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Internet Explorer shows off first RC

Posted on 25.08.2006 at 10:45 in Tech News by Martin

Microsoft polished up the latest beta version of Internet Explorer 7 and offered it up today for download as the first release candidate (the step between beta testing and a final version). This new version doesn’t add any new features or major interface changes from the last version. It focuses on bug fixes, along with performance, compatibility and security improvements. You can get RC1 from Microsoft’s IE site for XP SP2, XP 64-bit and 2003 SP1. No release candidate for Vista yet, but Microsoft says “we’re getting close.” The final version is still planned for the fourth quarter later this year.

One little plus over beta 3 is that today’s version will automatically uninstall old betas. This release also adds language support for French and Spanish. The final version will match Windows’ supported languages. If you’re already using an IE7 beta, there’s no reason not to grab RC1. If you’re still using IE 6 for some reason, keep in mind that when IE7 is finished, Microsoft will be distributing it as a high priority update via Automatic Updates. Anyway, Firefox forever!

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  1. ok
    August 25th, 2006 | 12:28

    Anyway, Firefox forever! ? :P
    well if your talking about internet explorer why u have to mention firefox ?
    if u like firefox i dont :)

  2. Cop
    August 25th, 2006 | 13:51

    Me like the foxxy fox :)

  3. Kovzac
    August 25th, 2006 | 23:22

    both suck and would fuck your internet if you had the bad luck of being born in china, amongst other things. i think im going ie/firefox>legitimate. safari? opera?, opera got built in torrent downloader hmmmm.

  4. Zarathustra
    August 26th, 2006 | 08:26

    I like firefox, too but I’d sure like to see how ms tries to keep up with it. Unfortunately MS has validation on their website for the download, so could someone please post a torrent for the XP2-version?

  5. gwb
    August 27th, 2006 | 12:27

    ff ftw!

  6. jon
    August 27th, 2006 | 12:40

    The days of firefox being ‘more secure’ are over, you only need look at the dozens of published hacks for firefox released in the past month to see hackers will exploit either browser. And the new IE despite being a blatent copy of firefox is nonetheless a very good browser.

  7. Nil Gradisnik
    August 28th, 2006 | 17:33

    @jon You got any proof behind these arguments ?

    Check out secunia.com and compare IE and Firefox…

  8. Mori
    August 29th, 2006 | 09:25

    @Nil
    Yup, look here:
    http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/FirefoxMyths.html

    Opera forever =]

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