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IE7 - It's Getting Close!

As you can see from the post on the IE team blog IE7 is headed for final release shortly. It's fun reading some of the comments on the team blog. Clearly some people didn't actually bother to read the post or follow the links to the resources for more information!

I believe IE7 is going to be a great release. Great for Security, Great for User Experience and a Great step forward for Web Developers. We've had plenty of previews over the last year or so to allow web sites to prepare for the release. In fixing some of the issues with IE6 we have changed in a few areas how pages using the strict doctype render which means that pages relying on the incorrect behavior in IE6 may need to be updated to work in IE7. The changes made under the strict doctype make for a more consistent set of CSS functionality that web developers can rely on.

Not only do you want to make sure your site works in IE7. There are a couple of things you can do to make your site work great with IE7 and give users a better overall experience.

  1. RSS. If you have an RSS feed the make sure you expose an RSS link on your page so that people can discover and subscribe to it from IE7. If you don't expose a feed on your site then think about doing so as it is a great way to bring people back when you publish new content.
  2. Open Search. If your site has a search feature then expose it so the IE7 browser can use it from the browser search box.

Get ready for IE7 now.

Thanks
-Dave  

   

Published Tuesday, October 10, 2006 3:36 PM by DMassy

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# re: IE7 - It's Getting Close! @ Tuesday, October 10, 2006 7:41 PM

So is MS going to provide a free windows license to load on the free Virtual PC  they suggest so we can run IE6 & 7 side by side ?. I cant justify spending the $AUD300 for a XP home license to test a browser.

Mark M

# re: IE7 - It's Getting Close! @ Tuesday, October 10, 2006 10:17 PM

Dave -

Getting ready for IE7 here and we can't wait! We love the CSS fixes and the new JScript 5.7.

BTW, if JScript 5.7 finds its way into an upgrade patch for IE6, I will make sure that the individual responsible receives a nice bottle of his or her favorite wine :-). You see, I still have customers on Win2K that cannot upgrade to IE7, but I desperately need the performance improvements that JScript 5.7 offers.

Thanks to you and your team for a great IE7 release!!

Cheers,

- Bill

William J. Edney

# re: IE7 - It's Getting Close! @ Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:12 PM

After installing IE7 I now have to run IE7 before outlook express 6 will run properly.  If I launch only OE6 it acts like it is in a loop and never responds.  If I try launching OE6 before IE7 both programs stop responding and I have to shut them down manually, getting the error reporting message.

I often want to check my e-mail without having to have a browser open.

Can anyone help or refer me somehere I can get help?

Ken Hill

# re: IE7 - It's Getting Close! @ Monday, October 30, 2006 4:01 AM

I have run the IE7 beta release with no problems but when I loaded up the final release it all went wrong.  IE7 did not recongnise my internet connection and kept cutting me off.  Outlook was OK. After a day or so I found it impossible to connect up to the internet; all that happened was that my modem window flashed on to the screen for a fraction of a section and then disappeared. I have removed IE7 and am back to IE6 and all seems to be OK.  Anyone got any ideas?  Perhaps Microsoft can suggest something?

Dave

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