Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 1st Nov 2006 14:55 UTC, submitted by bouh
"How do the latest versions of each browser compare? For this prizefight, we looked at Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's first new Internet browser since 2001 and Mozilla Firefox 2, Mozilla's update of its popular Firefox 1.5 browser released in November 2005." This will be the last Firefox 2 vs. IE7 article. I promise.
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RE[6]: IE7 is NOT integrated into the shell
by NotParker on Thu 2nd Nov 2006 05:17
in reply to "RE[5]: IE7 is NOT integrated into the shell"
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For example, the "My Computer" file manager has a "thumbnail" view and a "filmstrip" view ... AFAIK a component of IE is used to render the images for these views.
A compnent of the OS is used by IE and Explorer.
It is absolutely certain that the "My Computer" file manager does not use the firefox geko engine to render those thumbnails!
It is equally certain that Firefox makes OS system calls to work.
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2005-11-11
//I'm not sure what your point is. If Firefox is on your PC, it just as "coupled" to the OS as IE7 is.//
AFAIK this is not correct. Parts of IE are used throughout Windows to render some elements.
For example, the "My Computer" file manager has a "thumbnail" view and a "filmstrip" view ... AFAIK a component of IE is used to render the images for these views.
It is absolutely certain that the "My Computer" file manager does not use the firefox geko engine to render those thumbnails!