IE7 Beta - Page 2

Russ · 28-07-2005, 21:23

Anyone got a link I can try it from?

Ramrod · 28-07-2005, 21:37

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Anyone got a link I can try it from?

here?

Raistlin · 28-07-2005, 21:39

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Anyone got a link I can try it from?

here?

Indeedy: This page in fact

http://bink.nu/Article4589.bink

Ramrod · 28-07-2005, 21:41

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Indeedy: This page in fact

http://bink.nu/Article4589.bink

I just updated my link you git!

Richard M · 28-07-2005, 22:50

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Yeah, they only took several years to catch up to everyone else.

Check out the comments on the official IE blog, they're almost all negative:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/07/27/444004.aspx

Most of the negative ones appear to be people that can't get hold of it..

Direct from Mr Whitestone:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/IE7-WindowsXP-x86-enu.rar

So now you all know how crap it is.

philip.j.fry · 29-07-2005, 09:06

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So now you all know how crap it is.

I'm fully prepared to give it a chance, it could be supurb...just as soon as the *nix version comes out I'll be downloading it like a shot

Stuart · 29-07-2005, 09:28

[QUOTE=Richard M][QUOTE=Stuart C]

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Yeah, they only took several years to catch up to everyone else.

In fairness to the IE team, they were only re-established a few months ago.

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So now you all know how crap it is.

Well, based on my limited use of it so far (I have an MSDN subscription, so downloaded it as soon as it went up), I quite like it. Sure, it has it's faults, but it *is* a *very* early beta. I'm just saying people shouldn't dismiss IE as crap because something doesn't work in an early beta.

I have to admit, I have noticed Trillian is quite flaky with IE installed.

Opera is still my favourite browser though. I do think it funny how some people have complimented Microsoft on how small IE7 is, while the download, at 10 meg it is nearly three times the size of Opera's basic download (which does Mail as well)..

Paul K · 29-07-2005, 11:15

Actually I'm suprised at how stable IE7 is so far, normally with a closed Beta leak you expect to be seeing a lot of errors and crashes but so far nothing.

Paul K · 03-08-2005, 07:33

Just a heads up for anyone running IE7 and wonders why they can't run Windows Update, it doesn't work with it at the moment. You can however download a "stand alone" version of IE6 Here that will work fine. You need to download it, unzip it to a folder, run the executable and point the browser to
Microsoft Update and you will get your updates.

Richard M · 03-08-2005, 07:40

Paul Thurrot has written a rant aimed at IE7 and advised people to "boycott IE" - only thing is he runs Winsupersite so is the person most into M$ that I know!
http://www.windowsitpro.com/windowsp...ott_47208.html

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My advice is simple: Boycott IE. It's a cancer on the Web that must be stopped. IE isn't secure and isn't standards-compliant, which makes it unworkable both for end users and Web content creators. Because of their user bases, however, Web developers are hamstrung into developing for IE at the expense of established standards that work well in all other browsers. You can turn the tide by demanding more from Microsoft and by using a better alternative Web browser. I recommend and use Mozilla Firefox, but Apple Safari (Macintosh only) and Opera 8 are both worth considering as well.

sheridan · 03-08-2005, 21:30

i have now got ie7 on my machine

hardly seems worth the bother

not much of a big deal

still its good to try things out

Halcyon · 05-08-2005, 15:23

I think I'll stick with Firefox at the moment. From what I've seen from new releases of IE, there hasnt been anything dramatically greatly improoved.

sheridan · 05-08-2005, 17:29

yes i have gone back to ie6 ,but i am trying out opera at the moment as well,its seems quite good ,, but i think i could get used to it ,,the graphics seems a bit less quality on this browser though ,,still will see how it goes

Chrysalis · 05-08-2005, 23:15

I think the tabs are needed and a massive improvement, before anyone mutters maxthon, yes I use it but it has terrible gdi handle leaks. I use opera as well but I tend to use maxthon for static pages and javascript sites since opera is buggy as hell for javascript.

AndrewJ · 13-08-2005, 19:25

Microsoft have announced more news on IE7 with new branding graphics,

source Neowin.net

http://www.neowin.net/comments.php?c...=main&id=29932