2-9-06 UPDATED:

Tim Challies points us to the new IE 7.0 in beta version – with tabbed browsing (of which I am very addicted). I downloaded it this morning and will be trying it out through the day. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Well, actually, I encountered my first frustration with it. I went to post this blog about IE 7 througth my freshly installed IE browser – yet – when I type in the posting window, the text is white – I CAN’T SEE IT. So, I fired up my trusty Firefox and all is well. Thus – I’m posting about IE 7 from my Firefox browser. Is this a glimpse of frustrations to come?

UPDATE (THURSDAY 12:19 p.m.):

So far:
Positive:

• Colors and graphics are clearer than Firefox
• So far it works with my Fingerprint Reader (Christmas gift – Firefox doesn’t work) – THIS IS BECOMING A REAL POSITIVE FEATURE
• It starts up faster than Firefox (not a huge issue)
• The QuickTab feater is excellent: I can view all open tabs in Thumbnail size and go to any of them quickly.
• It has its own feedreader capability. It checks a page for an RSS or Atom feed. You can then subscribe to it and it will automatically check for updates to the feed. I’m playing with this one.

Equal:

• Tabbed browsing
• Include certain folders on the links toolbar

Negative:

• Loads pages slower than firefox
• Firefox is easier to use in organizing links
• Still have some problems posting with Blogger
• Does not have near the toolbar or add-ons available as Firefox (i.e., no blogger toolbar that I’ve seen)
• The right click options are not as extensive as Firefox (i.e., In Firefox I can right click on an item in my favorites drop down list and choose to open it in another tab).
• Firefox has more search engine options to choose from for the Search Engine Tool Bar