Photo gallery: Inside IE 7 (XP SP2 beta 2)

By ZDNet Australia
03 February 2006 11:54 AM
Tags: ie, ms, 7, 2, photo, explorer, beta, windows

Microsoft mirrors the look and feel of other browsers while adding a few unique features.

Inside Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2 beta 2

Leaner, meaner look and feel
In Internet Explorer 7 for XP SP2, the address bar now appears on the top and is not movable (relocating or masking the address bar is a common ploy among spyware and adware vendors). Also, the toolbar has been simplified to show only icons. Want the menu bar back? No problem, just add it. Also, the Favorites sidebar now has three tabs: one for Favorites, one for History, and one for RSS feeds.

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Talkback 4 comments

    Mirrors the look of other browsers? Rowan -- 05/02/06 (in reply to #120128589)

    It would be an insult to other browser makers to say that IE7 B2 preview looks anything like other browsers.

    The only resemblence it has to other browsers is the tabs (sort of) and the quick search bar.

    To me, IE7 resembles Windows Media Player 10, more than anything else.

    IE 7 Beta Bruce White -- 07/02/06

    Am a bit confused about this public download and wonder if someone could/would,clarify something for me.If I were to download this product,does it automatically wipe out your present/permanent IE 6.0?.Thank you muchly

    IE7 replaces IE6 Paul Sanderson -- 09/02/06 (in reply to #120128728)

    IE7 Beta 2 is as it says a Beta product so you should use at your own risk. Using a beta product on your main work PC is asking for trouble.

    If you wish to proceed, some beta testers have suggested backing up your hardware profile specifically using System Restore (a manually named restore point not the normal one which Windows does automatically).

    If you don't then there is a chance that because this is a beta there may be issues that will cause the uninstallation to fail, meaning you will have to reinstall windows.

    Like all betas, if you're not prepared to deal with the bugs and potential side-effects, then stick with the current stable versions.

    Quote from IE Blog:
    "Can I run the preview and IE6 at the same time?

    No, the preview is a system upgrade that replaces IE6 on your computer with the preview code.

    As Chris Wilson pointed out, "'IE' is actually a collection of system components - networking, browser hosting, core HTML rendering, printing, etc. When we install a new version of IE, we're installing it for all applications that use these system components - including the tiny iexplore.exe itself." Because of this, we do not support the various hacks that allow side by side running of IE6 and the IE7 Beta 2 Preview. Running with these could cause issues with the stability of a system."
    http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/01/31/521344.aspx

    Crud Anonymous -- 10/02/06

    It's just more MS crud used to force users to install the slow and pathetic XP SP2.

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