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Does exactly what it says on the tin. Internet Explorer (IE) comes bundled with Windows, which comes bundled with most computers so most people use it without considering or even being aware of the existence of alternatives, although internet explorer has recently found a little competition with firefox.

Most people think that Internet Explorer is the best web browser, but it has many bugs and breaks many of the accepted standards for displaying web pages. Due to IE’s “domination” of the market this leads to many web pages being developed with hacks and fixes for IE in an attempt of the web designers to have their pages displayed properly, also rendering the pages usually ugly and at the most completely broken in alternative browsers and even other versions of IE such as IE for macs.

That said, IE7 comes bundled with quite a few bells and whistles and some of the bugs/blatent disregard for accepted web standards have been fixed. While I’ve listed it under Free Programs, IE7 is only available to people who have purchased a Genuine Windows licence and the validity of your windows licence has to be verified before IE7 can be installed on your machine. This invasion of privacy and abundance of individuals/criminals running illegal installations of Windows will undoubtedly push more people towards Firefox and other web browsers, which can only be a good thing in that it will force web designers to consider the other browsers.

rating: ***
usefulness: 10
ease of use: 10
minimum user level: novice
download: Internet Explorer (160 downloads)

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