XP users to get IE7 foisted on them

Matt:

In your article you have

Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7+ (the cut-down version of IE7 for XP) as an automatic update to Windows XP, the software giant has revealed.

Shouldn't it be

Microsoft will distribute Internet Explorer 7 (the cut-down version of IE7+ in Vista) as an automatic update to Windows XP, the software giant has revealed.



I think it is a wise move to push people to upgrade so we can start using PNGs [Alpha Trancparency] and elderly people can finally stop winging about spyware and be slightly safer.
Although when do they stop winging. LOL

Dan Warne:

Ooh, good pickup, thanks for that Matt. I've corrected the article.

Tony:

Thanks for the info. Another thing to block on Windows Update...

Get Opera anyway...

Bob Nowland:

Good on you Microsoft for trying to please and help most of the computer users out there who use Windows. I would much prefer to get updates, automatic or manual on the software that I buy then not get any updates at all. What would happen if Microsoft did what a lot of other software companies do? - and that is nothing at all.... I apreciate companies that try to do the best thing for everone. Sotware can and will never be perfect so keep improving!

halcon:

The blatant company say a lot of crap with their stupid software, get firefox instead and send Microsoft to the dirty street!

Matt:

I find that Firefox users are really rude, it shows what a simple evil browser can do to someone. Thank god IE users are still sane and can actually have a real opinion.

Anonymous3453:

I use Firefox but I’m not angry or rude to others I just find it easy and faster to use in most cases I still have IE7 installed on my computer and still use it.
I have been having problems with IE7 in the last few weeks with my right click not working and not being able to open a new tab, this is just with IE firefox is fine.
It seems just to be IE that does it for some reason, anyone else having the same problem?

Bruce:

mmm... I agree with you Matt ...I also never liked firefox...IE is the best and always will be.

Shamar:

I.Explorer 7 is going to kill Microsoft internet's dreams.

It just doesn't work with Windows 2K and Windows 9x that, like or not, still represent about 50% of Windows installed user base.

For such a 50% of population that have not need, don't want or just have not ever spent a second in updating theirs systems, Firefox is the only chance to have a moderm, secure browser, so guess, imagine what the future is all about. Downloading last Firefox version is less than 5Mbytes -i.e, you can attach it in your Yahoo/MSN/Google mails and send to any friend in planet- and the install process is fool-prove, and of course, it also work with Windows XP and the not yet released Vista, not to mention Apple and Linux (both of which are gaining market share).

Some (quite trustable) reports even alert IE7 doesn't work with such common places like Google's Maps and YouTube.

If I had to bet which browser the future belogns to, it wasn't go to be difficult.

Tony Brown:

Actually :)I've tried IE7 two or three times :( Maybe
it's just me but I don't like the look of it,can't manage
to work with it and just miss the simplicity of IE6
which I've happily gone back to.
I know I know this leaves me open to many mysterious
heebie-jeebie "Hackers & Wacker's" but hey I'm happy.
And to stop me being reminded to download it.I just placed
it in "Hidden Updates" and asked for it to never remind me again about it.
Seems to work for me as I just for interest sake downloaded that IE7 Blocker Toolkit and God only knows where it's gone or if it even works.
Oh well Merry Xmas to all and A Happy New Year.
Y'All Drive Carefully Now Y'Hear ;)

BuilderBloke (New user):

Thats the least of my problems with IE7... install it and you may find like me that long trusted other software will stop working! At first I was at a loss to know what was going on but an uninstall of IE7 soon revealed it to be the problem - it even stopped Media Player 11 working!!! Microsoft really shouldn't be foisting this rubbish software on us in a automatic update or otherwise - so it is NOT wise that they push us to use it.