![]() The very first day I installed IE7 Beta 2 I got into the classic endless loop that the XP Service Pack 2 version of IE6 was famous for. You can find out more about, and download IE7 Beta 2, on Microsoft's Internet Explorer page. ![]() Please remove any previous version of IE7 before you install this one. If you're eager to try IE7 Beta 2 for yourself, my advice is not to install it on your everyday machine. On the other hand, saying it's better than IE6 isn't saying much. What's more, were I to go over IE7 feature by feature, I would point out - as I've done with earlier prerelease builds of IE7 - several nicely crafted features and well-designed functionalities (see "Microsoft offers free tech support with Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2"). I can't think of even a small way that Microsoft has taken its browser package in the wrong direction. Although the IE development team has done a commendable job of grafting Microsoft renditions of some worthy Firefox and Opera features onto IE6, as well as heavily revamping security, the forthcoming version of the Web browser doesn't break significant new ground. The sum of IE7's parts isn't greater than the whole. And yet, if there's nothing I've learned about reviewing software and hardware over the last 20 years, it's that if I don't become intrigued when first trying out a product's new features - before I've come across all its warts - I'm unlikely to be an actual user when all is said and done. That's not enough time with a product of this importance and complexity to form a final conclusion. ![]() The fact that I first installed Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 for Windows XP on April 20 means I haven't even had two weeks with the browser yet. It's quite another to actually live with it, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day. ![]() It's one thing to list the features of a new product. ![]()
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