Has anyone else tried out IE 7 Beta 1?
I recently installed it, and while I like the advent of tabbed
browsing, there are other features that have annoyed me. For
example, many sites that use scripting no longer work as a result of
the upgrade, and I can no longer enter my time for work or even log
into Engy's Experiment!
I've looked in the options to see if I have to check/uncheck something,
but haven't yet discovered the problem. The interface itself is
nothing special, although Microsoft appears to be taking the Google
approach of simplicity in their UI. I'm not digging the tiny new
back/forward buttons, and can't find a way to increase their
visibility. In addition, it is reporting www.jasonengstrom.com
as a potential Phishing site!! What?? I'd love to know
their criteria for selecting a "potential phisher" and how my site
shows up on the list.
Granted, I haven't spent a ton of time evaluating it and haven't even tried out the new Web Feed functionality (thanks to BlogLines),
but I'm ready to uninstall. Which, leads me to another
point...how the heck DO YOU uninstall it? It doesn't show up as
an option in my Add/Remove programs list, and even in the Windows
Component section, it shows up as using 0.0 MB and uninstalling it via
that method has proved unfruitful.
IE 7 is going to lose my business unless the final product is markedly improved!
[UPDATE:]
Just found this post over on the Framework Zone and bingo, IE 7 is history!