Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Available

**Auggie2k** · February 1st, 2006, 05:48 PM

Only heard about this a few days ago so yesterday I got up and installed it. The WGA protection is the same as in Beta 1 but an easy solution is available by just replacing the iecustom.dll file in the archive. New features like the tabbed browsing and RSS feeds were expected but work well with the new Vista look interface. No errors or bugs so far but that's just after a day or so. Some of the handy new features included are multiple homepages, zoom feature (up to 1000%), quick tabs which allow thumbnail views of all open pages and the new phishing filter which seems to work ok if you look for the nasty sites. All in all it's working well but don't let me be the judge of it, try it for yourselves.

Originally Posted by PCMag Review

The most noticeable thing about IE7 beta is the lack of a traditional navigation bar. Both IE6 and Firefox use the upper left corner, where most Westerners first look when reading a book or Web page, for Back, Forward, Home, Refresh, and Stop buttons. IE7 breaks the mold, and that takes some getting used to. The Back and Forward buttons are still in the upper left corner, but the Stop and Refresh buttons are now in the upper right, and Home is two rows down on the right.

Originally Posted by PCMag Review

In fact, once you get down to the second row, it's a whole new ball game. Here you'll find a star-emblazoned button labeled Favorites Center. Clicking on it opens a side window with three tabs, one each for displaying your favorites, your current RSS feeds, and your history. Next to this is the add/subscribe button for adding RSS feeds. The RSS reader is functional if unexceptional, but because the vast majority of Internet surfers use IE, even without a lot of the bells and whistles of more advanced readers, IE7 could be a catalyst for widespread RSS adoption. And adding RSS feeds from your favorite site is simple—just two clicks.

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**Potato** · February 1st, 2006, 07:19 PM

Not sure how I feel about having buttons all spread out....

**Auggie2k** · February 1st, 2006, 07:23 PM

I assume you mean the links I have? That's just my preference because I use them all the time (Zeropaid).

More screenshots can be viewed here.

**Potato** · February 1st, 2006, 07:38 PM

I was referring to that first thing you have quoted.

**Auggie2k** · February 1st, 2006, 07:40 PM

Yeah it's a little annoying with them so scattered and smaller but I've only thrown my drink across the room twice in anger about it so it's cool.

:hi

**.:sp00ky:.** · February 1st, 2006, 08:07 PM

Yeah I don't like how they have plopped (*giggle*) all the icons all over the place too.

Not that I will be using it im still a firefox whore ^_^

**shawners** · February 1st, 2006, 08:10 PM

Not having to use ad-aware or spyblaster since switing to firefox is a blessing. Having to use IE is like having to use two more apps to fully take away the crap IE leaves in your pc while surfing.

**The Hunter** · February 1st, 2006, 08:30 PM

LOL I still use all my old spyware programs, but just to confirm that I dont actually need them any more.

**Digital Bliss** · February 2nd, 2006, 03:20 AM

Looks intresting too bad I can't use it thanks to microsoft.....

"Evaluation of Internet Explorer 7 should start now, but the software should not be used on production systems in mission-critical environments. Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview will only run on Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) systems, but will ultimately be available for Windows Vista, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and Windows Server 2003."

**Vampmon** · February 2nd, 2006, 10:57 AM

Some websites are not working correctly such as www.download.com

Anyone else having this issue, or is it just me?

**Vampmon** · February 2nd, 2006, 11:01 AM

Just thought i'd say i like IE-7 a lot better then i do IE-6 - Just a few glitches but very good work Microsoft.

If you don't have Genuine Microsoft Windows follow the link Auggie posted this can be found HERE

**Jorge** · February 2nd, 2006, 11:20 AM

Anyone else having a problem installing this? I installed beta 1 with no problems, but i can't install beta 2.

**Jared Moya** · February 2nd, 2006, 11:52 AM

No problems here, when I come by tomorrow Jorge I'll help you out.......ololololo..........

Its way better than than the first Beta, downloaded it a few days ago, OINK's had it up since the 21st apparently, but its way less "buggy" than the first..........kinda sad it takes a company witha ll their resources to inch along in the browser arena when Moxilla makes leaps and bounds in a tenth of the time...............

**moneoa** · February 2nd, 2006, 12:23 PM

I rather like it actually

**Cydor** · February 3rd, 2006, 07:32 PM

When I installed this IE-7 beta 2....it turned off my AVG-Virus program, it deleted my host file....and i couldn't restart my Microsoft-Anti-Spyware.....WTF?....did this happen to any of you?

Any one knows how to uninstall this?