I think IE6 was better. 7 just tries to pretend it's firefox

10/19/2006 2:16:09 PM

same thing i thought

but ie7 has ff whooped until ff2 comes out

10/19/2006 2:21:29 PM

everytime i've tried to put the version of explorer with tabs on my computer, it doesnt load webpages

10/19/2006 2:26:12 PM

The one or two annoying display bugs that IE had that I ran into daily seem to be fixed now.

I can't fully use it for a while though.

10/19/2006 2:30:32 PM

i hates it.

Fuck the UI changes and fuck not being integrated with explorer.

10/19/2006 2:31:28 PM

avantbrowser ftw

10/19/2006 2:59:31 PM

I biggest complaints center around the UI. I'd like a little more freedom in how I can arrange the controls. I'm not a fan of the default layout. Function wise, it seems to do it's job. I haven't encountered any problems yet. The tabbed browsing seems to work fine. Other than the UI issues, I haven't encountered anything I've hated. I'll have to do some more exploring (no pun intended) based on Shaggy's comment about not being integrated with explorer.

10/19/2006 3:04:24 PM

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"fuck not being integrated with explorer"

10/19/2006 3:46:06 PM

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"Fuck the UI changes and fuck not being integrated with explorer."

i didnt know that

not cool

10/19/2006 4:20:55 PM

well the final version is not out yet so gimme break until then

10/19/2006 4:41:03 PM

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"well the final version is not out yet so gimme break until then "

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

10/19/2006 4:57:12 PM

oh i had not checked lately - it was rc1 when i got it

10/19/2006 5:08:42 PM

i'd like it fine if they would just let me move my fucking menu bar above the address bar that shits about to drive me crazy

10/19/2006 5:14:02 PM

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"i'd like it fine if they would just let me move my fucking menu bar above the address bar that shits about to drive me crazy"

Agreed.

10/19/2006 5:36:07 PM

I'm hoping IE7 will be able to adapt and change dynamically. Waiting five years for any feature changes kinda sucks. For that reason, I'm sticking with Firefox for now.

10/19/2006 5:39:43 PM

until it's as easy to develop 'add-ons' for IE7 as it is for people to do so for firefox, they're not going to win the techies back over

i'm too used to gestures (especially to browse back) and no ads. if i have to sacrifice 2 seconds of browsing speed to ensure that i wouldn't see any ads and that my wolf web was gray instead of red, i am fine with that.

[Edited on October 19, 2006 at 6:25 PM. Reason : .]

10/19/2006 6:24:01 PM

^

I used firefox at work, 3 seperate occasions 3 browser windows consumed 155mB of ram.

cnn, slickdeals, and webmail



Fuck that shit

10/19/2006 7:52:01 PM

true, the memory leaks are bad

ok, so it wouldn't take TOO much to switch me back over. just a couple of key add-ons/extensions and i'm willing to ditch firefox

10/19/2006 8:23:00 PM

I haven't looked into it, but I'm hoping they'll something like the IE Developer Toolbar that IE6 has for IE7.

10/19/2006 8:49:51 PM

traitors!!

haha

i am an ie fan, too, just waiting for the bomb shell to drop before i completely switch back

10/19/2006 8:51:08 PM

I like IE7, it's so dad-gom sweet. It's new, easy, smooth and im all in.

10/19/2006 8:52:12 PM

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"I used firefox at work, 3 seperate occasions 3 browser windows consumed 155mB of ram. cnn, slickdeals, and webmail Fuck that shit"

Memory is cheap...while I admit, this is certainly not ideal, is it enough to not use the browser?

10/19/2006 9:53:40 PM

Yes. I've seen similar memory usage, and it's pathetic.

10/19/2006 11:37:01 PM

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"avantbrowser ftw"

10/19/2006 11:48:22 PM

avantbrowser is based on IE

http://www.avantbrowser.com/faq.html

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"Is Avant Browser a secure browser? Yes, Avant Browser is secure. Since it's based on Internet Explorer, Avant Browser is as secure as Internet Explorer."

brilliant.

i like ie7 they've def. improved upon ie6 no question about it.

