Microsoft’s next version of Internet Explorer will tackle many of the criticisms levelled at the current version, especially over security, says the head of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer division. Internet Explorer 7 is currently out in its second beta version, with the final version due for release in the second half of this year. It’s the first significant update of the browser since version 6 was released in 2001.

Microsoft’s group program manager for Internet Explorer, Tony Chor, detailed the browser’s new features during the Webstock web design conference in Wellington last week. Most importantly, Mr Chor says the new version improves the browser’s security, one of the main complaints with version 6. In Vista, the browser will run in “protected mode”, writing only to a temporary cache. Mr Chor says this will stop attacks that use the browsers’ default administrator privileges to install spyware.

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