IE7 Beta2 Preview is out

[pcostanza]

Been testing Vista and IE7 and have found both rather nice. I'm a Firefox fan but IE7 has been rock solid for me so far.
MS has released the Beta2 preview if anyone is interested http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie7/default.mspx

[betlit]

i do not see a reason to not go on with opera (mostly because i'm lazy, dull and do not want to 'adapt' a new UI)

[Torque]

Pcostanza, I used beta2 for almost a week. Finally uninstalled it yesterday. Just too many quirks and I needed to get some work done

Pros:
New interface look (simple) - It looks more clean and modern.
Phishing filter (if it didn't crash IE twice, I might have left it on)

Cons:
Interface not as customizable as IE6, couldn't move the tool bars to where you wanted. Address bar too long, can't group other buttons and icons on the same row with it. Lost valuable vertical realestate because of this.
Phishing filter crashed it twice, had to disable.
Certain CSS websites weren't useable (MS musta took a cue from Firefox on that little snafu)
Browser features like history and favorites were cumbersome to access.

[ydekmekji]

FYI: IE7 was supposed to come out in early summer 2005.

[pcostanza]

Pcostanza, I used beta2 for almost a week. Finally uninstalled it yesterday. Just too many quirks and I needed to get some work done

Pros:
New interface look (simple) - It looks more clean and modern.
Phishing filter (if it didn't crash IE twice, I might have left it on)

Cons:
Interface not as customizable as IE6, couldn't move the tool bars to where you wanted. Address bar too long, can't group other buttons and icons on the same row with it. Lost valuable vertical realestate because of this.
Phishing filter crashed it twice, had to disable.
Certain CSS websites weren't useable (MS musta took a cue from Firefox on that little snafu)
Browser features like history and favorites were cumbersome to access.

Guess, I'm the lucky one so far so I want say anymore good things at this point except I've never been a big IE fan and most likely wouldn't make a permanent change anyway.

[groover km]

My avatar gives me away.

To be honest, with a combination of Firefox, Thunderbird, Google Desktop, and GBPVR - and the judicious use of plugins/ extensions for each - I only need Microsoft string to hold it together.

Can't see me switching back.