Internet Explorer 7.0

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 19 Oct 2006 09:01 am

Apparently it's out:

Source

But it doesn't appear on the Windows Update site so I don't know what's going on.

flipswitch · Post by **flipswitch** » 19 Oct 2006 12:48 pm

Bleh, needs a genuine cope of windows xp, which I have, but my friend formatted my pc and installed his copy so I'm stuffed.

westical · Post by **westical** » 19 Oct 2006 06:51 pm

I'm dobbing.

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 19 Oct 2006 07:25 pm

Microsoft today released the final version of Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP and made it available for free download at the Internet Explorer 7 site.

IE7 is a significant upgrade to IE6, and offers tabbed browsing, an anti-phishing toolbar, a redesigned interface, and a variety of security features, including increased protection against rogue ActiveX controls. It's Microsoft's first launch of an all new browser since the release of IE6 in 2001.

Widespread distribution of the browser won't go into full effect until November, when it will be made available as a high-priority update via Automatic Updates, and will download automatically onto millions of users' desktops.

I'm downloading now. Hopefully it's a big improvement.

K.T.Shoe[BMs] · Post by **K.T.Shoe[BMs]** » 19 Oct 2006 08:16 pm

I think will wait until the first big fix

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 19 Oct 2006 08:21 pm

K.T.Shoe[BMs] wrote:I think will wait until the first big fix

You'll be waiting five years

K.T.Shoe[BMs] · Post by **K.T.Shoe[BMs]** » 19 Oct 2006 08:22 pm

Ambrose Burnside wrote:
K.T.Shoe[BMs] wrote:I think will wait until the first big fix
You'll be waiting five years

In that case I will just wait

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 20 Oct 2006 09:05 am

I've been playing around with IE7 for a little bit, HUGE improvement over IE6 (it's amazing what competition does for MS. Bear this in mind 360 fanboys

) but there is one thing that annoys me:

In Firefox, I can go to my Bookmarks and open a new tab by clicking the middle mouse button. I've gotten so used to doing this I don't even realise I'm doing it. With IE7, I can't do it with my Favourites. Which sucks. I can't even right-click -> open in tab

So I'll be sticking with Firefox until MS fix this. Or somebody tells me how to do it

westical · Post by **westical** » 20 Oct 2006 10:12 pm

Not sure what you're doing wrong.

Drop down the favourites, right click on the one you want -> Open in New Tab

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 21 Oct 2006 08:53 am

The Open in New Tab option isn't there

Open is there, but that doesn't put the new page into a new tab

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 21 Oct 2006 09:36 am

OK I figured it out

There is a little yellow star in the top left hand corner. Click this and your favourites appear with a blue arrow next to each link. Click the arrow to open in a new tab.

If you use Favourites in the Menu Bar (which I was), then this option to open in a new tab isn't available.

@ Microsoft.

GreyWizzard · Post by **GreyWizzard** » 21 Oct 2006 09:47 am

I just upgraded from mozilla to mozilla firefox... wow this is nice. Auto updates and add ons installed on the fly. sweet!

Ambrose Burnside · Post by **Ambrose Burnside** » 21 Oct 2006 09:50 am

Yeah Firefox is great. Version 2.0 should be released within a week or two I imagine.