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Nueva Version de Internet Explorer: IE7
Associated PresAssociated Press 07:35 AM Oct, 19, 2006
REDMOND, Washington -- Microsoft is giving its web browser software its first major upgrade in years, amid signs that Internet Explorer's market share is eroding.
The release late Wednesday brings Microsoft's browser more in line with competing products such as Opera Software ASA's Opera and Mozilla's Firefox. Internet Explorer 7, or IE7, adds features such as tabbed browsing, which lets people open several web pages without cluttering their desktop with multiple open browser windows.
Microsoft has been heavily testing the new browser, releasing five beta versions over 14 months, and has periodically offered security updates for IE6, first released in 2001
.Still, a lag of more than five years between official releases has cost the company. Web analysis company WebSideStory estimates that Internet Explorer's U.S. market share is about 86 percent, while Firefox commands about 11 percent of the market and smaller offerings account for the rest. Two years ago, IE had about a 93 percent share.
Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft's general manager for Internet Explorer, acknowledged the company could have done more sooner, but he said the new version should address users' concerns.
"We did have active development," he said. "The question is whether it was enough."
Matt Rosoff, analyst with independent researchers Directions on Microsoft, said Internet Explorer is important to Microsoft's business because most people believe an operating system should include a way to immediately access the web.
Still, he said, Microsoft may not have seen much reason to spend a lot of money upgrading sooner since most people continued to use the older version. Rosoff said the new product includes enough improvements to lure back some users.
But Colin Teubner, an analyst with Forrester Research, said people already using Firefox and rival products might not immediately come back. That's partly because those users have soured on Microsoft, he said, and partly because IE7 doesn't break much new ground.
"A year ago Firefox was head and shoulders above Microsoft's current offering, and I think even with IE7 it's mostly playing catch up," Teubner said. But he does recommend that IE6 users upgrade, and he believes Microsoft may surpass competitors with future improvements.
Besides tabbed browsing, Microsoft has improved security to help keep users from falling victim to things like malicious software attacks and phishing scams. Microsoft products are a near-constant target of internet attackers, and some people have recommended switching browsers because a less high-profile product might be more secure.
The Redmond software maker also has added a box in the browser that lets people search the internet without going to a separate web page, much like competitors.
In a last-minute change, people who are upgrading from the previous version of the browser will now have a clearer way to choose whether they want to use Microsoft's search engine or a competing one from companies like Google or Yahoo. The change announced Friday was one of several aimed at soothing antitrust worries in Europe, where Microsoft faces a longrunning regulatory battle.
IE7 will be available as a free download beginning Wednesday evening. Next month, the company also will begin delivering it to Windows XP users who have signed up to automatically receive security fixes. Hachamovitch said that's because the product makes major security improvements.
Such distribution also will provide a powerful tool in countering competition from rival browsers.
Security updates typically download with little or no user intervention, but with IE7 people will get an extra opportunity to elect not to upgrade. Also, even people using automatic updates will have to agree to let Microsoft check whether their copy of Windows is pirated before they can get IE7.
Microsoft expects that it will take months to gradually release IE7 automatically. The browser also will be an integral part of Microsoft's new operating system, Windows Vista, due out for big businesses in November and for consumers in January.
Fuente: www.wired.com
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| Anonymous | comprobado | 2 | Feb 7 2007, 3:51 AM EST by istar | ||
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Thread started: Jan 29 2007, 6:36 AM EST
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le descargue a mi padre el ie 7 la semana pasada y... cinco años de desarrollo xa eso??? mu triste
Lo unico q s + rapido q el firefox (o al menos que el firefox que tiene el en el ordenador), pero la barra de buscador va con msn search (q raaaancio, aunq igual se puede cambiar no se), los botones son más pequeños los favoritos estan medio escondidos y a mi al menos su sistema de navegación por pestañas no me convence nada. Bueno, aqui os dejo mi humilde opinión, gg :P |
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| d0ser | Nueva Version de Internet Explorer: IE7 | 1 | Nov 1 2006, 9:51 AM EST by orma | ||
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Thread started: Oct 22 2006, 6:42 AM EDT
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Nueva version de IE y primera vulnearabilidad descubierta...xD
http://www.genbeta.com/2006/10/20-internet-explorer-7-descubierta-la-primera-vulnerabilidad |
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| MerGM | Comentario | 0 | Oct 20 2006, 1:21 PM EDT by MerGM | ||
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Thread started: Oct 20 2006, 1:21 PM EDT
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Supongo que para los usuarios del Explorer os resultara interesante.
Aunque solo lo nombre, los que le echeis un ojo a esto descubrireis que hay otro navegador de Opera, que la verdad no es muy conocido. Siento que este en ingles!! Os recomiento la pagina de donde he sacado esto, hay articulos muy interesantes. |
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