Australian electronics retailer Kogan has added a 6.8% tax to its site for buyers using Internet Explorer 7.

Internet Explorer 8, with its strict standards compliance, is due to ship to end users by the end of the year according to Microsoft. A second beta is also scheduled for next month.

Internet Explorer7 is almost done, and it will be pushed out to your XP system before the year is out.

The big red dino foresees big gains in FireFox market share, once IE7 hits the streets

Details of IE7 have hit the net. The browser sports new features including tabbed browsing and RSS integration.