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Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-and-improved dept.

Kawahee writes "Microsoft, in conjunction with the announcement that they have finished Windows Vista RC1 have released Internet Explorer 7 RC1. Further commentary from the IE Blog post: 'The RC1 build includes improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility. You may not notice many visible changes from the Beta 3 release; all we did was listen to your feedback, fix bugs that you reported, and make final adjustments to our CSS support.'"

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  1. Re:CSS = ACID? by linuxci · · Score: 4, Interesting

    You can download nightly builds of Firefox from the trunk (branded as Minefield to indicate use at your own risk) so you can see exactly how Firefox 3.0 is progressing. As for IE8 we can't see the current status of that so who knows how much work is left to be done on IE8?

    For updates on thr trunk (which will become Fx3.0) see The Burning Edge

  2. Can't customize the toolbar by bogie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I still can't believe MS won't allow you to move some of the features around, notably the home button. It is unbeliveable awkward to go to the top left to go back and forward and then have to move way down and right to get to the home page button. You want to put all of those other little buttons off to the bottom right? Fine. But move the fucking home button back next to the navigation arrows where it is supposed to go. Oh and smart move to hide the file menu and all the other menus. Nobody uses those menus anyway.

    Pluses?

    Tabbed browing - Welcome to the 90s.
    Shrink to fit printing - Gee why would we need that? I like having 15% of every page I print cut off.
    RSS Feeds - Does anyone even use this?
    Integrated Search - About time.

    Overall I think this is the browser that MS should have released 3-4 years ago. It is better than IE 6 in pretty much every way but I don't see Opera or Firefox users coming back anytime soon. I know that MS sees these changes as a big deal but I honestly expected more from a company that spends $1 Billion+ on R&D per year. With all of that money and talent the best they could do is copy features that other browsers have had for years and years? Talk about a total lack of innovation.

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  3. IE7 is spyware by eneville · · Score: 3, Interesting

    http://tinyurl.com/ezeey

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