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Okay, so I downloaded and installed IE7. Installation was easy, not a big deal, the only error being that when the browser started up for the first time, it wouldn't load the page from microsoft because their server was too busy. Nice. The initial load also revealed that some of the toolbar items were missing (for some reason it didn't think I needed a home or stop button). A couple of clicks cleared that up. The google toolbar that was installed remained installed without issue. Settings seemed to be retained (I have IE prompt for every active-x control, just to be safe).
The browser itself loads quickly, and your home page will load very quickly. When compared to my current firefox install, IE is rather zippy, actually. The look is "Vista". with the new colors, the new font, and the new look rounded edges and all that crap. As some would say, the new look is Mac-ish. The new font is nice and clear, easy to read, and the pages seemed to render pretty quickly for me.
I have no issues that I have found so far, but being use the firefox I will likely stay with it unless I find issues. I am going to be doing some testing on CSS later on tonight and tomorrow, and I will check back in if I see anything wild.
Alex
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