IE7
Thursday 19th October, 2006 11:13 Comments: 3
Robert - Thursday 19th October, 2006 16:47 I just read a BBC News article that said:
"One controversial new feature is the addition of a box that lets people search the net directly from the browser rather than through a dedicated webpage. This defaults to Microsoft's own search engine, but in a last minute change the software company is letting users choose which search site this feature should call upon."
I'm shocked, normally the BBC are better than this. Microsoft have been letting people choose the search provider for ages (I can't remember if Beta 1 definitely let you, but I'm fairly certain all the subsequent builds have), and have made it very easy to add their major rivals, like Google:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-en/default.mspx
And you can even use that page to (try and) add your own (which you couldn't easily do before).
"One controversial new feature is the addition of a box that lets people search the net directly from the browser rather than through a dedicated webpage. This defaults to Microsoft's own search engine, but in a last minute change the software company is letting users choose which search site this feature should call upon."
I'm shocked, normally the BBC are better than this. Microsoft have been letting people choose the search provider for ages (I can't remember if Beta 1 definitely let you, but I'm fairly certain all the subsequent builds have), and have made it very easy to add their major rivals, like Google:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/searchguide/en-en/default.mspx
And you can even use that page to (try and) add your own (which you couldn't easily do before).
It seems the first IE7 vulnerability isn't actually a problem with IE, it's Outlook Express - which is why the vulnerability does not affect IE7 on Windows Vista. Anyway, it seems researchers are busy spliting hairs: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/20/ie7_flaw_dispute/
When what they should really be doing is making sure that their "new 0-days" are not simply old vulnerabilities, some of which have been patched months ago. The current Outlook Express problem appears to be difficult to use to attack anyone, and still applies to IE6, so you might as well install IE7 and ignore the current squabbling.
When what they should really be doing is making sure that their "new 0-days" are not simply old vulnerabilities, some of which have been patched months ago. The current Outlook Express problem appears to be difficult to use to attack anyone, and still applies to IE6, so you might as well install IE7 and ignore the current squabbling.
For people interested in reading about Search Providers in IE7: http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/23/windows-search-guide-in-ie7.aspx