I E 7

[INSTINCT]

new beta of internet explorer 7 in beta form is available for download here --> http://www.Micro Soft.com/windows/IE/ie7/ie7betaredirect.mspx

this is removable, if you dont like it you can remove it by going to control panel>add remove programs>click "show updates">it will appear as an update so remove that entry.

heres how it looks,except the silver slate color wich is a custom tweak i use,yours will boreder blue or olive or silver.

[Kat*{MEOW}*]

yours will boreder blue or olive or silver.

No it won't, I use FireFox. 

[THEKATZ*{MEOW}*]

Same here Kat, though I might check it out as my second browser.  As all Mozilla users know, there are a few pages that Mozilla will not load properly.  Though rare, I do use IE.  So this might be kinda neat.

[Kat*{MEOW}*]

They don't load right because they are poorly done.  It's not the browsers fault, it's the web sites.   <shooter>

From what I understand the Java that many people use with MS front page, is not true java, but a bastardized version.  When a browser setup for real Java hits it, the page doesn't display properly. 

But what am I telling you for TK, you know a heck of a lot more about it than I do. 

Actually I haven't hit a bad site with Fire Fox in a loooooooong time.

[THEKATZ*{MEOW}*]

I agree in the most part, poor design.  But certain websites cater to Microsoft only and do not want Mozilla to browse for instance try updating any MS product through Mozilla for one.  There are a few others than MS but ony about 1 to 3% of any webpage I have come accross will display terribley.  So in the most part, web developers try and apease both Netscape and other browsers.

[VooDoo]

Yep. For the first year I had Mozilla, I couldn't log into my Hotmail. Every other email site I had no probs, just MS. Only recently would it start loggin in from Mozilla.

[Smooth*{MEOW}*]

I only use IE for win updates and hotmail, otherwise it's Firefox.

[Jugulator*{MEOW}*]

there is a passworded site that i have to use at work for looking up parts and pricing for Ingersoll Rand air compressors that won't work on firefox. Sooo, I use them both too.
gonna check out that new IE7
as for front page, from my experience i found that if you use any of the preprogramed shortcuts, like the mouse over buttons, then they dont work in netscape, I think microsoft made it that way on purpose. maybe thats the java thing your talkin about Kat?
I also had problems with page alignment from front page with netscape

[Raidien{MEOW}]

That screenshot is from a Windows Vista beta (notice the black toolbar) [http://www.windowsvista.com]. IE7.. ugh... they should've stopped at IE1. I, like many others, am a die-hard FireFox user (except at work, can't install anything on the machines and IE is default). I hear that IE7 monitors every site that you go to... every site gets checked by MS server to see if the site is a known phishing site or not. Why bother setting privacy controls when MS logs everything anyways? I am a huge fan of www.ie7.com however :P Here are some of the IE7 main features:

Tabbed Browsing ( stolen from FF )
RSS Compatibility ( stolen from FF )
Phishing Site Check ( afore mentioned )
Improved Printing Features ( about time )
.PNG Support (about time & stolen from FF)
ActiveX Disabled by default (finally)
Still only developed for Windows-only platform ( whew, why break other platforms? )

quote from article on WebMonkey: "Reports released this week have shown that IE7 Beta2 Preview is vulnerable to hijacking by malware..."

... It's just another MS product. I find it funny how they punish others for stealing their software, but they have no problem stealing ideas from others.

Just my thought of the day... I'll be sticking to my FireFox...

[Kat*{MEOW}*]

TK Said

try updating any MS product through Mozilla for one.

Well TK until a month ago I would have agreed with you.  Not any more.  I just updated my MS anti-spyware beta through my FF browser.  Yes it's M$ software and yes it's an M$ site.

The problem has always been the active X.  That's where the vulnerabilitys lie and where the stop is for updating with another browser.  Since the EU courts have ruled that M$ must decouple IE and the windows OS, I think M$ is finding other ways to make those updates available to none active X browsers.

Of course once FF becomes the most used browser, than the black hats will start targeting it and we'll all be back to IE.  <shooter>