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IE7 to be Pushed to Users Via Windows Update

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the have-some-explorer dept.

dfrick writes "CNET is reporting that IE7 will be pushed to users via Windows Update. This has serious implications for e-commerce websites whose functionality might be affected by any bugs in the software. Also to have end users suddenly using a new browser right before the holiday shopping season could magnify the cost any bugs that might create a bad user experience on sites."

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  1. IE7 by WhooTAZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Has anyone tried it? I put it on my PC at home and at work... And Damned if I did not remove it within a day or two of TORMENT. Home PC is Dual Core 3.0 GHz with XP Home and it CRIPPLED it!!!!!!!!!! At work nothing else would run with the browser going.

    ALso stay away from Media Player 11 until they fix that SON OF A BUCK!

    MS actually mean MASS SUICIDE for end users and those who support them (IT techs)

    1. Re:IE7 by Puff+Daddy · · Score: 0, Troll

      This post is clearly complete BS. I contend that A) you've never even seen a dual core 3.0 ghz machine and B) this post is a troll that I am feeding, like an idiot. Anyway, to any one on /. who is still taken in by these poorly constructed lies... Linux requires more processing power than your toaster can provide, and Windows, according to most computer users, does not turn every computer into a spam and pornography delivering machine, unless so desired. This has been a public service announcement, that "The more you know" song should play now. It won't though, probably because of Windows, or racism, or Nazis, oh wait.... I got it.... it was the Arabs. Fucking towelheads stopping the "THe more you know" music... Is this the kind of country we want to live in ????!!!!

  2. Oh Nos by 0racle · · Score: 0, Troll

    A windows update is appearing on WindowsUpdate.

    --
    "I use a Mac because I'm just better than you are."
  3. Re:I like your favourite quote and I hope M$ dies. by imdx80 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Completely out of the blue comes ie7, why didn't they release an alpha and maybe a few betas to make it possible for web devs time to prepare themselves, rather than push the release the night before christmas and expect people to make their sites compliant instead of celebrating christmas?

  4. IE7 will kill "elastic layout" sites ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Lots of people are have resolution that exceed 1024x768, hence the introduction of elastic layout techniques done using CSS fixed attribute and position anchors ( auto on one side and a value on the other), have brought a very cool and accessible way of supporting multiple resolution keeping visual aspect consistent.

    Problem is that IE7 is killing the elastic layout !
    First, fixed postioning is still buggy when using anchoring (ok, still bad)
    Second, further more, the workaround technique that was working on IE5.5 and IE6 (do a dynamic computation of position using CSS evaluate) is now also killed because of inconsistency in the dimension computation with older version !
    Third, the IE conditional comments like [if lt IE 7]> (stating the enclosed should be executed only if IE version is less that 7 = if IE7 or greater I don't want this !) is still executed under IE7 !!!!

    IMHO, IE7 will kill most of the websites because MS is now in the middle of the river, they are moving to standard support, but as it is still uncomplete compared to other browser, be prepare to headaches nights and nights guys :(