IE 7.0, any problems?

[Mark Pruitt]

When my Windows Update alert appeared tonight, I pursued it and was prompted to install the new IE 7.0. I have not installed it yet. I'm wondering if anyone is aware of anything "unsafe" about it or any reason why perhaps I should hold on to 6.0 for the time being.

Thanks
Mark

[Mike Armstrong]

A recent experience reminded me [too late] that I have a habit of letting other people be the first to try a new release of something while I sit back and wait for reviews and/or complaints. My bankrupt cable provider Adelphia was recently acquired by Time Warner. I soon got a letter from them telling how to go online and convert my email addresses to new Roadrunner ones. In a moment of weakness, I did, which of course led to all kinds of problems, some not yet resolved. The first Time Warner letter was followed up about a week later with another one which in essence said, "Remember how we told you to upgrade your email right away? [as Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say:] "Never mind!"

I'd wait a while.

Mike

[Jeffrey Makiel]

At my workplace, we were told by the IT folks not to update to 7.0 just yet. They want to do some testing first. This general software policy comes from years of experience.
-Jeff

[Mark Pruitt]

At my workplace, we were told by the IT folks not to update to 7.0 just yet. They want to do some testing first. This general software policy comes from years of experience.
-Jeff

Jeff, at the hospital we were told as well not to run the update, but our IS folks said the concern was specifically tied to some of the electronic record keeping programs. Well, I'm going to wait at home as well..for a little while at least.

[Jim Becker]

Corporate users should lay off for awhile until IE7 is validated to actually work with their business applications.

Personal users...much less risk and even if you swear by Firefox (as I now do...2.0 version even), some of the pundents say that upgrading the IE on your machine to version 7 is a good idea purely for security reasons. And there still are a few sites that won't work properly in Firefox or other browers...I use a FF plugin/extension to deal with those quickly from within Firefox.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Mark,
I loaded it today with no problems. We'll see how it works out over time.

[Ken Salisbury]

I loaded it last week and have had zero problems so far. I like some of the new features.

[Rick Doyle]

As the former Manager of a large computer network, I agree 100% with those who would delay installing IE7 on a business network - at least until it is proven stable, reliable and any 'killer' bugs are worked out.

However, I downloaded IE7 and installed it on my three home computers within hours of it's final release. It's great! I haven't had any problems at all.

I also downloaded Firefox 2.0 but didn't care for it as much because it still doesn't correctly display a lot of the websites I like to visit.

Rick

[Rick Doyle]

I wanted to mention another nice feature of the new IE7 browser. It has to do with the new 'tabs' feature. Let's say you have 5 tabs open displaying 5 different websites. When you want to close the browser by clicking on the red 'X' in the top right-hand corner, you should see a window open asking "do you want to close all tabs"?

In the same window, there is a check box which says "open these the next time I use IE". If you check that box, then the next time you start IE7, all 5 of the websites you open when you closed will reopen in new tabs.

I've found this very useful as I'm usually switching back and forth between 6-10 websites all the time. It's nice to be able to open them with just one click. It works great!

And I know, before you FF afficianados jump all over me, that FF has a similar feature called 'grouped tabs' which allows you to specify which websites to start on launch of the browser.

Rick

[Matt Meiser]

I've got it on two computers at home with no issues. I love the tabs (which firefox already had.) It is also against our corporate policy to install it in the office yet as there are known issues between it and our web-meeting provider and potential issues between it and our ERP system.

Because of the lag in my satellite internet connection at home, I've gotten in the habit of browsing forums by right clicking a topic and clicking open in new window. Using tabs is much better for that purpose.

[Dennis Peacock]

I don't have it due to "issues" we've had with it on some computers at work. The version I'm running has done very well, so why change until IE 7.01, which is when the bug fixes will be released for 7.0.

[Robert Mickley]

I don't have it due to "issues" we've had with it on some computers at work. The version I'm running has done very well, so why change until IE 7.01, which is when the bug fixes will be released for 7.0.

Aww come on Dennis its Microsoft, the bugs will never be all fixed
Personaly I'm on a campaign to get any one I can away from MS all together. Gates has gotten enough of my money over the years, they get no more

[Jeffrey Makiel]

For my home computer, I use Mozilla Firefox. I started using this browser instead of IE about 2 years ago. Since then, spam, viruses and whatever else have nearly gone away. Perhaps a coincidence, perhaps not.
-Jeff

[Mike Wenzloff]

Aww come on Dennis its Microsoft, the bugs will never be all fixed
Personaly I'm on a campaign to get any one I can away from MS all together. Gates has gotten enough of my money over the years, they get no more

Well, in the last 2 years the oil companies have gotten more out of me than I have paid to MS since the 1980s, but I think I'll keep driving anyway

IE 7 seems pretty stable. I had a couple weirdnesses happen during all but the last of the betas. The release seems fine.

Mike

[Bruce Page]

I run Win 2000 PRO. IE7 dosen't seem to be an option for my system.