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KNOW your Internet Explorer 7 ! A Power Review By an End-User. |
Reviewed By : Ravi. |
| IE7 is now legally available as a download from Microsoft, without WGA Validation from here. I personally feel that this new version just rocks ! |
| I have reviewed its features here: |
1) It has built-in Phishing Filter to protect user from known phishing web sites.
Thus protect our online business. IE7 is the browser with native support for Extended Validation SSL Certificates that help prevent online fraud. We receive a warning in red color whenever a user try to surf illegal/fake website.Here is how to turn on the Phishing Filter. |
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The other security features of IE7 are:
Security Status bar, with color to alert user. read more about this from here.
Cross-domain barriers, prevent the script on webpages from interacting with content from other domains or windows.
Delete browsing history by single click Clean up cached pages, passwords, form data, cookies, and history, all from a single window.
Address bar protection: Every window, whether it's a pop-up or standard window, will show you an address bar, helping to block malicious sites from emulating trusted sites.
Alert user when setting is unsafe:To help protect you from browsing with unsafe settings, Internet Explorer 7 warns you with an Information Bar when current security settings may put you at risk. |
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2)Delete all temporary internet files,when browser is closed.
You can set IE7 to clear all temporary internet files, once it is is closed. Here is how you can enable this:
Tools > Internet Options > Advanced |
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| Check the box "Empty temporary internet files folder when browser is closed" > Apply > OK. |
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3) It supports tabbed browsing feature and an inbuilt search option.
Nothing special here, as all browsers have it now. |
4) You can see thumbnail images of all website opened in tabs.
I have opened 10 websites in a single window, using the tab feature. |
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| Now with a single click you can see all the 10 websites image in thumbnail. Click on thumbnail button as shown below. |
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| This is the thumbnail preview of all the 10 websites. |
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Right click on each image to manage the website.
5) Easy User Interface.
Personally, I think IE7 is the most user friendly. Easy to get started, use and manage. But some user may have different opinion.
6) We can open all the website saved in a folder in our favorite by single click.
Expand favorite by clicking the favorite button > select any folder in favorites > right click > open in Tab group. |
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7) Protection from Hacked Websites.
Some people, even I, think that the best anti virus in world is common sense. If we visit only safe sites, than we are safe from online virus, spyware, keyloggers. But Unfortunately, many websites are hacked and hackers add hostile code to the website that attempts to infect visitors' computer. Vulnerable computers may end up with adware, viruses, or keyloggers. that steal a victim's user names and passwords. Or, the computer may silently sends e‑mail spam without our knowledge.
But IE7 is clever enough to protect us from these hostile codes. So, even if we visit any hacked website, we are safe. There is very small chance that we will be get infected.We must update IE7, so that chance of getting infected is negligible. |
| 8 ) Keyboard shortcuts:
IE7 keyboard shortcuts, make our browsing more easy. You can find many IE7 keyboard shortcuts HERE. |
| 9) Quick page Zoom.
IE7 has page zoom feature. Enlarge webpages, including both text and graphics, to either focus on specific content or to make content more accessible to those with vision limitations. And this can be done by single click. IE7 has quick Zoom option at right bottom of browser. |
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10) IE7 unique feature in Windows Vista:
a) Protected Mode. Internet Explorer 7 in Windows Vista runs in isolation from other applications in the operating system. It restricts exploits and malicious software from writing to any location beyond Temporary Internet Files without explicit user consent.
b) Parental Controls. To help keep kids safer online, parents can control browsing behavior through the parental control settings built into Windows Vista. The child's safety level can be monitored and changed remotely. The safety level carries over to many PC activities, such as playing games or browsing the Internet. A child's browsing session can even be examined by a parent afterwards, and cannot be removed without the parent's permission. |
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| Some IE Add-ons: |
| IE 7 Pro has already been reviewed here. There are some more, which can enhance the user experience of IE7. |
1) Save Flash Files:
Sothink SWF Catcher
Sothink SWF Catcher for IE is a free and useful extension to Internet Explorer that enables you to save multiple Flash based charts, presentations, e-cards, games and Flash movies in it at one time. The small size allows it embedding in IE by just adding a new button. With only few clicks you can store your favorite Flashes easily.
