Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 7
by Jeremy on Oct.19, 2006, under Uncategorized
I have to admit, I’ve got mixed feelings about IE7. Aesthetically, it’s much nicer-looking than IE6 was. The tabs are definitely a welcome addition. Support of standards? Increased … Kinda. IE7 has just been released, and it’s already going to cause issues for us, at work. Some things that render beautifully in every browser from IE6, to Firefox 1.5.x, to Opera 9, are breaking in IE7. So, we’re going to have to see what’s causing the issues. It looks like we may have to go as far as to implement some server-side code changes to make the client-side UI render properly in both IE6 and 7.
*sigh* Why am I not surprised?
Update: Looks like our kickass designer fixed the problem without breaking it in other browsers. Go dude. 
Will this release make me change my primary browser? Definitely not. I’m currently using Firefox 2.0 RC 3, and loving it. 
October 19th, 2006 on 7:18 am
There’s a Internet explorer 7 stand-a-lone, so you can still test on MSIE 6. I currently test on MSIE 5-7, Firefox 2.0 (There’s generally no differences in versions) and Opera 9. I sometimes test on Safari, but until I get a Mac I have to use browsrcamp.com which is a hassle. I have OS x x86 but that involves rebooting. MSIE 7 isn’t really that bad if you’re code is clean and valid, but it’s still not a standards browser.
http://www.browsercam.com is pretty handy too, and if you set up a wildcard email forwarder (eg. all unknown @jeremyprivett.com email addresses go to one), you can keep signing up for 24 hour trials.