Beta battle: IE vs. Firefox vs. Opera
Not since the early days of the Netscape vs. Microsoft Internet Explorer browser wars has the development behind Internet browsers been so energized, with developers rushing out new features every few weeks. Forget what's available today, let's look ahead and see what the next versions of Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera have in store. One caveat: since all these browsers are still in beta, not all Web sites may display properly, not all ad-ons or extensions may work within the new builds, and the apps themselves may unexpectedly crash or freeze.
Built-in tabs
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Saved tabs
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No
Yes
Tab mini preview
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No
Yes
Side panel
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Search history
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Integrated RSS
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Widgets
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No
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BitTorrent
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No
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Antiphishing
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No
No
Page zoom
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No
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Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera should all have their final releases in the latter half of 2006.
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