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Today Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7. When I got home from work today I installed it on my wife's laptop. Any minute I should see what the WAF is.
I noticed my 12 year old son was using it while doing some homework and I asked him what he thought, the conversation went something like this:
Me: What do you think about Internet Explorer 7?
Jake: The thingy with the gold ring?
Me: Yeah, the Web browser you are using right now (peering over the top of the laptop and noticing a Web page with pictures of Lysosomes)
Jake: Looks the same to me, I didn't notice.
Me: You don't see ANYTHING different?
Jake: I guess up here is kinda weird (as he points to the Yahoo toolbar at the top of the Web browser...which doesn't look any different than it did in IE6).
Me: Hmm...
I think his experience is a good thing? If you think about it, a twelve year old doesn't care about security, phishing, integrated search, and all the other new, key features of IE7. The fact that he opened IE7 up (with the new desktop icon), did a search on Google for Lysosomes, and printed a picture out for his storyboard/report tells me that Microsoft did a great job with revamping their browser but not confusing their customers.
Kudos to Microsoft.
Download IE7 here.
Don't download it here (IE7.com ...haha) |
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