IE 7.0 Chat reveals new info


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Today, a team of Microsoft folks chatted with Beta testers giving information and address concerns testers have had during the past month of testing. I was unable to attend the chat directly, but a friend supplied me with the transcript. I won't post the entire transcript, but will talk about the best stuff.

IE 7.0 CTPs: No. Don't expect to see monthly IE 7.0 Community Technology Previews (CTPs).

IE 7.0 for Windows Server 2003 SP1: Yup. This one is coming as well. No release date has been given just yet, but talk is by the Beta 2 release this should happen.

IE 7.0 User Interface: Alot of people have mentioned disapproval for the Vista-like interface within IE 7 on XP and have expressed concerns about not being able to move some of the toolbars. Well, the interface is far from complete for IE 7. Expect changes to come in Beta 2. Dave Massy expressed excitment for the "great new user experience" we'll be seeing in Beta 2. It was also said that there will not be any major difference in the UI for IE 7 on XP and IE 7 on Vista so the UI may depend on what is developed for Vista. Vista is supposed to have a major new UI update seen in Beta 2. We'll see.

IE 7.0 x64: Definately coming.

IE 7.0 Download Manager: This feature has been dropped from IE 7. Other parts of IE have taken more priority such as security. But from what was said, discussions of IE 8 were already happening so this feature still might see light of day.

IE 7.0 Protected Mode: This is one feature the MS guys were very excited.

Tabbed Windows Explorer: Not going to happen. One comment said this was not going to happen. But another question was asked about when you type a path in IE it opens a seperate window in Windows Explorer and why not just let it open in another tab. The answer given was this was a feature that will be implemented. It appears though Microsft wants to make IE 7 and Windows Explorer seperate.

Outlook Express 7: The IE Team and OE Team are completely different teams but the OE Team is working on a updated version of Outlook Express for Windows Vista. Nothing was said regarding whether it will be version 7 or whether we'll see it on XP.

There is most of the cool info I dug out of the chat. Pretty cool stuff. I look forward to seeing the new UI as well as better RSS abilities and improved antiphishing capabilities in Beta 2.

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Yes, i the DL manager is a must... for me atleast... Why dont they just implement the manager used for MS Beta products... I downloaded the Data Protection Manager to see wat it was about and stuff, and i liked the DL manager..... it doesnt work on XP so if anyone wants to try it DONT.

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