IE 6 Public Preview Hits The Ground Running...

[imajes]

Hey Everyone...

Microsoft recently released their first Public Preview of their newest browser. The major changes are concentrated to IE rather than OE (Outlook Express) but there have been some great asethetic enhancements, making IE still my favourite browser

You can read more about it here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/preview/default.asp

and see some screenshots that I created here : http://www.bluishgecko.net/ie6/

It's also a good idea to join these newsgroups:

news://microsoft.public.windows.inet...e6beta.browser
news://microsoft.public.windows.inet...outlookexpress
news://microsoft.public.windows.inet....ie6beta.setup

And be careful, this is beta software and is guarenteed to break

Thanks,

James

[lynlimz]

Geez..Thanks.
I've been trying to get it 2 days ago....
Was supposedly up, then they took it down. Glad its up again. Guess they faced some problems.

Users have reported many bugs which could crash the computer..so downlaod with extreme caution. ( i would still..heck...the features are cool )

It seems to me that its becoming mroe then a browser....with all the messenging, media options and more. Is it a good thing?

I would love to have the option of choosing which to install..like not have messenging feature etc.
Isn't it becoming more then MSN Explorer?

Certainly enough, IE6 looks promising. At least on the outlook.

[creole]

believe it or not, this might be something that I would not want to install. I agree with Lyon...they better give us the option of installing all that crap.

Interesting how some of the buttons in the screenshots look suspiciously like ones from NS 6...

[lynlimz]

yeah..and they are kinda screwing up eveyrthing..
i cna't download at all...argh

( always prepared to format if ie6 sucks )

[Goof]

grr...we got shafted again when it comes to the GUI...have you see the Mac version of IE5? It looks so much cooler than the PC version

Goof

[creole]

Goof...that's just because Mac users are insecure. They have to have pretty colors or they start thinking their computer is worthless.

oh...wait...it IS worthless!


<disclaimer>
I worked ona Mac for over a year at my last job so I have earned the right to bash Mac's.
</disclaimer>

[lynlimz]

lol
really? hahaz...i wanted to get Mac..
so cool interface! I'm quite sick of microsoft products..honestly..been trying alternatives..like staroffice, linux...and more. for browsers...its mozilla...=)

i love the iE look in mac!

[Michel V]

Well the install program looks like IE5's, at least when used on Win98. So you can choose not to install MSNMessenger and OE.
On Win2K you don't have any options, you take what they give...

[lynlimz]

I still cna't download it.
gives me the annoying browser cache error.
anyone experiences that?