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New IE Beta
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:52 pm
by Hella
Did any of you guys try it?
And if so, how bad is it?
I am thinking of installing it on a fresh install of Windows, but I don't want to if it sucks or if I can revert back to the older version.
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 5:57 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
Im running it, It has tabbed browsing, a zoom feature and a tab priview. It also renders png's properly. It does still have bugs though (and active x is almost not supported in it, which is somewhat of a good thing)
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:06 pm
by Hella
Psychotic_Carp wrote:(and active x is almost not supported in it, which is somewhat of a good thing)
What does that mean for Windows Updates through IE?
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:08 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
I dont think update uses that any more, no matter what you should be moving to service pack 2. Either way update is still working for me
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:13 pm
by Hella
I am running SP2, but I like to look once a week for new updates, and I use IE to look for them since IE's home page is set to the Window's Update page.
Is it at all possible to go back to the older version of IE if I don't like the Beta? I'm guessing I could just do that from this link?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:15 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
From what ive heard you can, but I havent tried it, im trying to find a program that lets you throw the updates on a disk so they install while installing windows.
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 6:18 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
I havent tried this but its supposed to be real good
http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
they talk about on episode 30 of dl.tv
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 8:38 pm
by Hella
I don't know if I like the way the Beta looks. I am going to play around with it for a few days and decide if I like this version as a whole or not.
Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 9:54 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
It took me a bit to get used to it, esp. how they moved the refresh and stop
Posted: Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:54 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
Beta 3 is out, there are some install isssues right now
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:20 am
by Hella
I hate this new version of IE. I haven't seen the beta yet, but I hope this is overhauled and changed before Vista comes out.
Posted: Mon Jul 03, 2006 1:26 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
It actually works a bit better when it does work, when you minimize it you get ram back, firefox is capable of doing it but it doesnt come defaulted that way
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:50 am
by Hella
Psychotic_Carp wrote:firefox is capable of doing it but it doesnt come defaulted that way
How do you do that?
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 7:57 pm
by Psychotic_Carp
Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 11:37 pm
by Hella
I'll give IE7 a test run on my old box. I'm still not entirely happy with the layout, but I'll try and deal.