Ken Wagner wrote:
> Saw this http://redmondmag.com/news/article.a...torialsid=7651 today.
> It seems MS has decided to push IE7 out as a "High Priority Update" via
> Windows Automatic Update when the browser is ready.
>
> I haven't tried the IE7 beta, but if I remember correctly, there have
> been more than a couple of issues (with "regular users", not necessarily
> "regulars in this group") with FF and TB after IE7 has been installed.

There is also something positive about this. IE7 will fix some CSS bugs
IE6 has and thus break the outlook of many IE-only websites. Unless the
webmasters use IE7-hacks to get over those issues. Fixing the issues
might improve the support for Firefox also.

Plus Microsoft will get bad press about breaking Firefox/Thunderbird
with their updates.

Ken Wagner wrote:
> Saw this http://redmondmag.com/news/article.a...torialsid=7651 today.
> It seems MS has decided to push IE7 out as a "High Priority Update" via
> Windows Automatic Update when the browser is ready.
>
> I haven't tried the IE7 beta, but if I remember correctly, there have
> been more than a couple of issues (with "regular users", not necessarily
> "regulars in this group") with FF and TB after IE7 has been installed.
> Again, if I remember correctly, it was things like IE7 "taking" status
> of default browser among other things. I just makes me wonder how many
> users will flood the mozilla groups when it's pushed out to their
> machines...
>
> On another note: If you're interested, MS is releasing a "blocking tool"
> that will block the installation of IE7 indefinitely. There's a link to
> the tool at the bottom of the article.
>

I doubt IE7 will be pushed to existing machines. However, I have the
beta version installed on two computers here, and it coexists just fine
with Firefox 1.5.0.4 and 1.5.0.5 and 2.0b1. What problems have you had,
or heard of?

Aggro wrote:
> Ken Wagner wrote:
>> Saw this http://redmondmag.com/news/article.a...torialsid=7651
>> today. It seems MS has decided to push IE7 out as a "High Priority
>> Update" via Windows Automatic Update when the browser is ready.
>>
>> I haven't tried the IE7 beta, but if I remember correctly, there have
>> been more than a couple of issues (with "regular users", not
>> necessarily "regulars in this group") with FF and TB after IE7 has
>> been installed.
>
> There is also something positive about this. IE7 will fix some CSS bugs
> IE6 has and thus break the outlook of many IE-only websites. Unless the
> webmasters use IE7-hacks to get over those issues. Fixing the issues
> might improve the support for Firefox also.
>
> Plus Microsoft will get bad press about breaking Firefox/Thunderbird
> with their updates.

It should also decrease the number of sites using Active X, given the
IE7 comes with it disabled, and recommends against its use. Now if they
would just understand that my local machine and the internet are NOT the
same, I might even use IE....

_Ken Wagner_ spoke thusly on 31/07/2006 4:30 PM:
> Saw this http://redmondmag.com/news/article.a...torialsid=7651 today.
> It seems MS has decided to push IE7 out as a "High Priority Update" via
> Windows Automatic Update when the browser is ready.

Given the security improvements, it probably should be a high priority
update.

> I haven't tried the IE7 beta, but if I remember correctly, there have
> been more than a couple of issues (with "regular users", not necessarily
> "regulars in this group") with FF and TB after IE7 has been installed.
> Again, if I remember correctly, it was things like IE7 "taking" status
> of default browser among other things. I just makes me wonder how many
> users will flood the mozilla groups when it's pushed out to their
> machines...

No, that only applied to OE users. In other words, with IE7 installed
and Firefox set as the default, clicking on links in Thunderbird or
other application launches Firefox. It is only when clicking on links in
Outlook Express, that it doesn't seem to honour the default.
Besides, as I understand it, that bug has been fixed.
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Ken Wagner wrote:
> Saw this http://redmondmag.com/news/article.a...torialsid=7651 today.
>
http://www.spreadfirefox.com/node/24503