Internet Explorer 7

[limey]

Microsoft wants to install Internet Explorer 7. Does anyone know whether it
has the bugs out now and is OK to install?

Dora

 

[peter]

Been using it in Beta and now in final release version for a long time
without any problems

peter

 

[C A Upsdell]

Microsoft wants to install Internet Explorer 7. Does anyone know whether it
has the bugs out now and is OK to install?

Make sure your PC is stable before you update, especially with no
malware. Make sure you backup critical files. This will minimize the
likelihood of problems, and make it easier to go back to IE6 if 7
creates problems for you.

 

[Glenn S.]

Microsoft wants to install Internet Explorer 7. Does anyone know whether it
has the bugs out now and is OK to install?

Dora

There have been a lot of posts about IE7 on
microsoft.public.internetexplorer. Here's my story I posted there...

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am absolutely, totally happy with IE7, but not for obvious
reasons.

Before, I was using IE6, and never messed with the beta
versions of IE7. When I downloaded it, it installed perfectly; for
which I am thankful. Every button I clicked worked, though their
non-movable locations were cumbersome. The only problem was that IE7
used so many resources that it completely took over my computer.
Though I have Cox Cable High Speed Internet, my computer started
acting like I had dial-up again. Slow as molasses running uphill. I
knew that it wasn't another program causing the problems, because I
hadn't installed any other programs in a long time, since I rarely do.
I disabled the phishing filter and the pop-up blocker and everything
else I could find to disable, but it was still slow.

I tried to multitask, but when I was waiting for a website to
load, it would freeze up every other program I tried to access, and I
couldn't download my email, or do anything else, while waiting for a
website to load. I have an older system, with a 1.3 Gig processor and
480 Megs of ram, and it didn't like IE7 at all.

I decided to get rid of it, but was afraid that my computer
would get totally hosed up. I used Add/Remove programs from the
Control Panel, as recommended to get back to IE6, and it worked
perfectly. Now, every url I click pops up instantly again.

I was afraid that Microsoft wouldn't put much effort into the
IE7 uninstall process, so I'd be forced to continue using it. They
didn't. The uninstall process worked perfectly, and now my websites
are popping up again as soon as I click the mouse.

Thanks, Microsoft. You let me try something new, and then let
me get back to where I was. I'm feeling MUCH better, now.

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The number seven has been unlucky for me lately. After the
above, I upgraded from Trend Micro PC-Cillin 2006 to Trend Micro
PC-Cillin 2007. It slowed my system down, too, and I had to go back
to 2006. Until I get a new computer (which will be no time soon
because mine does everything I want it to do), I'm sticking with the
sixes, and leaving the sevens alone.

 

[Ken Blake]

Microsoft wants to install Internet Explorer 7. Does anyone know whether
it has the bugs out now and is OK to install?

There's no such thing, *ever*, as "has the bugs out now." Developing
software of any significant complexity is an extremely difficult thing to
do, and it can never be done perfectly. So *all* software (except the
trivial) has bugs.

Microsoft, like other software manufacturers, goes through extended software
testing, starting with in-house testing, then releasing it to the outside
world for beta testing in a wide variety of environments. They eventually
make the decision to release it, not when it's perfect (it's never perfect),
but when the remaining bugs they know about are few enough, and of low
enough significance that they expect few people to experience major
problems.

Then, as additional significant bugs are discovered after release, they
issue patches as necessary. This process continues for as long as the
product is supported.

So if you wait for it to have "the bugs out now," you will wait forever, and
can never install any software. It never happens. Note that this is not just
Microsoft I'm talking about, it's all software manufacturers.

All that said, I have IE7 installed on all three of my computers, and I have
no problems with it on any of them.

 

[Zilbandy]

All that said, I have IE7 installed on all three of my computers, and I have
no problems with it on any of them.

What did IE7 do with the the drop down menus? I'm old and of the
opinion if it ain't broke, don't fix it. I tried 7, uninstalled it,
then tried to make another browser my default browser. I couldn't do
it. IE7/6 took over as my default browser. A total restore from a disk
image was needed to 'fix' the problem. I'll live with 6 for another
year, then maybe try 7 again. But still, where's the darn drop down
menus?

 

[limey]

Thanks, everyone. After reading microsoft.public.internetexplorer, I've
decided to hold off installing IE 7 at this time.

Dora

 

[Glenn S.]

Thanks, everyone. After reading microsoft.public.internetexplorer, I've
decided to hold off installing IE 7 at this time.

You'll find tons more info on
microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general