Final IE7 Beta Released

Microsoft released its' final beta of the new Internet Explorer browser. Besides layout changes, tab browsing etc., Microsoft says their main focus was on security.

ZDNet News, is reporting

"Security was the No. 1 investment we made in IE 7, in terms of our development resources," Tony Chor, Microsoft's group program manager for the browser, said in an interview.

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"We did not spend a lot of time working on the IE browser for a few years," Chor said. "The increase in security attacks and the threat that our users were under really necessitated a reinvestment in IE...primarily around security."

This is the first revamping of IE since the release of IE6 back in 2001. Although MS claims their main focus was on security (time will tell), Microsoft can't deny the fact that in addition to the constant complaints about security that haunted IE6, the use of alternate browsers such as Firefox and Opera also pushed them into action.

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