Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Preview
Neowin reported today that Microsoft released to the public a preview version of their next browser, Internet Explorer 7.
Dubbed “Public Preview” the release includes tabbed browsing, page zoom, tab groups, RSS support and improved printing support.
Amongst the many new features, tabbed browsing will allow customers to manage multiple web pages within one session of a browser. Firefox, an open source rival, has long intergrated this functionality by default but now Microsoft is catching up this may lure many users back to the Microsoft browser. RSS is a heavy new feature of IE7 allowing users to “syndicate” feeds from various sites. Microsoft is expected to deliver the final version of Internet Explorer 7 at the end of the year alongside Windows Vista.
They also note that this preview is currently only available on Windows XP SP2.
Source: Neowin.net - Microsoft IE7 Beta 2 Public Preview
Download: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Beta 2 Public Preview
January 31st, 2006 at 4:09 pm
That goes right along with my article. Now is a good time to do one of those trackback things to your site :P.
January 31st, 2006 at 4:18 pm
Internet Explorer 7 is here…
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Sort of that is, Internet Explorer 7 was actually accidently “released” on a Windows Tech Forum. It appears that it is a valid build version, though Microsoft hasn’t responded to the leak yet, other than taking the link down…
February 1st, 2006 at 1:14 pm
You know, I think the build that was leaked was build 5299, and the one they released yesterday was build 5296. Not sure what the difference is/was, but this one is ‘blessed’ by Microsoft as an official public preview.