IE 7, Firefox 2.0 prepare to battle... someday

Internet Explorer 7.0 Beta 2 and Firefox 2.0 Alpha will surely be the de facto standards in a year from now, but they'll give us only evolutionary browsing, not revolutionary browsing, a reviewer found. Both browsers have many new features such as convenient toolbars and improved tabbing functions. It's also not clear when either browser will be released in a final, stable version.

For more on the browsers:
- read this eWeek review

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