Ie7 and the trouble that it is …
I just installed the latest and greatest web browser from Microsoft: IE7.
… I had problems already, and it’s only been 10 minutes! I have to give Microsoft one thing, they are consistent.
As a web designer / developer you will need to install IE7 because it will no doubt become a major player in the browser market. That said, you might find my own experiences installing IE7 interesting.
The quick hits:
- As you install IE7 on WinXP (sp2) you will find that IE7 (for unknown reasons) needs to install all kinds of other crap.
- Once IE7 is installed, it will have done you the favor of wiping out all your Dreamweaver FTP settings. Thanks Microsoft.
- IE7 does not render web pages like IE6 or FireFox. I guess Microsoft figured that another ’standard’ was in order?
Years ago, I jumped away from the Microsoft camp (ASP and ASP.net, MS SQL) because of M$’s need to tie you into everything they had (their entire stack) by creating (encumbering) interdependencies between their operating system and all their applications.
… To do anything beyond the very basics, you need to have all kinds of M$ products installed. It is rather vexing.
IE7 CONTINUES THE PROUD TRADITION
So these many years later, I install IE7 because I have to test my new web applications. And again, I am reminded of M$’s god-cursed business practices … and I have to swallow that pill and smile.
… I think (for the first time in my life) though, I will have to buy a Mac.
Thanks,
Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com
January 2nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
“Once IE7 is installed, it will have done you the favor of wiping out all your Dreamweaver FTP settings. Thanks Microsoft.”
I’ve installed IE7 but I never had this problem. However, I’ve had instances where pages look the same on the new Firefox and IE7, but the same page looks different on IE6.
Interesting stuff indeed.
January 3rd, 2007 at 11:52 am
yes even i faced a lot of problem with ie7
we had a menu maker with whic we created lot of menus for sites
but now with ie7 they looks odd and now i think our compmay has to make them again and use any other software which will show the menu in proper format
January 8th, 2007 at 5:46 am
On a windows machine (XP SP2) you can install the IE7 as a stand alone and keep the old IE Version(s):
http://tredosoft.com/IE7_standalone
enjoy
January 9th, 2007 at 11:33 am
I’ve installed IE7 on all of the machines in our office (all of which have Dreamweaver on them) and have never had any of the FTP settings wiped out.
Granted IE7 isn’t that great, but it is better than 6 and we all still have FireFox to fall back on.
March 12th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
I got a problem on my site in IE, I guess it is fixible but still though it is furstrating (I think) how most of the things that work in FF do not work in IE evenif it is 7, 8, 9 or whatever Microsoft can come up with