Swad Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 PC Mag gives it 2.5 out of 5. When will everyone get the message that IE is the worst one out there? At least it will have better web development support. I will never be able to forgive Microsoft, though, for their blatant disregard for building in web standards for IE in the past (like v.6) http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1917233,00.asp The beta version of IE7 released today by Microsoft is meant for developers and tech enthusiasts, and it's a good thing. This is not (yet) a browser for the faint of heart; in fact, if you've become accustomed to the minimalist approach of alternative browsers like Firefox, IE7 might actually feel like a step backward. The product's proper name—which should tell you most everything you need to know—is Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows XP SP2 Beta 2 Preview. We'll refer to it simply as IE7 beta, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 I screwed up IE 6 to the point of no return. I have no idea how or why, but now I MUST use IE 7 as my default browser. Downgrading to IE 6 simply makes internet explorer unusable. I think it's because IE 7 uses different registries and when you downgrade to IE 6, it restores old registries from IE 6 (which for me are corrupt, I suppose.) So the news that Beta 2 is out is good for me at least. I hope it's somewhat better than Beta 1. Seems to have a lot more eye candy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takuro Posted February 5, 2006 Share Posted February 5, 2006 For whatever reason, both the tabs and Research button aren't displaying properly. Everybody else has posted screenshots of their IE 7 and it looks fine. I wonder why mine is so messed up... ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Bond Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 Maybe Melinda French was chosen to head up development of yet another MS product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 hehe, IE is DEEPLY integrated in Windows. It would be ludicrous to install it on a productive machine. Always have vmware ready for that job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antic Posted February 6, 2006 Share Posted February 6, 2006 One Word of warning. If you istall this beta preview it will overwrite the original version of IE6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other Posted February 7, 2006 Share Posted February 7, 2006 I've used IE7 for about 5 months, its my default browser. Had no compatibility problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dponmac Posted February 15, 2006 Share Posted February 15, 2006 Yeah, I installed IE7 B1 on my office comp when I got it from TechNet I have had only compatability issue and thats with WindowBlinds. If anything It's more an issue with WB than IE. I'm using IE7 B2 now and still couldn't be happier with it! Its a huge change from IE6, I just hope MS will solve all the CSS issues in the final version, but probably unlikely they will do anything about that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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