carlton68 Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 ... the following might be interesting for you. I read that the beta for Windows XP Service Pack 3 is out and tested. No date yet when SP3 should be final and released. I don't expect it to be this year. M$ changed it's policy regarding distribution of Internet Explorer 7. Previously WGA needed to successfully validate your OS in irder to install IE7. This check is no longer part of the install process. Now every Windows XP - even the ones that failed WGA validation - may install IE7. You may download it here but don't forget to choose to your desired language. And get the relevant security updates after you installed IE7. Reason might be that usage statistics if IE was less than 80% lately and other browsers are gaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Hi, IE7 is an even worse piece of shit than IE6 as far as I am concerned. Typically Microsoft the code that works in IE6 sometimes does not work in IE7 anymore. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongatu Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I only use IE7 when FF won't work with a particular site I need which is pretty rare. Glad M$ is still keeping XP alive though, as I hope to continue using my legit copy for some time to come. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Me too, I use Firefox with various Add-Ons. I'm not coding websites but I too came across the problem KS describes. Part of our intranet at work won't work with IE7, so we are stuck with IE6. However, our intranet seems to work with FF and Opera, as far as I can tell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I am staying with FF and IE6 for as long as I can. Let someone else debug IE7 for M$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Hi, "I'm not coding websites" I do, and it's a serious pain in the butt. I develop in FF. Site is done, works fine in FF. Check in IE6, almost guaranteed I'll have to spend anywhere from 10 minutes to 2 hours 'fixing' things so it works in IE6. Then try in IE7 and it's not uncommon more work is required. Now, I can understand the FF - IE6 differences, but why the fuck did they change the engine for IE7? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlton68 Posted October 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 You ever check your work with Opera, Safari, Konqueror or other browsers? What's you experience with them, more fixes needed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I'm a Firefox convert Carlton, runs like a Swiss watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 I'm not sure of this XP pack 3 info. MS is going to end selling XP in 6 months. It wants everyone to move to Vista with its built in WGA. I'm just waiting for the day MS servers crash and brings down every Vista based PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keekwai Posted October 7, 2007 Report Share Posted October 7, 2007 Actually a little longer than six months. Interesting that this is the second extension to builders like Dell. After that system builders will probably offer XP downgrades with their new PCs that ship with Vista. >>Microsoft extends XP sales to June 2008 Microsoft Corp. said it will keep selling its Windows XP operating system beyond January, in response to demand from customers. The company decided to extend the deadline until the end of June to give customers -- particularly small businesses -- more time to switch to the new Windows Vista. "Maybe we were a little ambitious to think that we would need to make Windows XP available for only a year after the release of Windows Vista," said Mike Nash, a corporate vice president for Windows product management at Microsoft. While software retailers and major computer makers like Dell Inc. will stop offering XP next June, system builders, or smaller companies that make and sell PCs, will still sell the older operating system until the end of January 2009.<<Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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