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IE 7.0 Beta 2 Available to the Public

Posted by Zonk on from the download-and-test-for-it-is-enjoyable dept.

spyrochaete writes "Microsoft has just made available their latest beta preview build of their Internet Explorer 7.0 web browser. New features such as tabbed browsing and RSS subscription are summarized in an animated tour. MS welcomes feedback at the Internet Explorer 7 newsgroup." There's also a Channel 9 interview available, as well as commentary on the IEBlog. Update: 01/31 19:58 GMT by Z : prostoalex wrote in with a link to a review of the release at PC Magazine.

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  1. IE7=firefox 2005? by doktorstop · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh my god.. tabs, RSS feeds, built-in search box and "easy-to-use" interface! it's Firefox! Did MS just realised that because of open-source, they can just recompile something really nice, give it a nice name (hmmm.. IE7?) and boost it as the next Microsoft innovation?

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  2. Re:News? by truthsearch · · Score: 0, Troll

    I do web development and frankly I don't care about IE 7. Hardly anyone will be using it for a long time after its release. I develop to web standards and test in each current popular browser. When it hits maybe 10% market share I'll care if my sites are compatible. And even if they're not I won't be doing much if anything to conform to any of IE's new broken standards.

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  3. Re:Almost died laughing... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    when I got to the "See how tabbed browsing works" section of the animated tour. Good stuff! As a Safari and Firefox user, I've been using tabs for well over 2 years :)

    Good stuff! That you don't really care that it might benefit moms and paps that haven't been using Safari and Firefox the last 2 years.

    And no offense. I have used Firefox a long time too and it isn't really all that great. It got its flaws like any other software.