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April 27, 2006
The semi-old "new" Internet Explorer
Look. You might not have noticed that those highly-paid brains at Microsoft Research Labs and all those developers have come up with much in the way of amazing benefits for users, but think of it this way: they certainly seem to have extended the meaning of the word "new". How else can you interpret the fact that the "new" beta version of Internet Explorer 7 looks, well, incredibly old. Even with all the improvements, IE 7 still doesn't quite match Firefox or Opera.
That's why we didn't bother posting about this momentous event yesterday. Instead we went looking for some tips. And some add-ons, that will allow it to do things that the other "old" browsers already do. Like, for instance, auto-fill forms. According to the official IE Blog, that site is brand new, and inviting submissions. (We thought, momentarily about suggesting they add a link for Firefox.)
And if you find a site that won't work properly with IE 7, you can spoof it into thinking it's dealing with IE 6 with this tool.
Posted by cw at April 27, 2006 09:31 AM
Comments
What's this here. Hehehe...
Internet Explorer 7 BETA cannot be installed side by side with Internet Explorer 6, it will overwrite Internet Explorer 6 and to use version 6 again you must uninstall IE7.
Unless you have a second browser (Firefox or Opera) that you know works with your internet banking and 'other' sites you will need to stay away from Internet Explorer 7 beta for a bit longer, banks tend to do things differently.
IE7 gives you tabbed browsing just like Firefox and Opera.
There is no 'in-line' search like Opera and Firefox which is rather sad.
It has a basic feed reader and RSS/Atom Feed-Discovery and can give backend applications your RSS data.
Posted by: Stephen at April 27, 2006 02:52 PM
IE7 is not getting anyone very excited. Why are they even bothering? One theory of course is they want to retard browser development as much as possible. This will prevent the web becoming a platform that could tempt developers away from the sexy new dot-net. If it's not true it may as well be, as any web developer could tell you... have a look at the Acid Test 2 in IE7!
Posted by: Colin J at April 27, 2006 10:42 PM
From Longhorn Blogs
According to a Microsoft spokesperson, the IE 7+ is a "internal, working name we have considered calling the browser in Windows Vista, but no final decisions have been made". "We are still referring to the browser in Windows Vista as IE7. The browser in Windows Vista will have some enhanced security features Protected Mode and Parental Controls that utilize some of the platform enhancements being introduced in the new operating system; however, the majority of features will be the same for both IE7 in Windows XP and IE7 for Windows Vista," the spokesperson elaborated.
Posted by: Stephen at April 29, 2006 02:00 PM