But, he added, IE7 was better at respecting standards and IE8 is expected to go further.

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Nitot says he does not feel threatened by the launch of IE7.

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Ion allows enterprises to keep their IE6 or IE7 applications, while upgrading the rest of their systems to the latest operating system and browser.

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The improved standards compliance means that anyone using it might find that pages tailored to work with the quirks of IE7 will now seem broken.

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Weeks says that for the sake of familiarity, IE7 will look the same, but new features include tab browsing, anti-phishing measures, increased security and improved printing capabilities.

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Because neither IE6 or IE7 are supported by Windows 7, a lot of enterprises are still running their computers on Windows XP, old versions of Java, and IE6 or IE7.

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Microsoft, which took the lead in the Web browser market in the late 1990s, crushing would-be rival Netscape, is due to launch Internet Explorer version 7 (IE7) in the next year, and it promises a much-improved product.

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Browsium, on the other hand, is a client-side solution that allows IT departments to configure IE8 or IE9 to work normally for most applications, but it can apply custom settings for internal webapps that were designed for IE6 or IE7.

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