wilbert Posted January 31, 2006 Author Share Posted January 31, 2006 Yup its there. Chrisgeleven. Here it is http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/ie7betaredirect.mspx. should have it there Yep! Thats the one! Downloading now! Neowinian's are the BEST at finding information on the web! Better than Google! :D Kinda sucks it was an older build... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I don't know about you guys, but whoever designed the UI should be shot. 1) No menu bar? That is going to confuse everyone. Not everyone knows that ctrl-c is copy for example. Not everyone is going to know how to turn it on. 2) Buttons scattered all over the place...no consistancy at all, requiring lots of mouse movement and guess work in order to find which button to use Still trying it out, but the UI is very unimpressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athernar Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Any screenshots, stability issues? Its Build 5296, and is so far running fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viciv Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 it's build 5296 :cry: :cry: :cry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slimy Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Wow the tour is very nice, I like it the new ui a lot, very clean :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 So I have downloaded but not installed yet. I have two issues which can hopefully be addressed for the community as a whole: 1) Whats the diff between this and Build 5299 (which I am running now) 2) Does Live Mail Beta work in this build? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 It is official. The UI of IE 7 is the worst I have seen since the days of the Mozilla Suite and Netscape 6.x/7.x. At least those browsers didn't move everything around and completely change what is the proven way to use the web. I fail to see what one UI change this has made that has actually speeded up or improved my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecotrojan Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 and still no xp64 version Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Siberian_kiss0 Subscriber¹ Posted January 31, 2006 Subscriber¹ Share Posted January 31, 2006 Wish there was a way to customize and move around, delete etc the toolbars like in opera, cant stand having the address bar at the very top. :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Well I am going to attempt an uninstall. Let's see if IE 6.0 SP1 with all of its patches returns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HilariousNinja Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 1) No menu bar? That is going to confuse everyone. Not everyone knows that ctrl-c is copy for example. Not everyone is going to know how to turn it on. I believe someone earlier said that alt+q brings the menu bar back. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scaramonga Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 The FOX still rules! :yes: :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew_f Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Reread it. :D It says they promised it by March, but it is now on their download site. I appoligse :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdlarson83 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 very quick, much better than beta 1, does need some clean up on the GUI, but overall, very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitlocker Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Why not build 53xx ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam1V Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 isnt it Beta 1 they have released? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRM316 Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I'm suprised they released a build lower than 5299 for this release. Oh well. At least I have 5299 installed :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I've been playing with this, and uhh yeah good bye fire fox. No more Firefox fanboy here. Dont flame me haha. I just really like the new IE and when it goes final it will more then likely be my final and only browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclingplatypus Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Thanks for the info guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ok is it just me or is there no way to uninstall IE 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 It is official. The UI of IE 7 is the worst I have seen since the days of the Mozilla Suite and Netscape 6.x/7.x. At least those browsers didn't move everything around and completely change what is the proven way to use the web. I fail to see what one UI change this has made that has actually speeded up or improved my experience. Stop complaining. It'll grow on you. Just because you're not familiar with something does not make it bad. I've been using IE7 beta 1 / 2 for quite a while now and find that doing away with the menu bar is one of the best things that could have been done. Copy, Paste etc. can still be accessed via right click and most of the common tools and utilities can be accessed via buttons strategically places at the end of the tabs bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krad Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=58957 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ok is it just me or is there no way to uninstall IE 7? In add / remove programs, click show updates at the top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisgeleven Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Ah found uninstall instructions: Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 PreviewTo uninstall Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview and return to Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP # Click ?Start,? and then click ?Control Panel.? # Click ?Add or Remove Programs.? # Check ?Show Updates? at the top of the dialog box. # Scroll down the list to ?Windows XP ? Software Updates,? select ?Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2Preview,? and then click "Change/Remove." If "Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview" does not exist, run %windir%\$NtUninstallie7bet2p$\spuninst\spuninst.exe. You need to have "view hidden folders" enabled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtreme $niper Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Alright well I think IE7 will bring some people back to Microsoft, but I'm still too attached to Opera to fully make the move. I must say it's not too shabby, but one thing that bugs me... Is ActiveX still included and enabled? If so, doesn't that mean this browser isn't any more secure than any of the previous versions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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