Internet Explorer back in runnings with new release and more add-on features

by Elizabeth Watts

Internet Explorer 7 was released this week with more features that mirror Mozilla Firefox. The popularity of Internet Explorer has declined in recent years, because of other web browsers such as Firefox and Opera. The newly released Internet Explorer 7 has tabbed browsing and a cleaner look and style.

Internet Explorer 7 has a more streamlined interface that has a larger viewing area for webpages. Without the huge buttons for back and forward, less space is taken up by needless tool bars. The new Internet Explorer is similar to Safari in style.

Another new feature is tabbed browsing. When Firefox released their web browser, users could jump between pages with tabs instead of opening multiple windows. Another feature is that users can save multiple tabs into one big tab and save it as a favorite. Users can open tabs that they use everyday with one click.

Printing has always been a problem with Internet Explorer. In the past, many times users wanted to print out a web page, but it never fit in one page. Sometimes a webpage that would be 3 pages normally printed 9 or 10 pages. With the new release, Internet Explorer 7 automatically shrinks the page so the content fits on page. The new print option also allows users to customize margins and remove headers and footers before printing.

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