[martin_fierro]

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.

Don't worry, Dean. I won't.

[andyk]

tabbed browsing

Can I assume this means web pages within a tab control within one browser window, as opposed to having multiple browser windows open?

[Terpfen]

The IEBlog also confirmed some CSS rendering changes (bugfixes mainly, no new tag support or the removal of IE-only tags) and transparent PNG support.

Honestly, this sounds like a token update. Unless IE7 will pass the Acid2 test, it really won't have anything over Firefox.

[savedbygrace]

"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?"

"We at Microsoft have built our business on the principle that our customer are doorpost stupid. Have a nice day."

[Brett66]

Will it give more control over downloadable applets, i.e. spyware? Will it integrate pop-up blockers into it or do you need third-party software to do that?

[keat]

Looking forward to tabbed browsing in IE ... with one tab.

[Paleo Conservative]

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[djf]

IE keeps track of every page you ever visited. Even after you flush the cache. I imagine it tells the folks in Redmond once in a while. You have to come up in dos mode to purge the indexes.

Firefox does not.

[evolved_rage]

IE product unit manager Dean Hachamovitch

Hatch-ham-of-bitch...As product unit manager, he's giving birth to a pig!!!

[blues_guitarist]

"IE 7 to take a cue from Firefox . . ."

Ha ha! Good luck!

[blueberry12]

I'd rather stick to IE6. That's good enough.

With each new version, Microsoft includes some more problems.

[Bommer]

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. i>

wow. cutting edge. this is why microcrap is on the bleeding edge of technology. it adopts standards already profected by others and makes them $hittier

[Astronaut]

Wow. Tabbed browsing. What an innovation. If this was still the year 2000.

[Ticonderoga34]

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".

[JoJo Gunn]

ping