http://www.softpedia.com/progDownload/Internet-Explorer-7-Download-25028.html
Nice to see that windows update can be accessed in tools at the top of the browser.
The checking web sites for suspicious behaviour is a nice feature!
Pehaps microsoft have finally woken up and really do take security seriously ;D
Now all those bored hackers have finally found a new summer hobby 
;D ;D ;D
This is a beta that can have a direct impact on your system security, not to mention it is difficult to get back to IE6 if you experience problems.
This is not for the faint hearted and really should prepare yourself for the worst case scenario and have some form of partition/HDD image backup strategy. Or run it in either a virtual environment or better still on a system that is not critical and you don’t mind formatting and starting again.
I for one with only one system (with a good imaging backup strategy) won’t be playing with this until a little after it has been released to Gold code (final public non-beta release).
This is not to say I think it is flawed, just let someone else be the MS guinea pigs.
There’s allways one dummy and I’m it. Running now on IE7 scarrrrrrrrrrrry
You may well have no problems at, but this is a very early beta and I don’t have that much confidence in MS getting something like this right first time round.
If you do experience any problems I hope that you have a recovery strategy. There is supposed to be a way to get back to IE6 but it is likely to be buried in the MS Knowledge Base area.
I did a pre-emptive google search on ‘revert to IE6 from IE7 beta’ which returns lots of hits, so you should have a way out if need be.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=revert+to+IE6+from+IE7+beta
Yep I do have a recovery image available and a spare partition
Hi just come from microsoft site and downloaded writeup on IE7 beta it is certainly going to be an inprovement on IE6.
The whole report runs to 27 pages, which makes some interesting reading at least microsoft are trying to get it write, and i look forward to reading some more on it.
I would much rather get my information/feedback on IE7 from independent reviewers/sources rather than the marketing hype, MS said similar things about IE6, everything from improving your internet experience to contributing to world peace (well perhaps not that).
At this moment in time I don’t believe that this early even MS know exactly what will be in gold release version of IE7, they may well have plans to include lots of functions, but it wouldn’t be the first time things have been dropped as deadlines slip. Longhorn/vista was meant to include a new file system to replace NTFS but this has been dropped.
There will no doubt in the next few months be many independent reports on the functions currently in IE7 beta1 and how they acquit themselves, that is where I will be looking.
We will ultimately have to install the final release of IE7 as it too will be an integral part of the OS, but I will be in no rush even when it goes gold. As for using it, that is a whole different ball of wax, I will probably stick with firefox.
I took your advice David, i had installed the beta but was a bit worried with what you said.
So I used system restore to get back to internet explorer 6 and it worked fine!
5 hours and no crash. Tabbed browsing uses the same mouse actions as FF. No refresh button on the browser. Activex warnings no longer appear at the top of the browser but on the page where the activex will be activated. The anti-phishing appears to be working but I have yet to find a bad site to try it on. Does not work with web mail on BTYahoo, classified as an unrecognised browser. But I only use web mail for spam anyway. There is the facility to clear cache and cookies from the tools menu. Appears to resolve web pages faster than IE6, maybe a tad faster than FF. Tab elements on the top bar need refining as it leaves markers when tabs are closed. The saga continues 8)
I think that was a wise decision, however I’m not sure how successful it will have been just using system restore to roll back, rather than some form of restoring IE6 in one of the google search hits. There might be some residual stuff left behind taking up HDD space and any potential conflict with a wrong version of an IE dll file, etc.
IE7 isn’t just a browser beta but an integral part of the OS, so using a beta that has potential to compromise your OS and if you aren’t able to easily set your system up again.
I would love it if IE wasn’t an integral part of the OS so if your browser is compromised it doesn’t automatically mean your system too is compromised. This is one of the major security points of firefox, also no BHOs and no activeX, period.
Living dangerously ;D
I think the best site test will come soon, on the next patch Tuesday at windows update ;D
I don’t know if any of you have heard of the browser called “Deepnet”. It’s an I.E. based browser. I have been testing it the past week or so. It does have a Phishing Alarm that can be set at any of 3 detection levels. The browser also has other nice features. I don’t know whether I.E. 7 Beta will have a better Phishing alarm feature or not. Might want to check this one out.
I think I’m not going to download this “thing” until it will be final version. As all possible unknown security holes scares me too. Besides, I’m happy with stability of my system so I don’t want to ruin it.
Got all the updates no probs
Well Ylap,
I am still happy with FF or else I would have had the adfree Opera 8.2 version It was a strange thing IE 7.0 was not launched on a larger scale, but only came out for a small crowd of beta testers. See: http://www.techlog.nl/archive/2005/08/02/microsofts_ie_team_delivers_a_. Some people, and there are Windows IT Internet gurus among them, feel that Windows still is not secure enough, and that it did not do enough to follow general Internet standards. One actually called for a sort of “boycott”. So IE developers rather pleases every Webmaster to run their buggy code than stick to Internet Standards and have others re-do their homework (approx. half) and have security as a first priority. There are two reasons for this behavior, other than market share. First - No one can deny that the main malware vector on Windows is its built-in browser. Second - It would have been better that the browser code had been separate from the OS. When they made this part of a good NT4 OS, they made a critical mistake as with Active X; and now there seems no point of return. A good security thing in IE 7.0 is the anti-phishing filter. By the way where is the one click safety mode for IE?
greets,
polonus
I doubt that this beta 1 version was ever likely to have a wider release, there has been lots of hype though about IE7 but little substance and only a little fanfare about the beta 1 release. More I believe to stifle the growth of defectors to firefox.
Early beta versions do tend to experience problems so I assume MS didn’t want too much whining from those experiencing problems, when they really weren’t equipped to resolve their problem. It was meant for release to developers (I believe) so they could check out how it would integrate with their programs/software.
A Browser’s a Browser . 
FF had a few hicups last release. They were onto it in a Flash.
Microsoft are yet to show they have the Resources/Time/Manpower to focus on specific Browser issues, especially with the New “Vista” Operating System . Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather Bill Gates running my business than any one else ! He’s good , with money !
I’ll be keeping a close interest on essexboy’s posts from now on !
Any Idea if there will ever Be a Windows 2000 version of IE 7?