The Internet Explorer 7 browser ships by default with Windows Vista, and although Microsoft is also delivering stand-alone versions via installers designed for Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, the browser’s integration with Vista is touted among the apexes of security measures from all the mitigations Microsoft built into the platform. Still, when IE7 hit the market in October 2006 for XP, and later in January 2007 with Vista, it did deliver some compatibility issues. And even one month short of its one year anniversary on XP, and after Vista’s first seven months on the market, IE7 doesn’t play well with others. But in this context, Internet Explorer is not entirely to blame. Sometimes, the fault lies with web developers, failing to optimize their websites for Microsoft’s browser. (more…)

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