IE7 Beta 2 vs. Firefox 1.5

IE7 Beta 2 is now available for download and many of our readers have perhaps wondered how Microsoft’s new browser stands up to the popular Firefox 1.5. At Linux Pipeline they’ve chosen to compare the two and the judgments for IE7 are truly positive, which in turn is a bit of a drag for Mozilla. The reason Mozilla has been able to grab so many marketshares from Microsoft is simply because it offers a better and more complete browser. By the looks of it IE7 Beta 2 seems to have caught up with Firefox when it comes to pretty much everything. It may not look like much in the end, but don’t forget the extreme influence that Microsoft has over the software market, and that alone should be more than enough to suffocate Firefox.

:: Read on at Linux Pipeline