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"until it's as easy to develop 'add-ons' for IE7 as it is for people to do so for firefox, they're not going to win the techies back over"

10/19/2006 11:56:21 PM

here's a bug..... very weird. After installing IE7, Dreamweaver all of a sudden forgets some/all of its stored FTP username and passwords and won't retain them whenever you reopen DW.

I read a couple people post about it in the comments here and another blog somewhere before I installed IE7.
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/10/18/internet-explorer-7-for-windows-xp-available-now.aspx
I checked and rechecked my Dreamweaver settings before installing, and they worked fine. Sure enough, as soon as IE7 was installed, DW doesn't retain any username/passwords. very frustrating.

10/20/2006 12:09:13 AM

oh and see also:
http://www.neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=35684

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"Microsoft released their latest Internet Explorer yesterday with so called new security features and functionality. Less than 24 hours have passed and there is already a vulnerability. A vulnerability has been discovered in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information. The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of redirections for URLs with the "mhtml:" URI handler. This can be exploited to access documents served from another web site. Test code is readily available and the threat is marked as less critical."

10/20/2006 12:16:17 AM

I'll be blocking the IE7 update on my domain controllers.

10/20/2006 3:25:33 AM

i've noticed my norton AV going nuts and constantly running live update and finding new updates ever since i installed IE7

coincidence?

10/20/2006 4:48:34 AM

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"avantbrowser is based on IE"

GET OUTTA TOWN !!

10/20/2006 5:59:55 AM

Most of NCSU and I know for a fact the entire Vet School is blocking IE7 due to how it handles secure applications and working with legacy applications (as in it doesn't work at all).

They have a lot to fix and hearing that you can't move buttons and menus... screw that.

10/20/2006 6:37:53 AM

bttt. just got it tonight, and the text rendering on many sites (including tww) is complete crap. it looks like i'm viewing everything in a non-native resolution on my lcd (antialiased and slightly blurry). i think this is my personal nail in the coffin for ie. i'll be sticking with FF for a while, i had been a maxthon faithful until now.

12/5/2006 1:59:09 AM

Turn off ClearType.

12/5/2006 7:46:35 AM

ff2 ftw

12/5/2006 7:56:54 AM

^^yeah that pretty much fixed it. not sure why they leave it on as default, cleartype looks like shit.

12/5/2006 11:46:20 AM

I don't mind the cleartype. Like the tabs. The "activex" problems and other incompatabilities is about to drive me away though.

12/5/2006 3:01:22 PM

the only thing i don't like about ie7 is that you have to give your active bookmarks a title that appears beside the website logo on the active bookmarks toolbar, whereas in firefox you can leave it unnamed and see the website logo.

12/5/2006 3:48:53 PM

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"bttt. just got it tonight, and the text rendering on many sites (including tww) is complete crap. it looks like i'm viewing everything in a non-native resolution on my lcd (antialiased and slightly blurry). i think this is my personal nail in the coffin for ie. i'll be sticking with FF for a while, i had been a maxthon faithful until now. "

there is a clear type tuner

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

12/5/2006 4:01:13 PM

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"the only thing i don't like about ie7 is that you have to give your active bookmarks a title that appears beside the website logo on the active bookmarks toolbar, whereas in firefox you can leave it unnamed and see the website logo."

i found a work around for this -

you need to install the google toolbar (by the way i am just now using the google toolbar for the first time and it rocks in IE) and create buttons. it is so easy, for example go the the brentroad.com, right-click in the field where you would normally put your handle to login, and from the drop down menu select Generate Custom Search...

the only downside is that you can not middle-click (click in the scroller) and open a website in a new tab. howver you can just click the new tab button in IE and then click your button.

[Edited on December 6, 2006 at 1:50 PM. Reason : fjh]

12/6/2006 1:50:11 PM

http://www.ie7.com

12/6/2006 2:37:37 PM

still have ie7 blocked on my domain

12/6/2006 2:40:57 PM

still nobody cares

12/6/2006 9:13:29 PM

Windows Update tried to install 7 today. I said "No thank you!".

12/6/2006 10:45:07 PM

^ hahaha

when you get a big ass virus because you have ie6 don't cry

don't come with the excuse you only use ff yada yada yada - you have to use ie at some point

12/7/2006 8:36:43 AM