I'm Impressed

As a web developer I constantly have to struggle with different browsers, IE and FireFox for the most part. But since they both have released new versions I have to say that i'm impressed by what both teams have done.

Internet Explorer 7 was not what i was expecting from Microsoft. They have released a very striped down user experience in a browser that loads quickly. Kudos to the IE7 team, i know that theres still all sorts of discussion about CSS and compatibility, but honestly getting both browsers to behave the same way is a pipe dream. (I'm ready to eat crow should the day arise where this is attained).

FireFox 2 just plain blows my doors off! When I installed it checked which extensions (now called add-ons) could be updated. Then updated them. But the 2 features that really make me giddy are :

Undo Close Tab - I don't know how many times i've closed a tab by accident.
Show Windows and Tabs from Last time - Simply put its like hibernating your browser. Closing your browser saves all the tabs you have open, so that when you open it again they load right back up. But it even saves your history, and contents of edit boxes.

As a web developer I always have 2 applications running at all times. My IDE (Eclipse) and my Web browser. Both IE7 and Fx2 are great products worthy of the upgrades. If things keep up this way I cant wait to see what IE8 and Fx3 have in store for me!