Internet Explorer 7 was released on October 18, 2006. It includes bug fixes, enhancements to its support for web standards, tabbed browsing with tab preview and management, a multiple-engine search box, a web feeds reader, Internationalized Domain Name support (IDN), Extended Validation Certificate support, and an anti-phishing filter.
With IE7, Internet Explorer has been decoupled from the Windows Shell—unlike previous versions, the Internet Explorer ActiveX control is not hosted in the Windows Explorer process, but rather runs in a separate Internet Explorer process.
It is included with Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and is available for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later, and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and later.
The original release of Internet Explorer 7 required the computer to pass a Windows Genuine Advantage validation check prior to installing, but on October 5, 2007, Microsoft removed this requirement.
As some statistics show, by mid-2008, Internet Explorer 7 market share exceeded that of Internet Explorer 6 in a number of regions.
Windows Internet Explorer 7 (abbreviated as IE7) is a web browser released by Microsoft in October 2006.
Windows Internet Explorer 7 (abbreviated as IE7) is a web browser released by Microsoft in October 2006.
Internet Explorer 7 is part of a long line of versions of Internet Explorer and was the first major update to the browser in more than 5 years.
It ships as the default browser in Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 and is offered as a replacement for Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003.
Starting from this version, the new Internet Explorer versions do not work with Windows NT 4.0, Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000 and Windows Me. As of January 2011, estimates of IE7's global market share were 9-11%.
Some portions of the underlying architecture, including the rendering engine and security framework, have been improved.
Some portions of the underlying architecture, including the rendering engine and security framework, have been improved.
New features include tabbed browsing, page zooming, an integrated search box, a feed reader, better internationalization, and improved support for web standards, although it does not pass the Acid2 or Acid3 tests. Security enhancements include a phishing filter, stronger encryption on Windows Vista (256-bit from 128-bit in XP), and a "Delete browsing history" button to easily clear private data.
IE7 was superseded by Internet Explorer 8 in March 2009.
IE7 was superseded by Internet Explorer 8 in March 2009.
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