Internet Explorer 7 RC1 Released

Published on August 24, 2006 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

Microsoft has released RC1 of IE7.

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The release notes for this build can be found at the link below.

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on Aug 24, 2006

I can't help but wonder how long it will take for IE7 to become the dominant browser (in comparison to the other IE versions I mean), and how much hell would web designers have to go through to support IE6, IE7, FireFox and, oh heck, even IE5.

Oh and I'm not IE7 hater, in fact, I like a lot of its aspects and I'm glad that the average Joe user will soon have a more or less normal browser, and who knows, they might even become more browser-savy as a result and switch to FireFox. Speaking of which, as long as there are such awesome extensions for FireFox as AdBlock (cannot live without it!), MouseGestures, TabMix and more, I just don't see any reason to switch to IE, any version.

Alpha Tellurian

on Aug 24, 2006

I'm a Firefox man myself...

but I may check it out.

bobcato

on Aug 24, 2006

downloaded IE7,first menu command didn't do anything'removed it. Thanks Microsoft

Zoomba

on Aug 24, 2006

Installed IE7 RC1, rebooted, fired up IE... boom. Crashed right out. Tried 4 or 5 more times with same result, uninstalled and went back to IE 6

MadDeez

on Aug 24, 2006

working great here

Island Dog

on Aug 24, 2006

I had a hard time installing it. I finally got it installed after about 20 minutes.

Phoon

on Aug 24, 2006

No problems on my end.

Kperry

on Aug 24, 2006

Running great on my end, I can never get firefox to run properly (never been a fan of Firefox anyways) Guess it depends on the system.

seldomseen

on Aug 24, 2006

Hmm...still running IE6...wonder if I'd benefit from moving to IE7...better go check it out. Thanks, ID, for starting this thread.
[edit: went to second link I.D. posted above...good info...wondering about"Search sidebar disabled, View Source and other changes. Guess it'll be a matter of adaptation to IE7 for me]

starkers

on Aug 24, 2006

Thanks for the info, ID....I generally use Firefox, but the IE7 betas are a big improvement on IE6 and I'll give this release a try for sure.

GhoS

on Aug 24, 2006

I have IE7 installed, but I won't use it. Its got a poor interface that I can't get used to using and I can't customize it like I used to be able to do.
Otherwise it does seem to work faster than previous versions and the additions of tabs is nice to have, although I don't like that the tab bar area is taken up by other icons and stuff, so there isn't much room for tabs.

Blueweb

on Aug 25, 2006

They will probably just end up buying Firefox for IE8.
It's not like they can't afford it.

BasketWeaver

on Aug 25, 2006

No problems here. I got tired of waiting and waiting for fire fox to load every time. The interface is different but so was fire fox different when I started using it. Loads quick and I like the security enhancements.

Vailene

on Aug 27, 2006

I'm a "die hard" FireFox user. I "stepped up" from Opera to Firefox well over a year ago, and is where I stand.

HOWEVER, I've been following the IE7 activity. I've downloaded the betas and now this Release Candidate... I will say, Microsoft as well as, IE has come a long way in providing a great browsing experience.

I'm not here to start a "browser war".. So I won't say what IE is missing, even though it's obvious...

But, I will say that IE7 will be a damn good "free browser" to have bundled in with Windows Vista. And for the regular user (which I'm not).. Will be more than sufficient for their internet browsing needs.

Hats off to Microsoft on this one. "Ya done good."

Jafo

on Aug 27, 2006

I'm still using Beta 3 ...so...anything new/thrilling in RC1?

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