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IE 7 Beta 2: Resources

Posted in General by Elliott Back on January 31st, 2006.

Here are some first impressions from around the blogosphere on IE7b2:

  • Robert McLaws list of related resources
  • Sean MCB has a few thoughts on the new beta
  • Chron realizes that this is not a beta, but a preview of a beta
  • Digg has a choir of anti-MS comments
  • Soreeys points us at this Ars Technica review
  • David gives it a little trial run. Poor guy had to reboot…
  • Matt made it crash!!
  • Jeremy has been toying with it for a while now, didn’t die
  • The IE team posts a feature list

If you’re interested in more IE 7 news, take a look at the SpreadIE category of this blog!

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4 Responses to 'IE 7 Beta 2: Resources'

  1. Sean McBride said:

    on January 31st, 2006 at 7:07 pm

    Thanks for the trackback. You have some interesting posts here on actually installing and trying out the beta. I’m very sad since I don’t have an install of Windows that I’m willing to IE7Betatize. I’m looking forward to a beta that can run alongside my IE6 (although I doubt it will happen) and can at least uninstall. (I hear that you can’t uninstall this version? That doesn’t really sound very likely but… that’s what I hear. Have you tried uninstalling yet?)

  2. Elliott Back said:

    on January 31st, 2006 at 7:09 pm

    I saw something in the release notes about an uninstall. They say this:

    Uninstalling Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview

    To uninstall Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview and return to Internet Explorer 6 on Windows XP
    # Click “Start,” and then click “Control Panel.”
    # Click “Add or Remove Programs.”
    # Check “Show Updates” at the top of the dialog box.
    # Scroll down the list to “Windows XP - Software Updates,” select “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2Preview,” and then click “Change/Remove.”

    If “Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview” does not exist, run %windir%\$NtUninstallie7bet2p$\spuninst\spuninst.exe. You need to have “view hidden folders” enabled.

  3. Apartment 47 said:

    on February 3rd, 2006 at 2:56 am

    IEBlog : A New Look for IE

    IE Program Manager Max Stevens tries to explain and defend the hideous new UI for the next Microsoft release of Internet Explorer [via]
    …

  4. orangeguru said:

    on February 5th, 2006 at 6:09 pm

    Looks nice. But I am still sticking to W2K - so no IE7 for me. ;-)

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