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IE7 Full Release

zogger
Wed Oct 18 18:22:03 -0700 2006
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Microsoft has started shipping the full release of Internet Explorer, version 7, their first major browser release since 2001.


"Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 7 on Wednesday, the first major upgrade to its Web browser since 2001 with new features aimed at preventing online fraud and improving ease of use."..more at the links

ed: What say, will this cause a slowdown of FF and other browsers adoption? Or will it fizzle? I think from what I have read this will be pushed in automatic updates, so we can see this on some huge number millions of desktops pretty soon.

IE7 Full Release
Herrison
Thu Oct 19 06:09:48 -0700 2006
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Worth noting that it's XP only, which rules out a bunch of people.
IE7 Full Release
Cassius Rosenthal
Thu Oct 19 06:40:01 -0700 2006
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More important -- can it run under Wine?  I'm thinking of all the web developers, developers, developers.
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David Leppik
Thu Oct 19 11:34:07 -0700 2006
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Depending on how picky you are as a web developer, Wine may not be good enough.  I'm thinking in particular about font rendering.  Also, when you discover a novel bug in IE, you have to trust that it manifests itself the same way in Wine and Windows.  I discovered a while ago that you can't download or play audio files in IE/WinXP from a password protected or HTTPS website.  It seems to have to do with the interaction between IE and Windows Media Player.  If I were using Wine, I would have thought it was a bug in Wine and ignored it.

As for me, I use VMWare for WinXP/IE7 and an old laptop for WinXP/IE6.

24 hours and an exploit is found - so happy it's thursday....

wowbagger
Thu Oct 19 07:07:57 -0700 2006
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And within 24 hours of its release the first exploit is announced:

secunia.com

24 hours and an exploit is found - so happy it's thursday....
zogger
Thu Oct 19 11:26:51 -0700 2006
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that's a good one, it was worthy of a separate article I think
24 hours and an exploit is found - so happy it's thursday....
wowbagger
Thu Oct 19 13:28:44 -0700 2006
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Fish. Barrel.

Saying MS-IEEEEEEEEEEE! has a security hole is like saying water is wet - but if you want to do a write-up be my guest.

 

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