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IE7 Announced for Longhorn and WinXP
sriram_2001 writes "There is now an official announcement from Bill Gates on Internet Explorer 7. It will be available in beta form this summer for Longhorn and XP SP2. The IEBlog has commentary about the decision making process that went into the new browser version." Coming on the heels of the June Beta announcement for Longhorn, if things go as planned it will likely be here in early summer. The new browser's early arrival was first discussed last year.
Firefox could use a little competition.
Hasn't IE been in beta since, well, it was released?
You have two hands and one brain, so always code twice as much as you think!
Rumour has it it's built on Firefox.
"In yet another example of innovation, Microsoft has invented a feature called Tabbed Web Surfing (tm) (r). Tabbed Web Surfing is a revolutionary user interface for web browsing that Microsoft as its inventor has received over 7,000 patents on."
I'm a big tall mofo.
4 critical security flaws have already been found in the yet to be released Internet Explorer 7.
not just tabs,
a whole lot other goodies like:
- Poop blocker (but not MSN poop)
- ad blocker (ofcourse, excluding those in HoTMaiL)
- a about:firefox page which allows IE developers to speak their "minds" out.
and others....
~~bada bing, bada bang, bada bong and voila~~
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You would have noticed the poster was asking the forefox users to be quiet. So, us Firefox users can keep on ranting. :)
Ben Hocking
Need a professional organizer?
They don't have enought time for that.
Among the others, MS should definitely include the Abe Vigoda Status extension in IE7.
And its even better than other tabbed solutions in that each tab appears in its own window as God intends.
"Does it support any of the following yet?: "
I don't know. I'm a Microsoft developer and all of those links in your posting seemed to be blocked by our enterprise firewall. What is this "WWW.W3.ORG" that you speak of? Must be some crhacker site or something evil obviously if our firewall blocks it.
Oh well, that's enough of my day posting here on Slahsdot, I'm off now to write some proprietary open free standards that we'll charge money for if you ask.
PS: The last remark was not deliberately written in order to influence moderators.
If you can read this, thank an english teacher.
FWIW, bars had tabs long before Galeon
(does this thread continue until we find a patent?)
Nazis invented tabs.
My filing cabinet had tabs before all of you!
"Tabbed browsing? That was MY idea! But I never thought to get a patent!"
Karma: Segmentation fault (tried to dereference a null post)
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Try Internet Explorer 7 Today!
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"It doesn't suck quite as much as it used to. [No Really!]"
Why? Because we listened to customers, analysts, and business partners. We heard a clear message: "Yes, XP SP2 makes the situation better. We want more, sooner. We want security on top of the compatibility and extensibility IE gives us, and we want it on XP. Microsoft, show us your commitment."
through babelfish's bullshit -> english
Why? Because we listened to customers, analysts, and business partners. OMG!!!1 IE is teh suckx0r!!111 viruses, trojans and worms, oh my!11 my pc is fux0r3d!!111 Wh4t is thi5 coolsearch toolbar doing here? my computer ate my homework! I fancy Ellen Feissssssssss! maaaaaaaaaaaarry meeeeee!!
blame it on valentines day ok... OK... get fuzzy, dilbert... herman and pearls and some PA get my through.
#hostfile 0.0.0.0 primidi.com 0.0.0.0 www.primidi.com 0.0.0.0 radio.weblogs.com
So you're saying Firefox will never die, sorta like BSD.
I have recently returned from the perilous gates of Redmond, and I have seen an alpha build of Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0. Firstly, let me say this: I was quite impressed. IE7 has added the features I know I've been clamoring for: tabbed browsing, improved security management, and enhanced user interface customizability. The one thing missing is a button that enables the user to visit a webpage containing one of my highly philosophical writings at random, but that can be added as an extension later.
IE7 integrates with the Windows operating system to protect the user from malicious hacker software like Mozilla Firefox. If the user inadvertently attempts to run Mozilla Firefox instead of IE7, it will know and launch in the malware's stead, thus securing the user from harmful XPIs and open standards compliance.
As an additional feature, which as a Web designer I appreciate especially, IE7 renders HTML and CSS in ways once unimagined. With this feature, I am kept on my toes and am provided an opportunity to revisit old stylesheets and code, gnawing at the puzzle of keeping my pages rendering as intended in this new version of Internet Explorer as well as in previous versions and in other browsers, such as Hot Dog, too. My fellow Web developers, you're in for some fun!
If all that wasn't enough, Microsoft has added a feature designed for the clueless newbies and enabled by default: Clippie! Yes, your friendly Office Assistant is being integrated into yet another flagship product from Redmond. Enjoy!
On vit, on code et puis on meurt.
Ah crap. Godwin's law.
THREAD CLOSED - Nothing to see here
henry -- the human evolution news relay
Tab rules. It was the only cola in the 80's marketed to gay men. Now if they would make a cola for us straight guys, we'd be set.