Comments on: Public beta of IE 7 nears

Windows XP users may get the chance to try out the Microsoft browser's new features early next year.

[BMR777]

I don't want to be the poor sap who tries the new IE first!

I would hate to be the first to try the new IE7 Beta. It's probably going to be a big piece of you know what at first, and then after all that they may never get it right.

They need to find a replacement technology for ActiveX. Firefox doesn't need it, so why should IE?

Brandon Rusnak
http://www.rusnakweb.com

[Lord Kalthorn]

Firefox does need it :P

It only gets by because Internet Explorer does :P You said they need a replacement for it? If they found one, do you think Firefox would use it? I doubt it. ActiveX works just fine with the security enhancements in SP2, and was fine for anybody with common sense even before it.

And loads of people have been using the Internet Explroer Beta 1 for ages now. I have been using it for two or three months myself with less problems may I add than I had when I used Firefox.

[Earl Benser]

Remind me again....

... why I should care......

[open-mind]

Because...

...unforunately, pretty soon Microsoft will leverage their Windows monopoly to make this the default browser on the majority of PC desktops.

You should care because

even with Opera 8 (which I use), I have to have IE as a back-up. Ditto for FF & Safari.

Sad truth is, most websites cater for IE. If the millions of non-IT people browsing the web want (not)new features liked tabbed browsing, their only going to get it through IE.

If there was ANY alternative that worked as well as IE on all the websites I visit, I wouldn't need to have IE as an icon in my Quick Launch.

I WANT to throw away IE. But some M$ products are still the best choice - even this wireless keyboard & mouse. My # 1 choice, buying software/firmware/hardware is - is it the best product for the job. My # 2 choice is - is it made by someone that is NOT M$ :-)