IE 7 Public Beta

[kilps]

ne1 else have fuzzy text? and how can i fix? it wasnt like this before i upgraded otherwise its fast and looks a bit like opera.

I also have the fuzzy text ... but it doesn't seem too bad, reminds me of the linux fonts...

 

[Darth Garth]

ne1 else have fuzzy text? and how can i fix? it wasnt like this before i upgraded otherwise its fast and looks a bit like opera.

IE 7 enables XP's anti-ailising font technology called "ClearType" ... it makes fonts looks much nicer on monitors but you need to "tune" it to your monitor or can turn it off.

http://www.looksmartauto.com/p/articles/mi_zdext/is_200402/ai_ziff119147

 

[Gunny]

Cool thx dude tuned it and looks alot better.

 

[The Traveller]

It was a toss up between Firefox or Opera, but I went with Firefox even though Opera's technically faster. I just like firefox and the Book of Mozilla (about:mozilla).

Now who are these Microsoft people you are talking about with this Internet Adventurer... Traveller... Explorer thing, that's it. Really, some outsiders with a nice little product then.

--Traveller

 

[bekdik]

Anyone had installation problems? It refuses to install on one of my machines. Worked great on another.

 

[mikef]

Anyone had installation problems? It refuses to install on one of my machines. Worked great on another.

Installed fine on both my machines. On the one had a problem with validation but after editing "iecustom.dll" it installed ok

 

[Carlhead]

editing "iecustom.dll" it installed ok

how, what, who, where? I really want to try it... but I can't get it to Validate on either of my machines (one of them might be less than 100% leagal). The other is licenced etc.

I also noticed that there isn't an option in the poll that says "it's wonderful... I'll use it forever and ever" ?

 

[mikef]

how, what, who, where? I really want to try it... but I can't get it to Validate on either of my machines (one of them might be less than 100% leagal). The other is licenced etc.

I also noticed that there isn't an option in the poll that says "it's wonderful... I'll use it forever and ever" ?

Link to validation workaround
http://forum2.youceff.com/showthread.php?t=10055

 

[mikef]

Some comments:

Overall interface a big improvement over IE6
I like the multiple home pages
Some minor glitches when displaying some webpages

 

[bekdik]

FF fans will appreiate the second post.

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general&tid=c5ead394-2df3-472c-96e6-5322b4456cec&cat=en_us_28cca3eb-7037-4d4f-bde1-d8efee1f1420&lang=en&cr=us&p=1

 

[web]

Does not seem to like my 3g connection keep having to run this repair connection thing. Otherwise not to shabby.

 

[mikef]

Is any1 using IE7 beta as their primary browser?

 

[mic_y]

yeah i am was using opera before my last reinstall, but then, i was too lazy to install it again. DL'ed IE7 yesterday, and i am loving it to bits

 

[mikef]

Some further feedback
My favourite change to IE7 must be the ability to zoom in on webpages

For a beta it seems very stable - some problems encountered:
- some webpages do not display correctly
(i.e. the prophecy menu bar)
- expanding history for previous week won't work (2 or 3 weeks ago does work)