I have a confession to make: I’ve actually been using Internet Explorer 7 for the last month at work. Though I’m a die-hard Firefox fan, I decided to undertake a little experiment when I switched jobs.
With tabbed browsing and search plugins, IE7 offers some familiar features, and even goes a step further by making it easy to create your own search plugins. Bookmark organization is a bit basic, as is del.icio.us integration, but usable. It’s also missing Greasemonkey, though I use fewer scripts at work than at home. Being that I do develop websites at work, though, the developer tools are a step down from Firebug, particularly when it comes to debugging Javascript.
The verdict: IE 7 is surprisingly tolerable, but still leaves power users hungry for Firefox and it’s rich collection of plugins.
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January 12th, 2008 at 11:09 am
you mean its rich collection of plug-ins…
you’re welcome.
the grammar nazi