Preston Gralla

Common wisdom holds that it takes Microsoft three versions to perfect a product. That's not quite the case with Internet Explorer -- it's taken Redmond all the way until version 7 to get it right. But now that IE7 is here, there's little reason to use any other browser.

I know that lauding anything from Microsoft is a bit like taking the side of the Empire in the Star Wars saga. After all, in the computing world, everyone hates a winner. So everyone hates Microsoft.

But that's no reason to hate its newly released browser. In fact, if you put your prejudices aside for a moment, you'll discover something really quite remarkable: Microsoft has released the greatest browser there is. Tabbed browsing, superb RSS handling, and dramatically improved security all make IE the best browser on the market.

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