[LINK] Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Day Zero: Better Than Firefox?

[Robin Stephens]

On 10/19/06, Deus Ex Machina <vicc at cia.com.au> wrote:
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> Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 on Day Zero: Better Than Firefox?
> http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/microsoft-internet-explorer-7-on-day-zero-better-than-firefox-208381.php

IE6 SP1 download: about 75MB.
Firefox 1.5.0.7: about 4.9MB
Firefox 2.0 RC3: about 5.4MB

Anyone have the download size for IE7?

Functionally, Firefox compares very favourably.  Why is download size
no longer compared in reviews?

Is bloat no longer a factor?

I have seen security patches for IE6 that were bigger than the
download size for Firefox.

Do people not care anymore?

Robin