The reviews on IE7 indicate that it is a somewhat improved browser. It has lots of new (to Microsoft) ways of displaying things, most of which strongly resemble what other "more modern" browsers have been doing for some time.

There are, according to reports, some security enhancements. The new features might allow some who've wandered off to other browsers to have some of the gimmicks features in a Microsoft supported browser.

The thing that puts me off it is the admission by Microsoft that it's being released in advance of Vista, the coming(?) new operating system, in order to "get people used to" the new look of Vista. I'm a bit underwhelmed by the reports of what Vista will do in the way of its "new looks" . . . and don't expect to go with it at any time soon, so why would I want to train for it now?

IE7 was kicked off to be the browser for Vista, but after several years of schedule slips on Vista, it apparently came _(forth) prematurely. IE7 reportedly plays well with WinXP, but may be snobbish about showing it's abilities to obsolete Windows versions.

It looks good. It just that the features the reviewers seem most impressed with don't get me particularly excited.

John