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After many years in production, Internet Explorer 7 seem to be nearing release. They’ve given the browser a new look, added real tabs support, an internal RSS reader, and to further achieve parity with Firefox and Opera, they’ve added a search bar to the main interface.

It’s nice to see them adapting to the browser market and adding many of the features people have become used to. I just hope that all the evil CSS bugs that have plagued IE6 have been fixed. I know quite a few rapidly balding web developers who would be very happy if this turns out to be so.

I wonder if Microsoft is timing the release of IE7 to coincide with the imminent release of Firefox 2 in an attempt to steal their thunder.