Should I upgrade to IE 5.5?

[GoldenBear]

I want answers.

 

[Sacotool]

yes

 

[Tripleshot]

Why not just go for 6.0?

 

[JayPatel]

be careful of the latest beta of 6.0....it doesnt work with the quicktime plugins.

 

[CattyKathy]

no, it's gonna bite you

 

[Linh]

yes

 

[konichiwa]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Especially when it comes to MS software.

 

[Soybomb]

No, upgrade to opera instead.

 

[gopunk]

the engineer's maxim doesn't necessarily apply to software. sometimes you want features that old stuff doesn't have. dos was pretty damned stable (for me) but i prefer win2k.

and as nice as opera is, i find it doesn't render pages as nicely as ie does, with css, xml, and all.

 

[konichiwa]

What features does IE5.5 have that 5.0, 5.01 or 5.1 don't have?

 

[Luden]

<< If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Especially when it comes to MS software. >>



Very well said

 

[Thegonagle]

You get print preview, but i can't think of anything else. I upgraded. There were no problems, and it might just run a tad more quickly, so why not?

 

[Balt]

I think 5.5 comes with a bunch of developer tools. If you don't need all that extra stuff, just stick with 5.0 or whatever.

 

[dawks]

Go 6.0.

 

[yakko]

<< be careful of the latest beta of 6.0....it doesnt work with the quicktime plugins. >>

Mine does. Of course I could be wrong since I only have it on three machines.

 

[DanJ]

IE 6 is rock solid. Very nice.

 

[joohang]

<< If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Especially when it comes to MS software. >>


Very well said.



<< What features does IE5.5 have that 5.0, 5.01 or 5.1 don't have? >>


They are mostly developer-oriented.

i.e.:
Enhanced visual filters (the DirectX transform thingies)
You can change colours of the scroll bars (oooh! big deal )
More enhanced HTML editing features (i.e. my text editor)
I believe that it added a few more CSS attributes also
Print Preview (already mentioned)
It handles CSS and DHTML slightly differently (more headaches for me) - feature of bug?

Nothing major, as far as the end-user is concerned. Even the XML parser that ships with IE 5.5 is the same version (or maybe 0.1 version ahead) than IE 5.0.