a) Download
b) Install
c) Right click on TAB/customize bar > Add or Remove Commands |
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| Add Sothink SWF Catcher. |
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| Now you can see Sothink SWF Catcher icon in Toolbar, as shown below. |
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| Now, whenever you visit any webpage containing any flash, just click on Sothink SWF Catcher icon in Toolbar. It will automatically search all flash files.,and promote you for download.
Download. |
2) Offline browser:
Webaroo
Webaroo gives you the power to store, browse and search web content. Enables you to search web content offline on your Windows laptop/desktop and others. With Webaroo you can: store your web content (web packs and web sites), search or browse the content that you've stored offline.It offers download of over 100 web packs, like Wikipedia, News, Sports, Celebrities. You can also download your browser bookmarks, favorites or almost any website to access on the go. Needs .NET 2.0.
a) Download
b) Install
c) After installation ,you will find Webaroo icon in taskbar. |
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d) Right click on the TAB/Customize bar > Add or remove commands > Add Webaroo
e) Open any webpage and click on Webaroo icon. |
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| You will get many options to save the webpage. |
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| There are some Advanced Options too. |
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IE7 gives more webpage view area than Mozilla and Opera.
I have removed all tools bar from IE, Mozilla and opera.Now see below images. |
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Now see, the height occupied by the three browsers.
IE7 > 96 pixels
Mozilla > 115 pixels
Opera > 112 pixels
Thus IE occupies least height, and so give more webpage view area. Although I have removed menu bar from IE, because there is no need of menu bar. I don't miss IE menu bar. And 90% user don't use menu bar. |
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| GX-Saurav, MVP, adds: |
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| Adbrick is another light weight and a fast ad-blocker ! Much Like Ad-Muncher. |
AdBrick is a lightweight and fast ad-blocker for Internet Explorer. Unlike others, it does not rely on proxies or simply hide ads after they're downloaded. It prevents ads from being downloaded at all based on their URL. The interface is much like Adblock for Firefox and is extremely easy to use.
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| "The way Internet Explorer is going, I guess with IE 8 Firefox's days on Windows will soon be over. IE 8 will use a completely new rendering engine which can be seen in Expression web from Microsoft if u want, the software is faster then Firefox
on Windows Vista, it uses DWM & WPF for rendering things on Vista & what not....& with cool add ons like this ....I guess its time to remove Firefox." Check out IE 7 Pro Review! |
The problem here is unawareness. People say IE 7 lacks this feature, that feature compared to Firefox, while they forget to see what IE 7 provides. Does Firefox provides QuickView? Or does Firefox provides direct uploading of Files to Facebook or Skydrive using ActiveX controls? Yo might say ActiveX is bad, I say its good if used properly. JAVA based Image uploading fails here in Firefox in Facebook but ActiveX control based Image uploading of IE 7 works fine here |
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You can download various other IE 7 add ons from Windows Market Place. I advice you to check Windows Market place frequently for things you need.
The only thing I dislike in IE 7 is the big right click context menu. In Firefox, I have removed most of the things I don't need but I cannot remove them from IE 7.
Or maybe I just don't want to remove them using the Registry. |
Right now the only thing I want in IE is the new HTML Engine, this will arrive with IE 8 which is 100% standard compliant.
Other then this I need some tool or utility to edit the IE Context menu. That's all!
Even with Opera I would prefer a 3rd party download manager because, if I accidentally close the browser I still need to file to continue to download. Same goes with a dedicated mail client like Outlook 2007 or WLMD
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'Reset Internet Explorer Settings' or RIES feature of IE7.
INTERNET EXPLORER 7 IN VISTA - TWEAKS & TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS. |
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