Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 leaked

User Comments: 20

1. January 22, 2006 7:39 AM
   paulwuzhere said:
   I hope its a little more secure than 5 and 6. I can't wait to try it. I bet i won't switch from firefox tho.
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2. January 22, 2006 7:55 AM
   Mictlantecuhtli said:
   11 GB? I didn't think Microsoft could add that much bloat to its OS, let alone a browser :P
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3. January 22, 2006 8:04 AM
   fury said:
   It's 11mb actually.I might give it a shot if I'm feeling brave
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4. January 22, 2006 8:31 AM
   DragonMaster said:
   But IE will still be IE. 11MB? Isn't that just a patch for IE6?At least, with Firefox, when explorer.exe crashes, the browser doesn't crash with it. Also, Firefox will still make a good percentage of the browsers even if a lot of Window$ users return to IE because it's also used a lot on Mac and Linux.
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5. January 22, 2006 9:21 AM
   MonkeyMan said:
   Whoa, now this is going to be interesting. Maybe Internet Explorer will be the top browser on the market again, we'll just have to see. But I predict, that Firefox, Opera, etc. will probably come out with something similar to compete with it. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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6. January 22, 2006 10:33 AM
   Phantasm66 said:
   [b]Originally posted by fury:[/b][quote]It's 11mb actually.[/quote]Oops! Sorry.
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7. January 22, 2006 10:37 AM
   maxtor said:
   Yes, its time to get searching for torrents. I have beta 1, I want beta 2. Is it only available as source code? Compiling it might be quite hard... Oh, nevermind I think I just found it, looks like a setup file. Nice.
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8. January 22, 2006 3:09 PM
   cyrax said:
   They can release all the betas they want......avant and mozilla products will always be the browsers of sensible choice.
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9. January 22, 2006 5:28 PM
   gamingmage said:
   Firefox all the way. I don't think this will help IE very little if at all.
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10. January 22, 2006 5:36 PM
    AeonXX said:
    It’s very easy to find this on all of the popular torrent sites, and from what I’ve seen it’s Mozilla Firefox in a polished Microsoft Internet Explorer suit. It has the tabbed browsing feature, which I wouldn’t call a rip-off because it’s so obviously useful. It also has a search engine in the upper right-hand corner of the browser, which defaults to Google oddly enough. Perhaps that is only if you have installed the Google Toolbar, however, I can’t say. I’m certain that the default search engine is supposed to be MSN Search, because I seem to remember Steve Ballmer vowing to “f***ing kill Google.” One feature that I thought seemed useful is the ability to load several tabbed sites on startup. I don’t think Firefox is capable of doing that at the moment. I’ve also heard that the default cache sizes for IE7 can be extremely large (up to several gigabytes). All in all, there just doesn’t seem to be enough reason to switch over again. I would download it and try it out for myself, but I’m pretty happy with Mozilla Firefox.
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11. January 22, 2006 7:11 PM
    exscind said:
    I wonder if the "leak" was on purpose as a way of Microsoft gauging people's reactions on their second attempt (there was a beta 1, after all) at un-screwing Internet Explorer. It seems like all the web-browers have a tabbing feature so it is no surprise that Internet Explorer 7 will also contain this feature. I saw a few screenshots; needless to say, I was not impressed. Firefox/Opera still seem the way to go. Plus, dabbling with beta versions, especially Microsoft's betas, is usually not a wise idea . Their "final" releases of products speak for themselves, I can't imagine how "stable" Microsoft's beta releases are.
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12. January 22, 2006 11:15 PM
    nathanskywalker said:
    [url]http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/BC255AD73A26110
    CC2570FE006ED543[/url][url]http://www.allheadlinenews.com/
    rticles/7001965327[/url]Lol, sounds to me like a lot of people want to be able to clear their history easily...ok no problem with a little conveience. [quote]Even Microsoft didn’t disclose many of the new features of Internet Explorer 7, but according to screenshots of Beta 2 version, posted on other sites it will have tabbed-browsing interface and QuickTabs.[/quote]Well, let us hope so. Really, why not add a tab-browsing feature? And really, most of these things microsoft is talking about adding, firefox already has. But then again, i guess you have to know a more about computers than how to check your email to efficeintly utilize some of the more versatile features. Good move microsoft, and i honestly hope you meant for that to slip
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13. January 23, 2006 1:24 AM
    fiziks said:
    IE should be an option
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14. January 23, 2006 9:54 AM
    zachig said:
    Oops!!! I wasn't here a few days and already a lot of great news!!! I really want to give it a try as I'm very curious how will it perform when compared to IE 6.
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15. January 23, 2006 10:27 AM
    mentaljedi said:
    7 is a lucky number and we'll seee how it goes. i personally think that it will be good, but not goood enough turn turn back users.
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16. January 23, 2006 11:30 AM
    Vaulden said:
    Unless it ends up being leaps and bounds beyond Firefox I won't be switching back. Even if they make it as good as Firefox, I'd rather have a browser that is not integrated into the OS.As for the beta... meh... I'll just wait for the release with Vista.At my office, however, the extra features sounds like added user training.
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17. January 23, 2006 11:30 AM
    maxtor said:
    Its alright. I just downloaded it and installed it, its a lot better than IE6, and there is a noticable improvement between it and beta 1, IE7 beta 2 is the best IE yet. Although I will continue to use Fx as my main browser.
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18. January 23, 2006 5:33 PM
    JMag034 said:
    Haha it always seems like these things are leaked before their launches
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19. January 24, 2006 6:21 AM
    enasni said:
    [b]Originally posted by paulwuzhere:[/b][quote]I hope its a little more secure than 5 and 6. I can't wait to try it. I bet i won't switch from firefox tho.[/quote]It doesn't sound too safe now does it seeing as how others already have the entire program way ahead of schedule.
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20. January 24, 2006 6:27 AM
    Mictlantecuhtli said:
    [b]Originally posted by mentaljedi:[/b][quote]7 is a lucky number and we'll seee how it goes. i personally think that it will be good, but not goood enough turn turn back users.[/quote]Should we just wait for Windows NT7 then?
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