Why havent Microsoft released IE 7? Because it is part of the OS. The only way they can do it would be via new versions of Windows or Service Packs. I dont agree with that. I think it should be separated from the OS for 2 reasons:
We need updates at least once a yearThere could be a great reduction in security issues by separating this further from the OS and stopping buffer overruns. Firefox has 0 Critical Security Alerts since it came out mostly because it runs on the XUL framework with abstracts from the OS.
Firefox http://secunia.com/product/4227/
![Figure: Firefox errors](https://bettersoftwaresuggestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/firefoxalerts.jpg)
Figure: Firefox errors
![Figure: Firefox 3.x errors](https://bettersoftwaresuggestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/FireFox3Alert.png)
Figure: Firefox 3.x errors
http://secunia.com/product/11/ *NOT GOOD*
![Figure: IE errors](https://bettersoftwaresuggestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/iealerts.jpg)
Figure: IE errors
![Figure: IE7 errors](https://bettersoftwaresuggestions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/IE7Alert.png)
Figure: IE7 errors