Updated IE7 Beta 2 Preview

By Kevin Yank | March 20, 2006 | JavaScript & CSS

While the “official” Beta 2 release of Internet Explorer 7 still awaits the upcoming Windows Vista Beta 2, Microsoft has publicly announced an updated build of its “Beta 2 Preview”.

Although official word on the changes in this new build have not been forthcoming (an ongoing problem in the IE7 preview process), this updated preview is said to be “layout complete”; that is, none of the changes to be made between now and the final release of Internet Explorer 7 should affect page layout. I wouldn’t bet on that, but I would certainly recommend this release as a solid basis on which to begin compatibility work on your own sites.

This release coincides with the opening of Microsoft’s three-day MIX 06 conference in Las Vegas, the web site for which, incredibly, does not display correctly in Firefox (the title image, “A 72-hour conversation:” is cropped so as to make it unreadable).

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AlexW March 29, 2006 at 11:08 pm: Hmmm,…. did I just slip through a wormhole in time? Are we back in 2001 again?
controlz March 29, 2006 at 9:32 pm: I am curious to know what company is willing to pay for a site designed using only CSS, especially since the fact very few tableless sites work in all browsers. What happens when IE 7 rolls around? Will clients pay to have hacks written to correct problems? In my opinion, tableless sites are a great experiment, but not ready for primetime.
Kevin Yank March 23, 2006 at 8:36 pm: Any idea why some of the Sitepoint problems first noticed with beta 2 have crept back in? Most noticably the back image is no longer tiling?
The fixes we put in place for IE7 prevented our “catfish” ads from working properly on IE6. We decided to roll back the changes until IE7 gets closer to final release, at which point we’ll look at solving the issues without breaking IE6 compatibility.
smith288 March 23, 2006 at 4:43 pm: its funny how in the toolbar search dropdown, google is listed last out of all the SE’s. Fedex is second?
Who cares?
mrsmiley March 22, 2006 at 5:23 pm: @Kevin,
Any idea why some of the Sitepoint problems first noticed with beta 2 have crept back in? Most noticably the back image is no longer tiling?
@Everyone else
Anyone else having similar problems viewing sites in beta 2? Occassionaly I see the odd problem that is fixed with a page refresh.
peach March 21, 2006 at 7:44 pm: Would avant browser still run on ie6 if youn install ie7?
Anonymous March 21, 2006 at 4:05 pm: Antonbomb22 Says:
March 21st, 2006 at 11:47 am
its funny how in the toolbar search dropdown, google is listed last out of all the SE’s. Fedex is second?
Or are you just looking into it too much?
Antonbomb22 March 21, 2006 at 11:47 am: its funny how in the toolbar search dropdown, google is listed last out of all the SE’s. Fedex is second?
Newellcreations March 21, 2006 at 10:59 am: Using the BAT file posted in your earlier “Standalone Fix” posting, is it possible to continue running the new IE7 (build 5335.5) in parallel to IE6, just like we did for build 5296?
Thanks!
egockel March 21, 2006 at 12:00 am: perhaps you should be directing your critiques to http://telligent.com/ as they’re the ones that built the site.
azn_romeo_4u March 20, 2006 at 10:54 pm: Right…that’s why Mozilla doesn’t work on there…
rick March 20, 2006 at 9:54 pm: the web site for which, incredibly, does not display correctly in Firefox
You should know better than to visit a Microsoft site in anything other than Internet Exploder!!! ;-)