Internet Explorer 7

[Usha Starchild]

Anyone tried it out, I downloaded the beta but wanna hear some comments before instailling it.

[Sanchek]

Think IE6 with a copy of all of FireFox's useful features.

The anti-phishing thing is a good idea in general, but probably not relevant for anyone who can get their hands on a semi-closed beta program.

I used to prefer IE6 to FireFox by a long shot, but now I couldn't switch and lose all the extensions I use.

[Ronne]

Imo, one of FireFoxes biggest strengths was it's relative obscurity. Don't get me wrong, it's a solid browser all around, and I still use it. But a year or two ago when people went 'Mozilla, that some new Godzilla rip off movie?' was it's golden time, 0 popups, near zero security issues, ect. Now that it's become more mainstream, it's starting to see some of the flaws that IE has with popups/security and such. I about shit a brick when those fugging flash based popups or whatever appeared, I hadn't seen one in so long I thought I downloaded some .exe that I shouldn't have~

[Sanchek]

I about shit a brick when those fugging flash based popups or whatever appeared

http://www.petebevin.com/archives/20...ox_popups.html

[Vorph]

Originally Posted by Sanchek

I used to prefer IE6 to FireFox by a long shot, but now I couldn't switch and lose all the extensions I use.

That's what it comes down to for me now too. I still think Firefox is a slow, crash-prone, memory hog of a program compared to IE with the Avant shell (and that's before I add any extensions) but I couldn't function without Adblock Plus, GreaseMonkey, or downTHEMall! Giving up the convenience ones like ForecastFox, FoxyTunes, Download Statusbar, etc. would suck too.

[Ronne]

Originally Posted by Sanchek

http://www.petebevin.com/archives/20...ox_popups.html

I know, I fixed it a while ago, it just took me by surprise when I saw my first popup in about a year~