The main improvement, of course, is tabbed browsing. Made popular by FireFox, it has been the favorite addition to just about every recent browser upgrade. IE 7 adds a fairly straightforward pull-down tab list that helps you keep track of open tabs. This being a beta release, there were some expected rough patches--a few initial installation hiccups, and text appeared a bit fuzzy at times. It takes some getting used to, but all in all, IE 7 is the upgrade IE users have longed for. It's definitely a step up.
Originally published in the September 2006 issue of Entrepreneur Magazine