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IE7 Public Beta...Firefox look out?

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Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:05 pm

i downloaded it but i don't know if i want it screwing up my laptop :wink:
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Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:29 pm

Even if it is better, I'll still use Firefox. Of course, on it's final release, I will no doubt download it just to be updated, but I've been using Firefox since it's release, and before that, Phoneix for several years.
No matter how bad the new homepage sucks or how bungled the new management is...

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Wed Feb 01, 2006 1:18 am

Sargent Duck wrote:
Even if it is better, I'll still use Firefox. Of course, on it's final release, I will no doubt download it just to be updated, but I've been using Firefox since it's release, and before that, Phoneix for several years.

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Even if it is better, I'll still use Firefox.
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Even if it is better
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if it is better
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That's a pretty big IF.

Being accostumed to Firefox and your very own set of extensions creates a dependency so great, that, without your account, it's like trying to swin without legs.
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 5:25 am

Probably have a few bugs I guess......at least its a fast download :wink:
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Been using it for a while...nice...well worth a look!
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:37 am

Clean GUI, fast, very good to me.

A few bugs in RSS feeds...
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:01 am

Downloaded it...

seems nice. Would consider using it when I next do a clean install... right now I am just happy with firefox, and I am so used to using it.

But I think ie7 seems quite good, and fast.

I'd be happy to use it!
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:45 am

I dont think this will be available for XP users will it? IIRC it will be released only for Vista?
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:51 am

LicketySplit wrote:
I dont think this will be available for XP users will it? IIRC it will be released only for Vista?

According to the link at the top, it'll work ONLY on XPSP2.
What we have today is way too much pluribus and not enough unum.
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:09 am

Does anyone know if it replaces IE6? Can you run both concurrently? I will need IE6 to check for compatibility, so if installing 7 overwrites it I'm not going to bother.
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:19 am

There's no Hammertime button for IE. What's the point?

(and yeah, I guess the 14 other extensions are pretty useful, too...)
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:56 pm

Hey, I heard IE7 will have TABS!!!1111one

Will I be able to change tabs by holding the right mouse button and turning the mouse scroll?

:(


Extensions are too deeply ingrained in tech-savvy FF users to switch back
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:40 pm

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So I tried it......IE7 has one big issue....The lack of a bookmarks toolbar folder. Having all my links organized into group folders available right there on the toolbar is awesome.


Links?

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Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:58 pm

Damn...wish I had 1.61MB/s bandwidth
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:36 pm

Heeey you can press Ctrl+Tab to switch tabs in IE7. I never figured out a way to do it in Firefox :\

EDIT: Heeey it's ctrl+tab in Firefox too! :oops:
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Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:41 pm

jss21382 wrote:
Damn...wish I had 1.61MB/s bandwidth

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Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:42 pm

Spike™ wrote:
Heeey you can press Ctrl+Tab to switch tabs in IE7. I never figured out a way to do it in Firefox :\

EDIT: Heeey it's ctrl+tab in Firefox too! :oops:


On Opera too :P

So does it hog memory like FF 1.5 (FF uses 4X the memory of Opera with the same tabs open on my system)? I tried FF 1.5 for 2 months since it comes pretty close to Opera in the important features with the available extensions, but its not quite Opera in features and a big fat pig :x
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:02 am

Has anyone norticed how nice all the fonts look using IE7?
TR pages certainly look better.
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Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:31 am

Try viewing tem in Opera :wink:
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