Microsoft Corp. today released Windows Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP, the latest version of its Web browser. The new browser provides a greater level of security.

In response to the increase in and changing nature of online security threats, Internet Explorer 7 provides advanced safeguards that help protect against malicious software and phishing attacks. In the new browser version, Microsoft has helped reduce the exposure to these attacks by fortifying the browser itself and providing better information to users to assist them in making better and safer decisions online.

Internet Explorer 7 delivers a new look and enhanced capabilities that make everyday tasks such as searching, browsing multiple sites and printing simpler. Microsoft is introducing users of Internet Explorer to tabbed browsing. With tabs, users are able to view multiple sites in a single browser window and easily switch from one site to another. In Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft extends tab functionality with a new feature called Quick Tabs, which provides an at a glance snapshot of all open tabs on a single screen, enabling easier and faster site selection and navigation.

Internet Explorer 7 was also designed with developers and IT managers in mind. Microsoft engineered Internet Explorer 7 for compatibility with existing Web sites by adhering to some of the most important standards for Web site development. Internet Explorer 7 also features improved manageability for enterprises through the enhanced support of Active Directory Group Policy, which enables IT managers to easily deploy and centrally manage the browser on each of the desktops in their network.

The browser is now available in English and runs on Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows XP 64-bit Edition and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1. Internet Explorer 7 will be made available in other Windows-supported languages over the coming weeks.

[The new IE has a very good feel to it and seems to have caught up with Firefox (that said, I haven't downloaded the new Firefox 2 yet). I love the Quick Tabs window, having often up to 50 or 60 tabs running in Firefox. Among the new security features is an anti-phishing filter. First impression very positive. --Ed].

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