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Beta 2 was released on March 20th according to Microsoft but has anybody tried it ?

And if so any idea what the compatability is with things like the Google Toolbar ,Ebay notification part of their toolbar ? and Programs like SpySweeper ?

Looks interesting.

Currently typing this from a DIY browser in VisualBasic 6 which I'm working on. Needs more features plus have some ideas for things that you don't normally see available in Browsers but have to workout how to gather the information.

Back OT anybody tried it and what did you think ?

Stop showing off Larry ... i`m being very careful what I do on this PC till i get the new one so want try it as windows 98 generates enough weird blue screen events already for my liking ...

Anyway i think a lot of peeps are using firefox, is the new browser safer do you know

Funny you should say that as I have Firefox already installed. I'd forgotton it was there.
I only installed it to hack the timeout script in the streaming for BBAU last year which worked quite well.

If I remember correctly you changed where the program sent you when you clicked on the stream link so you captured the ASX ? file then you modified the script within and used this to connect to the stream with WM.
It was very similar to the above ,been a long time so might have gotton it wrong.

IE7 only runs with XP Sp2 so they say.
I thnk the saftey point with Firefox is to do with it not being able to run any Visualbasic type script which I think includes ASP.

??? I`m seeing things now ]


I think as someone on here already said some while ago that Firefox hasnt been targeted in the same way IE is .... does anyone use Netscape anymore ???????

Nutscrape is still about, not sure what version they're up to now tho.

Netscape is still alive and kicking:

The All-New
Netscape Browser 8.1

Speed, Flexibility and
More Security Choices
Than Any Other Browser
Whats Included in the Download? Installation may include Netscape 8.1 Browser, Netscape ISP, McAfee, Rhapsody, Real Arcade and WeatherBug.

This the bit with the known issues with this release here

More information.

And More here.

Think the bits that don't work sound like they out way the good bits.

Mean while I'll try modifying the source code for the browser I was playing with the other night to see what I can make it do. It's currently using the IE control but there is a Mozilla control that copies the IE commands before converting and sending them to the Mozilla one.
Never done much programming aimed at the Internet so I'm trying to learn on the fly. Now the free .net version would I think make things easier but the .net v2 fails to install for some unknown reason so I can't try the new version.

Sorry I didn't answer earlier about whether IE7 was better security wise but I've only just reread the original reply. Yes they say it's better but I think it's probably better at present to wait for a later release so they get a few more bugs out of it. They mention a possible security threat though they think it's too small to worry about in this release.

The fastest browser I've played with came as part of the Koppix Linux bootable CD operating system. Which is a complete preinstalled setup of Linux with all the programs you will normally need with a Windows GUI. The Browser really put IE to shame for sheer speed. The 700MB latest version is downloadable from the homepage. The whole thing runs direct from the CD with minimal hard-drive usage though you can store your setting on your HDD and you tell the system on the command line to look for them at boot-up.

Koppix Here