ,)
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To: Terpfen
Yes, I know all about CCleaner. However, the Winclean file I linked to is a simpler, more direct version that does the same thing.

I'll take a look- thanks.

30 posted on 05/18/2005 12:42:35 AM PDT by backhoe (-30-)
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To: backhoe; Terpfen

In fact I use IE very irregularly, firebird(fox) still has a few problems with Java JRE.


31 posted on 05/18/2005 2:19:04 AM PDT by djf (Sheep logic, or why sheep aren't mathematicians: I'll give up my freedom to preserve freedom)
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