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Tim S · 1st Feb 2006, 12:16

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/02...a_2_goes_live/

plagio · 1st Feb 2006, 12:38

Looks like firefox with a IE theme. No thanks.

DXR_13KE · 1st Feb 2006, 12:39

it is trying to imitate firefox.
if you cant beet them, join them.

Hamish · 1st Feb 2006, 12:41

much hate for moving the damn file menu below the tab bar, thats just retarded

rupbert · 1st Feb 2006, 12:43

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Originally Posted by Hamish

much hate for moving the damn file menu below the tab bar, thats just retarded

I know! It's just...why?

dom_ · 1st Feb 2006, 13:08

Its not just trying to be firefox in my opinion. the tabbing is nice but most browsers have had it for years, opera, firefox etc. They are just progressing behind all the other browsers.

Its an improvement.
But still only something i would only use when looking at microsoft sites like windows update as opera doesnt like that much.

RTT · 1st Feb 2006, 13:33

Assuming they sort out the security, I'd definitely use it over Firefox. Renders pages faster, loads faster, has tabs, and I don't make use of any extensions in Firefox.

Sadly I think that IE7 will slow FF's growth because it has just enough to make Firefox not quite worth installing for the average user who makes up IE's 90% (or whatever) market share.

Sounds like it'll still be an ass for developers though, much like IE6 is/was.

It'll be interesting to see

MiNiMaL_FuSS · 1st Feb 2006, 14:49

yea i agree...seems IE7 have added just enough to put most people off bothering to move to FF...and thus their market share wont sink any lower....or so they hope....roll on FF2

cpemma · 1st Feb 2006, 14:51

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Originally Posted by RTT

Sounds like it'll still be an ass for developers though, much like IE6 is/was.

No way can anyone expect MS to change their own 'standards' to the extent that sites that work in IE6 will go wobbly in IE7. That's not just shooting yourself in the foot, it's a head shot.

sadffffff · 1st Feb 2006, 16:36

so you still cant move the file menu? i know you couldnt in the last beta i installed, then uninstalled for that very reason. if i cant move it im not installing it. its just dumb! i'll stick with ie6 untill they fix that bit of stipidity thank you very much

Meanmotion · 1st Feb 2006, 17:05

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Originally Posted by cpemma

No way can anyone expect MS to change their own 'standards' to the extent that sites that work in IE6 will go wobbly in IE7. That's not just shooting yourself in the foot, it's a head shot.

There's ways of allowing 'correct' code to be rendered correctly just be using document type recognition, i.e. any document with type html4, xhtml, etc would be standards compliant so should be rendered as such. If no document type is declared then it can be rendered in IE mode.

dragontail · 1st Feb 2006, 18:31

nah, I'm happy with FF1.5 with all my extensions thanks.

yodasarmpit · 1st Feb 2006, 18:42

The quick tab function is very nice, you press it and you are presented with thumbnails of each tab, very nice.

LOL, Just noticed the default search uses google, msn search is listed but not the default.

no mouse guestures

atanum141 · 1st Feb 2006, 19:32

how easy is it to uninstall this thing, coz im just wondering if later on it wont be a pain to remove?

stephen2002 · 1st Feb 2006, 20:44

I tried it out this morning. It has some good features and I like the thumbnail view as well as the ability to zoom the page both for display and for printing.

However it broke some XML features (XSL stylesheet rendering) that I was working on so I had to remove it. It was very easy to un-install, just check off "show updates" in Add/Remove programs and you should get IE 7 Beta 2 in the list.

I personally have been using and am happy with Avant browser, which is basically IE with tabs. I use Opera on my old laptop because of it's speed. I used FireFox for a while but the memory usage was kinda silly and it was too slow for me.

automagsrock · 1st Feb 2006, 21:07

I like it so far. Definately better then IE6.

BTW yoda, is that Vista you're using, or a custom Windows theme. If it is a theme, how'd/where'd you get it (If it's vista then don't worry about it).

yodasarmpit · 1st Feb 2006, 21:14

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Originally Posted by automagsrock

BTW yoda, is that Vista you're using, or a custom Windows theme. If it is a theme, how'd/where'd you get it (If it's vista then don't worry about it).

http://www.crystalxp.net/bricopack/en.htm
Vista Inspirat, al in one theme, icons etc

perplekks45 · 1st Feb 2006, 21:32

wtf?!
Inspirat needs like 85 MB even if I uncheck EVERYTHING?! C'mon, what's that supposed to mean?

Hamish · 1st Feb 2006, 22:04

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Originally Posted by yodasarmpit

The quick tab function is very nice, you press it and you are presented with thumbnails of each tab, very nice.

seems kinda pointless to me, shockingly i actually know what links i've clicked on and can work out what each tab has in it by its title

maybe im just special but i cant see myself using that feature very much

Kevo · 1st Feb 2006, 22:20

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Originally Posted by Hamish

seems kinda pointless to me, shockingly i actually know what links i've clicked on and can work out what each tab has in it by its title

maybe im just special but i cant see myself using that feature very much

You can also get an extention for firefox that does the same thing

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1st Feb 2006, 12:38	#2
plagio Multimodder Join Date: May 2004 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 140	Looks like firefox with a IE theme. No thanks.

1st Feb 2006, 12:41	#4
Hamish I Mod, Therefore I Own Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: London Posts: 3,587	much hate for moving the damn file menu below the tab bar, thats just retarded

1st Feb 2006, 13:08	#6
dom_ ---> Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: uk, south east Posts: 3,936	Its not just trying to be firefox in my opinion. the tabbing is nice but most browsers have had it for years, opera, firefox etc. They are just progressing behind all the other browsers. Its an improvement. But still only something i would only use when looking at microsoft sites like windows update as opera doesnt like that much.

1st Feb 2006, 16:36	#10
sadffffff Hypermodder Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: sadffffff Posts: 676	so you still cant move the file menu? i know you couldnt in the last beta i installed, then uninstalled for that very reason. if i cant move it im not installing it. its just dumb! i'll stick with ie6 untill they fix that bit of stipidity thank you very much

1st Feb 2006, 18:31	#12
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stephen2002 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 182	I tried it out this morning. It has some good features and I like the thumbnail view as well as the ability to zoom the page both for display and for printing. However it broke some XML features (XSL stylesheet rendering) that I was working on so I had to remove it. It was very easy to un-install, just check off "show updates" in Add/Remove programs and you should get IE 7 Beta 2 in the list. I personally have been using and am happy with Avant browser, which is basically IE with tabs. I use Opera on my old laptop because of it's speed. I used FireFox for a while but the memory usage was kinda silly and it was too slow for me.

1st Feb 2006, 21:07	#16
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