IE 7

Last night I received the usual windows update icon. I have a quick click to see what security hole they were fixing this time. To my shock and disappointment it was sending me IE7!!?!

At 15mb this isn't any usual, security fix. IE7 has been completely rewritten to try to support as many of the new standards emerging as possible. The problem with this is it breaks so many existing sites, corporate Intranets, e-commerce applications. For any corporation or even individual to move to this browser is a bold move. This is what makes shipping it as a critical update such a shock!

At the end of the day, we don't really have that much choice but I think I'll put this update off for a couple of weeks.