Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 Available

**Auggie2k** · August 1st, 2005, 07:13 AM

I have been trying out and testing the Beta 1 version of IE7 under XP SP2 for a few days now and I must say I have no complaints. New tab feature is great, "phishing filter" works nicely and there hasn't been one crash yet. All in all, it's pretty good so far! Anybody else tried it out?

An interesting and fresh feature in Internet Explorer 7 (Beta). “Phishing” has become one of the top problems in our internet lives, just like viruses, trojans and most of all spyware. We, users, mainly find “Phishing” in our emails, where spammers take advantage in acquiring our personal details and login details of popular websites. Microsoft made it a priority to help solve this problem by including this element in IE 7 (Beta).

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**cpugeniusmv** · August 1st, 2005, 07:39 AM

What you mentioned is about all they have changed so far.

It still renders a lot of valid HTML and CSS improperly. I will be more interested to see Beta 2.

**mfgbypooter** · August 1st, 2005, 07:58 AM

I'll wait until grab_grab gives us his review.

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**Malakai1911** · August 1st, 2005, 08:09 AM

wow looks alot more firefox-like except each tab has its own set of controls. hmm.

**.:sp00ky:.** · August 1st, 2005, 08:39 AM

It looks like puke whats with the options been under the tabs just looks weird and the tabs always been open is stupid too infact the tabs just sucked tey need to use oprea or ff o anyother half decent browser to see what tabs are spose to be like(come on bill your spose to be good at nicking other peoples ideas) but seems as its only early beta il keep a open mind,something i did like about it is you can uninstall it fully thats a nice feature that wasnt in IE6..

**ducttapeBigSexy** · August 1st, 2005, 08:48 PM

It's kind of sad - with the large user base that IE has, MIcrosoft could really improve the world's surfing habits and make it easier for everyone - but, then again, this is what happens when you have a monopoly...

But, honestly, I can't really consider IE a worthy browser until it can render all pages correctly - with all the money and talen that Microsoft has, there's no excuse for not being up to standards (other then they're lazy)

**muskrat_love** · August 1st, 2005, 11:09 PM

I, personally, kinda like it. Kind of like Opera and Kind of like firefox but still IE. It takes a little getting used to.

**origin** · August 2nd, 2005, 02:17 AM

ms and beta in the same sentence ugh that cant be good. firefox is still on top ;)

l8

**Mels_Smileys45** · August 2nd, 2005, 02:36 AM

Its freakin awesome! MS, your my only friend! I kiss your feet and thank the devil for all the great things that have come my way because of windows. I love you!

**ROMANTICGUY50** · August 2nd, 2005, 06:06 AM

I dont like SP2 on my puter. tried it and took it out. Did all my updates and such. My question is will it work on SP1?

**cpugeniusmv** · August 2nd, 2005, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by ROMANTICGUY50

I dont like SP2 on my puter. tried it and took it out. Did all my updates and such. My question is will it work on SP1?

I very much doubt it.

**grab_grab_the_haddock** · August 2nd, 2005, 06:33 AM

Originally Posted by mfgbypooter

I'll wait until grab_grab gives us his review.

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Clearly the voice of a shrewd man.

Actually I did download IE7, but during the install it wants to connect to microsoft to verify my copy of windows. I am sure there is a workaround for this, but I can't be bothered to look for it.

Not that there is anything dodgy about my copy of windows of course. I was just concerned about the *ahem* privacy implications.

Anyway, as cpu said this just sounds like the old IE6 engine with tabbed browsing; something which is already done just fine by any number of shell extensions.

I think the biggest improvement I would like is for microsoft to abandon the active X component of their browser which is really the source of all the malware trouble IE users run into. I would also like to see MS embrace a more standards compliant approach; however that won't happed.

BTW - nice screen shot there auggie2k

Originally Posted by cpugeniusmv

I very much doubt it.

You are 100% correct. It doesn't.

**ROMANTICGUY50** · August 2nd, 2005, 07:21 AM

Originally Posted by cpugeniusmv

I very much doubt it.

Which sucks from my point of view. I found that wwhen I used SP2 some of my programs which I had installed when using SP1 didnt work.

**ducttapeBigSexy** · August 2nd, 2005, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by ROMANTICGUY50

I dont like SP2 on my puter. tried it and took it out. Did all my updates and such. My question is will it work on SP1?

Beta 1 won't work on SP1 according to Microsoft

From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/default.mspx:
"Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 is available now in two versions: a standalone version for Windows XP Service Pack 2, and an enhanced version that is built into Beta 1 of Microsoft Windows Vista—formerly Windows code-named “Longhorn”—to take advantage of new features of the Windows Vista platform."

**ROMANTICGUY50** · August 2nd, 2005, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by ducttapeBigSexy

Beta 1 won't work on SP1 according to Microsoft

From http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/default.mspx:
"Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1 is available now in two versions: a standalone version for Windows XP Service Pack 2, and an enhanced version that is built into Beta 1 of Microsoft Windows Vista—formerly Windows code-named “Longhorn”—to take advantage of new features of the Windows Vista platform."

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