I’m not using Internet Explorer 7 at all but I know some guys who like it so much that they might ditch Firefox for it. The new Internet Explorer 7 has basically the same functionality and expandability as Firefox. You can download add-ons for Internet Explorer 7 to add functions to it. The Windows Marketplace lists more than 550 add-ons for Internet Explorer 7. The major difference that I can see is that Microsoft offers free and commercial add-ons for Internet Explorer 7 while I do not know of a single Firefox add-on that is commercial. (correct me if I’m wrong)
IE7 pro is one of those add-ons that everyone can download for free from its own website or the Windows Marketplace. It adds six new features to Internet Explorer 7, those are: Ad Filter, Super Drag and Drop, Mouse Gestures, Save Page to Image, Quick Switch Proxy and Enhanced Tabbed Browsing Capabilities. Save Page to Image is a very interesting add-on. It makes it possible to save the page as an image and choose from various image formats including jpg and png.
The Ad Filter should be useful for all Internet Explorer 7 users as well and Enhanced Tabbed Browsing Capabilities add eight new functions to it like hiding the search bar, enabling crash recovery and opening new tabs from the address bar.
I never used Mouse Gestures and think that this is a pretty useless feature but some guys seem to like it. Super Drag and Drop is very much like Super Drag and Go, the Firefox add-on. The only difference is that the Internet Explorer 7 add-on can’t save images by dragging them some inches.
Internet Explorer 7 users should take a look at IE7 pro and test it for a while. It is a free add-on and can be uninstalled without problems if you feel that you do not need the functionality.
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Firefox has a lot more extensibility – there really is no comparison.
The name of the Add-Ons site for IE7 shoudl be warning enough to most folks; “Marketplace”
Additionally, IE7 is tightly integrated to the windows shell, and supports ActiveX by default – both of which are a security concern.
It’s nice to review an alternative to Firefox, but I’m afraid IE7 is not one I would recommend – to anyone.
Due to the memory problems that persist for me with Firefox (despite your helpful tips), I am tempted to switch back over if not for the Greasemonkey Scripts/Userstyles I would have to go without.
IE7 is a good start to complete with firefox ,so i think ie7pro will be nice beginning too .
I love this add-on, it has a lot of new great options
After installing IE7 Pro, developed problems of IE7 crashing continually. Problems seems to have gone away after uninstalling IE7 Pro.
Any one else have this problem?
Does the ad blocking feature let you subscribe to a list of known ad URL’s? With adblock plus in Firefox you can subscribe to a list which automatically blocks common adverts. You can add more to the list but I haven’t needed to yet. The only problem I have, as mentioned, with Firefox is the memory usage. I use iTunes (on Windows) which is also resource heavy, and the two run together they do a great job of nearly crashing my computer.