IE7
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IE7 is going to happen – and I've officially seen it on Dean's screen. I can't tell you what's happening and where it's happening, but I can certainly share with you my feelings (which aren't under NDA). In a word: hopeful. They're moving forward, and the right folks are truly listening. I wasn't fully able to explore the pre-beta program, but I could see potential painted in the pixels. I, too, had my doubts: “Is Microsoft going to abandon browser development again?” After speaking with a couple of team members, I would speculate not. They'll likely walk with IE7, jog with IE8, and run with IE9. Beyond that? Anybody's guess. But I can tell you this: Dean Hachamovitch is my kind of geek. Would I recommend upgrading to IE7? Sight unseen, I'd probably still say yes.
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11 Comments
AdamR
April 4th, 2005
at 2:51pm
I would agree that Microsoft is going to pull their act together for IE7. Firefox, Mozilla, and Opera have taken a large enough chunk out of their userbase for them to pay attention to what users have to say.
I'm not a Microsoft and Windows hater as some people out there are. I know both the corporation and operating system have their problems, but overall, I'm a dedicated user. But when it comes to Internet Explorer, they really screwed up. Not so much in as they didn't create a good browser, but more in the fact that they didn't update it correctly and regularly, which gave way to the security issues.
I'm trying to be optimistic about IE7, but I find it hard. I think everyone does, and with very good reason. Microsoft has been challenged, not just in browser wars, but in every other piece of software. They've got the idea by now, and from some of their recent actions, they're getting much better. How IE7 will operate, and how powerful secure Longhorn will be still is yet to be seen
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The Computations of AdamR
Anonymous
April 4th, 2005
at 3:57pm
From what I've heard, the wrong things are going into IE7. But I don't really know shit. I hear, tabbed browsing, RSS support, but I want to hear CSS, XHTML, XSL.
- Randy Charles Morin
http://www.kbcafe.com
abdul
April 5th, 2005
at 12:07am
i think it will end up as a case of too little too late.
Its going to take something really special to even make me consider swtching to IE from firefox.
Patrick Ritchie
April 5th, 2005
at 5:49am
Chris: I still don't see full text in your RSS feed: http://chris.pirillo.com/index.xml
Original post: http://radio.weblogs.com/0101131/2005/03/17.html#a457
Anonymous
April 5th, 2005
at 6:33am
Patrick, you're not supposed to see the full text. You have to click the teaser to read more :)
Anonymous
April 5th, 2005
at 1:36pm
I agree. I very much prefer full-text as well, and it causes me to miss a lot of Chris' writing.
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Anonymous
April 6th, 2005
at 2:39am
Well, I wonder if it really matters? I mean, if it is not available on other platforms and is not available on Windows Pre XP, what is the sense? A browser for late model and future versions of Windows might be good in several years, but when you have a lot of people still using Windows 95, ME, 2000, they will never get to see this.
Rocky Moore
http://www.RockyMoore.com
Anonymous
April 6th, 2005
at 12:18pm
Chris, you are so lucky!
Justin
April 6th, 2005
at 6:58pm
Firefox will still remain supreme, in my opinion. Microsoft has thus far carried too bad of a reputation in laxidaisical response to problems in IE. The Mozilla Community has always made it a point to jump on problems found in Firefox immediately… That's what people are looking for in a browser – problems (if any exist) being fixed as soon as possible. I don't believe Microsoft can pull itself back up from its current position of being targeted in hatred by Firefox users.
Jolin
September 8th, 2005
at 11:11am
I'm very excited about IE7 new CSS improvements as I just finished a design theme for csszengarden.com
You can have a look at CSS Zen Garden Theme Design Guide
Jolin
September 8th, 2005
at 11:15am
I'm very excited about IE7 new CSS improvements as I just finished a design theme for csszengarden.com
You can have a look at CSS Zen Garden Theme Design Guide