I am a web developer I spend a lot of time using web browsers. I primarily use Firefox 2.0.x as my main browser but I spend time in IE 7 and to a lesser degree Safari. Lately I have come to realize that the UI for IE 7 is not the monstrosity I initially took it to be when it first came out. Here is shot of IE 7.

I have found that the user experience of IE 7 is pretty nice. I really like having the reload and stop buttons to the right of the address bar. It makes me wish I could reorder the toolbar in Firefox. I like the compact toolbar in IE 7 and the way it compacts the menus into a button.

What I don’t like about the IE 7 UI is are the tabs.  They take up to much space they are big and ugly.  The current tab doesn’t stand out enough from the other tabs.

I wish that Firefox 3 would have learned something from IE 7 rather than just changing the toolbar graphics and layout slightly.