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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 45743

Microsoft has released
the final build of IE7 today to customers, with the company expected to push the build by automatic updates on 1st November. The new version has several additional features comparied with IE 6, including tabbed browsing, RSS Web feeds and anti-phishing support.

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xxxx · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:42 pm Post subject:

IE7 sucks.

Safer · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:24 pm Post subject:

I rather I think it's a momentous improvement of what is the evil IE6.

As a tester of Vista since a few years back I I have seen it evolve and I have gotten used to it a manner but I still go back to my oh so awesome Opera which have captivated me since so long.

Kudos to the IE Development Team, which now need to work on how they are going to continue feed IE features and improvements like their market competitors have done since the dawn of time.

IE7 is something great for the people who have no idea what a "firefox" or this "opera" music (?) are. Wink

djRom · Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject:

I agree with you Safer on it being for the clueless. Too bad people who don't update their windows XP will never seen the light of day for IE7 (the ones that don't know they can just download it).

xxxx · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:43 am Post subject:

To follow up.

Firefox works better and is imo more secure with a few seconds worth of downloading plugins. For those that know how to use a browser, moving to Firefox is not a big issue and it even imports most everything your IE has. IE lets spyware in and sucks cat nuts at blocking popups. HX's site and astalavista are the perfect test for IE at least to force popups. No google bar wont help you and further securing your popups with Google bar will make you see 'too little'.

Get Firefox and these extensions before you even use Firefox to cruise the net. Wait a few months and use whatever you like, all there will be is cookies...Scan with anything you like.

Noscript
IE Tab
Faster Fox
Adblock

( there are a million other plugins that rock! )

Noscript = Block java scripts and stuff. embedded advertising nearly all blocked ('nothing' gets in without your approval)

IE Tab = Having a problem getting a MS specific site to work, like windows update? Just right click the link and Open in IE Tab. All problems gone.

Faster Fox = actually speeds up displaying sites maybe some 25%

Adblock = filters all kinds of ads on sites

Don't worry about being out of date on anything, Fox will tell you and updates take seconds.

IE doesn't support 'all' the standards and if you are into PHP and stuff, you will eventually notice that the sites look better and work better when you go to them.

IE 7 is a step backwards, not a step forward. It also suffers from lack of customization.

Oh and as a bonus with Firefox, unlike IE7's laughable themes, Fox gives you hundreds to choose from and it 'really' does change the appearance of your browser. Great when your bored of how your browser looks.

I bet if you use Firefox for a week, you'll probably never use IE again except for at work.

save you the time
http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Extensions, themes and other plugins here
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/

Want to change your Windows themes without some bloatware applications like Windows Plus!, StyleXp or Window Blinds... all you need is this... (amazing really how many don't know about this)

http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707
(just remember to 'cancel' the windows file security)

Now you need themes for Windows...
http://themes.belchfire.net/xpthemes.html

KingArthur · Contributing Member Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 78

I'll have to wait for the Nov. 1 automatic update because this exe wants me to validate windows, and I er, uh, cant do that Wink

lucas · Posted: Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:20 am Post subject:

Safer · Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:51 am Post subject:

However, XXXX, you completly misses the point of IE7.

It is for the masses - I don't know one I have installed it for (and I do it on a regular basis as I coach the poor soul who will take over my old techitian job) who have used any extensions beyond content plugins which Firefox asks for by it self.

I don't deny that Firefox is a awesome piece of Open Source technology, but IE7 is aimed at a completly diffrent mass of people then Firefox attracts - and you obviously isn't one of them, ne? Razz