Internet Explorer 7 beta 2 public preview available for download...

Uclagamer_99

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is anyone getting a msfeed.dll error when attempting to install this beta?
a google search doesn't come up with much about the dll...sounds like its something related to RSS

 

TheSlamma

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I wish they put the menu bar at the top like every other program in existance.
 
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Been using it for a week now, and I love it. I reinstalled my system last night, and found it a bit hard to have to use the "old" style again, even for an hour or two.
 

JustAnAverageGuy

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As a long time Opera user, I gotta say IE7 is pretty slick (in comparison to IE6). :thumbsup:

I'm impressed so far, but I'll reserve final judgement until the non-beta version is out.
 

SmoochyTX

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Wow. I can definitely say it's a helluva lot faster than IE6 on my comp. User interface isn't bad at all either.

CPU usage is very good and so is memory usage. Definitely better than Firefox! BTW, I'm an Opera user. This is the first time I've given IE a chance in a couple of years.
 

Looney

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Wow, this thing is soooo fast! It loads almost instantly, and opening tabs, scrolling, everything is so fast.

It is VERY buggy though. I'm getting moments of freezing now and then, and Fusetalk is missing the quick post at the bottom. There's no flash block as i can see, so now i have flash ads again :(

But if they allow extensions and such, i can really see myself using this!
 

Looney

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BTW, this installs right over IE6... so if you actually use that, you may want to take that into consideration.
 

Stangs55

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Originally posted by: HenHowC
is anyone getting a msfeed.dll error when attempting to install this beta?
a google search doesn't come up with much about the dll...sounds like its something related to RSS


I've got that error on install :(
 

Looney

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If this is how the menu and windows are going to be like in Vista, it's going to be awesome! Everything is so streamlined!

But man, is this buggy. About 1/5th of the time, i need to refresh a page or thread to get it to render properly.
 

MBrown

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This browser FLIES!!! If feels so much snapper and quicker than firefox.
 

Uclagamer_99

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am I the only one that thinks that the default skin is NOT very aesthetically pleasing? it gets even worse when you run winxp in classic mode. ;P
 

Aftermath

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Originally posted by: HenHowC
am I the only one that thinks that the default skin is NOT very aesthetically pleasing? it gets even worse when you run winxp in classic mode. ;P


I'm with you on that. I was running the classic theme when I started it up the first time, and was taken aback by how old it actually looked. It adapted when I changed over to the standard blue Luna theme and it looks a little better.

I like it so far. It's definately a step in the up from IE6. Built-in tabbed browsing alone makes it much more comfortable to use.

The only complaint I have so far is that I wish they had the button on the tab to close it, while the tab was out of focus. It annoys me that I either need to do two clicks to bring it into focus and close it, or two clicks to right-click and close. It's a small gripe, but that alone has slowed down my normal browsing experience, though only a little bit.
 

Looney

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Originally posted by: HenHowC
am I the only one that thinks that the default skin is NOT very aesthetically pleasing? it gets even worse when you run winxp in classic mode. ;P

I think it's awesome! So clean! I love it!
 

rise

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still opens up new windows and not new tabs/pages when clicking a link though :confused: