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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

IE 7 beta 2 goes to public

Long expected Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 goes to public today! Users can check in M$'s website to download this public beta version. This version of IE is lower than the leak version I've installed several days ago. According to betanews.com. "Under the covers, Microsoft has beefed up IE7's technical capabilities. CSS improvements and transparent PNG support catch the browser up to rivals such as Firefox, and native support for XMLHTTP means AJAX-based Web applications will no longer require an ActiveX control to function." Plus, in my view and with the real experience of using this beta version software for more than a week, the speed of page loading and the build-in support of RSS feeds make IE as capable as Firefox. However the new IE will cost as much resource as Firefox, opening up more than 5 different pages at the same time, the browser will take up more than 100mb of memory. Anyhow, as to users who enjoy being updated to newest software solutions, I advise you to download a copy and try it. (It's very easy to uninstall it, anyhow~~ )