Internet Explorer 7 vs. everyone else

I can't really agree with the comment posted above for the simple reason that the article seems to be basically flawed. Consider, for example, this line from the review "Three out of the four reviewed browsers — IE7, Maxthon, and Opera — let you create groups of tabbed pages that can be opened simultaneously." As any user of Firefox knows (for a long time), Firefox can also do this (without an extension, btw) and has done for several versions.

Secondly, near the beginning of the article, they write: "it is time to explore exactly why IE is still top dog". So, the comment above ("There's no 'this one is best' conclusion...") is also incorrect.

And finally, in the article, they use phrases like "for those who wanted to avoid any entanglement with Microsoft" in explaining why other browsers have gained popularity. However, would it not be more accurate to say "for those who grew tired of the security flaws and delayed delivery of patches from Microsoft"?

mike: the title gave it away, there is no contest here; we all know what the best browser is.

Just my personal opinion, patches are made for the security holes, security holes in a well polished operating system is unacceptable, since software itself is being charged over $200 in the US, Microsoft is selling crippled/flawed software to the consumers. Sure there are other viewpoints to this matter, but just think about it, do you want to buy a product that's 95% complete? and does these so called patch really fix the problem, or to create more problems ?