IE7 Bugs and Reviews

An anonymous reader wrote to mention a Register article in which the possibility is raised of the current build dumping Yahoo and Google toolbars. At the same time, GWBasic writes "I've posted a review on IE 7 Beta 1. It is very clear that, unlike when Microsoft targeted Netscape, they are using their classic method of producing superior software by catering to the needs of the user. This is not IE 6 with a few features borrowed from the competition, but rather a clear step in the evolution of user-centric design." Flexbeta and ZDNet have looks at the new browser as well.

Comments

Man that Rocks

[Mateo_LeFou]

It might take a month for all the new stuff to be available for free in a dozen other browsers.

Re:I liked Internet Explorer 7 the first time...

[sp3tt]

IE7 is still a poor ripoff. Look at the UI, completely fucked up. What is up with the main menu so far down and the buttons all spread out?

tabbed browsing

[bitsformoney]

Does anyone get the issue with tabbed browsing? IE has always had tabbed browsing, just like all other windows apps, except the tabs are down there in the task bar and not 'inside' the app. The inside tabs are reminiscent of the old MDI apps like Word 6.0 that I was so glad to get away from. The taskbar integrating all apps' windows is much better.

Only those UNIX people apparently don't have that, so they get all excited about tabbed browsing.

Re:Looks like firefox

[Atzanteol]

You mis-spelled 'free' as 'poor'.

And no, showing me ads does not make a browser free.

Re:Looks like firefox

[Christianfreak]

Ugh! What is it with you Opera heads? We're on the same team! You never hear Firefox users down on Opera but in any thread or forum remotely about browsers all you guys come out of the woodwork to inform us all how superior you are.

Get over yourself. Lots of people don't like the interface (its not really like firefox), its Javascript implementation (while getting better) is barely as good as IE and the fonts look terrible everytime I've tried to use it in Linux. Besides its not free as in speech or beer.

But you know what? If it works for you, fine, that's great because anything that destroys Microsoft's dominance is a good thing for all the alternatives.

So relax, there's no need for browser penis envy.

Re:Get the lawn chairs out...

[nagora]

So what you're saying is that it's been FAR too long a wait for them to fix anything but that it's slander to point this out while we all waited SIX YEARS for them to do something about it?

MS fan-boys are a sad bunch; it's no wonder MS has so much money. Do you even wait for them to produce a product, or do you just send 10% of your income directly to them every month?

TWW