Word on the street (original source) is that Windows Vista beta 2, which was slated for a December 7th release, is being pushed to January or February next year.
The public release of Internet Explorer 7 beta 2, the first release of the new browser to be available to the Web development public, was slated to be tied to Vista beta 2, so this news may well mean that we won’t get a good look at the many CSS rendering fixes in the browser for another few months at least.
Any other (larger) sites citing this information? Neowin posted that two days ago, but even Slashdot hasn’t a thread yet, speculative or not.
November 14th, 2005 at 2:05 am
Here’s the original source: Exclusive: Microsoft Hits Windows Vista Beta 2 Delays. This news is still unconfirmed, but I’m betting it won’t stay that way for long.
November 14th, 2005 at 2:34 am
Why doesn’t Microsoft at least release the last beta version then? At least to keep us happy and allow us to see anything they’ve fixed so far.
November 14th, 2005 at 8:22 am
I’m in no hurry to negotiate through the minefield of bugs the first release of IE7 will no doubt foist upon us harried coders. They can release it in 2007 for all I care.
November 14th, 2005 at 3:52 pm
I’m happy to say that I haven’t noticed any bugs so far in th Beta 1 version. It does render CSS a lot nicer though which is a bonus. The fact of the matter is that if you dont use hacks to render your pages, then you probably wont notice the difference at all except now you have some new toys to play with.
November 14th, 2005 at 5:20 pm
Microsoft has a long history of hitting the date, regardless if the code is right.
I’m happy to let them delay as long as needed, just so long as it’s bug free when it’s released.
AND, I want it a mandatory download on windows update. The sooner we get rid of IE 5 and IE 6, the better.
November 14th, 2005 at 11:41 pm
surprise surprise … microsoft missed another deadline …
November 15th, 2005 at 12:04 am
Who cares?
I will stay carry on with firefox.
November 15th, 2005 at 3:00 am
I wonder if the release of Firefox 1.5 had anything to do with the date change? It would be nice to see more cross browser similarities between the FF and IE.
December 2nd, 2005 at 5:47 am
There are still too mahy user using ie6 or below, for us css developers ie7 should have been out ages ago. The sooner they release this as a mandatory update the better.
December 3rd, 2005 at 9:11 am
I think Microsoft are right to hold back Beta 2 until they’ve got something they want to show. There was a huge kerfuffle when B1 didn’t deliver on bug fixes from IE6, and MS have said they’re going to get something done about this. Let’s let them get on with it and judge it when they’re ready for developer input.
December 8th, 2005 at 8:49 pm
The only similarities that i like between FF nd IE7 is the tabbed browsing, It should end there.
January 12th, 2006 at 7:39 pm
if they force out ie 7 to replace ie 5 chances are that the old machines running it won’t be able to handle the app and that will only work if microsoft decides to release it for older OS
January 16th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
It may have been pushed back, but you can give the Beta 2 Preview a try though if you would like:
http://www.cybernetnews.com/?p=263
January 22nd, 2006 at 9:31 pm