Internet Explorer 7, out this month?

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Internet Explorer 7, out this month?

by Ryan Carter Oct 7th 2006

IE7 So, Internet Explorer 7 will be here, ready for rockem, sockem jet-pack action (or not) in the next few weeks. I am still not convinced that IE7 is quite safe enough to use in every day browsing, and it is not extensible, I will still stick with Firefox, but IE is coming. Microsoft will release the update via Automatic Update to Microsoft Windows users "in the next few weeks as it becomes available." Via the IEBlog, you can download IE7 RC1 to test for compatibility issues, the IE7 readiness kit, Application Compatibility Toolkit, or visit the IE development center, or read the Automatic Update announcement. Whether or not IE is ready for the world, that is still up for debate, but now at least you can be ready for it.

Source: IEBlog : IE7 Is Coming This Month...Are you Ready?

Tags: IE, internet explorer, InternetExplorer

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Antonio said 1:08AM on 10-08-2006

I agree that IE7 it's not ready to be officially launched, I've being using it for a while and I don't feel it is stable enough. In the other side the same doesn't happen when we are talking about the Firefox 2.0. I am using it since the beta 1 and it seems ready to get off the oven.

dsfsdfsdf said 3:36AM on 10-08-2006

Your claim that IE is not extensible is wrong. It has been extensible since ages, probably at least since version 4.

The only difference is, that you need a compiler to create such extensions (instead of just a text editor).

Still there exist a lot of extensions for IE.

Gardiner Westbound said 8:58AM on 10-08-2006

Microsoft's history of releasing "not ready for prime time" software motivated me to install the Microsoft IE-7 "blocker" program available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4516A6F7-5D44-482B-9DBD-869B4A90159C&displaylang=en

Tristam said 9:23AM on 10-08-2006

Where I can download IE7?

Rick said 3:12PM on 10-08-2006

Well I downloaded and installed IE7 and could not get it removed from my computer fast enough. I am a fan of Internet Explorer, although I use both it and Firefox, but IE7 caused too many of my other programs, Yahoo INstant Messenger, in particular to crash. From what I saw in the few minutes I tried to use it, I was not very impressed with the layout. Not sure why the buttons and links have been moved and sometimes either hidden or eliminated. I guess I will stay with the older version and increase my usage of Firefox. What are they thinking?

T Man said 9:56PM on 10-08-2006

I've been using IE7 as my secondary browser, and contrary to what people say here, I have found it to be very stable. It just "feels" right. Having said that, the standards support is woefully lacking, but this is so much better than IE6 (which makes me want to barf when I have to use that POS browser). I'll be accepting this on my WSUS server as soon as possible for my network.

2012 Mustang News said 4:44PM on 10-10-2006

My biggest fear is that IE7 will show webpages differently than before making it a nightmare for web developers everywhere. (including myself)

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