General 23 Mar 2006 05:04 pm
IE 7 Beta Download (including a Flash intro)
I just figured out where the IE7 beta site is and noticed that they were using Flash for a simple intro animation to the site. The SWF doesn’t appear to really do much other than zip some text across the screen but it does make for a slightly more engaging experience than a static screen.
In any case, IE7 looks pretty slick. I’ve been an avid Firefox user since it was released but, after playing with IE7 at the Microsoft Mix 06 conference this week, I’m fairly impressed. I may end up switching (on my PC anyways) if it ends up being stable, secure, and fast like Firefox.
Then again, I’m so attached to my Firefox extensions that it would be tough to switch.
Get IE7 beta here.
on 23 Mar 2006 at 8:21 pm 1.Dean said …
send me mail with your favorite FF extensions and I’ll see what I can do…
on 23 Mar 2006 at 8:45 pm 2.Andrew Muller said …
The zipping text is clickable, clicking reveals a screenshot of the feature listed by the text
on 25 Mar 2006 at 5:29 pm 3.Mike Downey said …
I’m particularly partial to the del.icio.us and web developer plugins. Screen calipers are also tremendously useful.
on 30 Apr 2006 at 1:38 am 4.Jan said …
send my IE7 Beta 2
on 09 Jun 2006 at 1:36 am 5.edu said …
“I may end up switching (on my PC anyways) if it ends up being stable, secure, and fast like Firefox.”
Why? The firefox team is doing a great job since a long time ago… It’s a shame (and it hurts) to see tabbed browsing or RSS support and others as a “ultra-new” features in IE 7….
Please keep supporting firefox, and switch to IE only if MS really offers something better… (i seriously doubt they can)
on 06 Aug 2007 at 6:14 am 6.Daniel said …
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article IE 7 Beta Download (including a Flash intro), but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.