That’s right. I’m installing IE7 with the intention of removing my dependency on FireFox.
I love FireFox. I’ve gotten used to the browser. Using it just feels right. That said, FF used to lock up on me about once per day. Since installing FireFox 2, the browser locks up at least once every 30 minutes. On the one hand, this is kind of cool as it forces me to take a break every half hour. On the other hand, this is extremely annoying.
What about Opera? I have Opera installed on my machine, mostly for website testing purposes. Opera has tabs, the major feature keeping me from just using IE6. But then there is just something about the Opera interface that bugs me (I should figure out exactly what this is). That, and the compatibility issues Opera has with a few websites would bug me to death.
IE7 has tabs! But I’ve been holding back from upgrading because you can’t run IE6 and IE7 at the same time. So I wouldn’t be able to see my websites on the browser that most people (including clients) are using these days. But! I’ve just gotten my laptop fixed, which still has IE6. And so my laptop has been deemed “the testing machine” for website testing, IE6 goodness. I do use the laptop for more than testing though: when I’m out on the road or want to work from the couch. My backup plan if I can’t keep myself from installing IE7 on the laptop is to setup a Virtual Machine with IE6 on it. Anyway…
A perfect storm has been brewing to get me to switch to IE7. And the installation is done; time to restart. Let’s see how it turns out.