Can you pan fry a steak? Will it be tender and tasty?

Best indoor method for cooking a steak, IMO, is searing it in a pan and then finishing it in the oven if its thick enough that it doesn't cook well enough for your taste just from the searing.

I like mine pretty rare, so I often skip the oven part, but while I [i]do [/i]judge people who eat steak well done, if I'm cooking for them, I try to respect their tastes in practice even if I bitch about it.