Internet Explorer 7 thoughts May01 '06
I tried installing Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 2) on my computer at work, in order to see what further CSS support has been implemented.
Turns out much better CSS support, but since nobody at my work is using IE 7, it doesn’t really matter yet.
And... the installation of IE 7 effectively removed my copy of IE 6 - which everybody uses, so I still needed that.
Turns out you can’t run both IE 6 and IE 7 on the same machine. Don’t ask me why.
So I was thinking of putting it on our webserver machine, so I can still test things via Remote Desktop, but keeping my own machine with IE 6. This is better than nothing.
Also, if you come across this situation as well - in other words, "installing IE 7, and wanting to revert back to IE 6," I’ve learned the process to revert is rather painless.
Simply uninstall IE 7, via Add or Remove Programs, in the Control Panel. Then once you restart your computer, IE 6 will be back in place.
(Initially, I tried downloading IE 6 again, and re-installing that way, but I quickly learned that method won’t work.)
Notes on IE 7
Some things I’ve noticed about IE 7, from my limited exposure to it, so far:
- Tabs put IE in the current century for web browsing (every other recently updated browser, on the planet, has tab support). Now maybe my boss will finally understand why the IT guys use Firefox (amongst many other reasons).
- The thumbnail screen is rather interesting. This shows a small thumbnail of each web page you are viewing. I’m not sure how this feature can be applied for daily web tasks, but it looks neat! (I know Firefox and other browsers have extensions for this feature, but I thought I’d mention it anyway.)
- The streamlined icons and interface make things more pleasant, and less "technical."
Bottom line is - the world doesn’t need another web browser - but for web development, it may help things considerably, since the whole world uses IE.
Categories: Browsers 
, CSS , Web Development
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