July 26th, 2006
Microsoft to Automatically Push IE 7 to Users
By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
When IE 7 becomes available later this year, Microsoft is planning on pushing it out to users, although you will get a chance to say no. It will be delivered as a high priority update.
IE 7 will be delivered in the fourth quarter as a “high priority” update via Automatic Updates in Windows XP, Gary Schare, Microsoft’s director of IE product management, said in an interview Tuesday. Automatic Updates is a Windows feature typically used for security updates, but Microsoft has also used it to push its ant piracy tool WGA Notifications.
“The justification, of course, is the significant security enhancements in IE 7,” Schare said. Microsoft recommends that all Windows users install the new browser when it ships, he added.
Although IE 7 will be pushed out over Automatic Updates, people will be able to choose whether they want to install it or not, Schare said. Automatic Updates will first notify people when IE 7 is ready to install and then show a welcome screen that presents key features and the choices to install, not install or postpone installation. Source: News.com
We Say: I’m sure there will be a lot of complaining about this, even if IE is better, I myself have not tried it yet. Any early adopters have any opinions they want to share?
vince says:
I don’t really consider this a negative..I believe that anyone who tries IE7 will like it..I myself am a *nix person..but I have tried it..and it looks and feels great
Vince
July 26th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
zipity says:
All I could think about was tiny six legged pirate ants with cutlasses saying “Argghh…” “also used it to push its ant piracy tool WGA Notifications.” tee hee…
July 26th, 2006 at 6:00 pm
zipity says:
oh, and I forgot about the eyepatches….
July 26th, 2006 at 6:02 pm
_Jon says:
And it just so happens to help MS maintain it’s dominance in the browser market - how convenient….
July 26th, 2006 at 7:13 pm
ed3 says:
While a newer better more secure IE is welcome, the only IE security update I’m interested in is the one that adds the “Remove IE” option to my Add/Remove Programs list.
July 26th, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Matt says:
It’s pretty good, better than FireFox at this point.
July 27th, 2006 at 4:37 am
Brad Brening says:
I’ve been using IE7 since the first Beta - and am using it now. I have also used FireFox, and I find it too slow and unresponsive, especially with many large pages open. IE7 is much quicker and I have not encountered any problems so far.
July 27th, 2006 at 6:49 am
achacha says:
They can push whatever they want, I have turned on high security, removed ability to execute activeX/activescript automatically and prevent it from automatically loading images. I them removed/hid all icons to this castrated IE and put Mozilla icons where it is convenient. Sure Microsoft, go ahead and deploy your trash, it’ll get castrated like all other IEs and hidden under a rock.
July 27th, 2006 at 8:26 am
Hart says:
I like it. Been using it since January, certainly an improvement. I also use FireFox. I find I use IE7 substancially more. Have not had any problems.
July 27th, 2006 at 12:12 pm
Perros says:
It always surprises me how passionate and prejudice people can get about web browsers.
I use both Firefox and IE, I’m now running the Vista beta with IE7(+), and have found that the I’m using IE a lot more.
Both browsers have issues, but with IE7, Microsoft has done a lot to reduce security risks. Also, on Vista, IE7+ runs in a sandbox making it theoretically a whole lot safer. I just hope that a developer community grows around the IE add-ons similar to the community that grew around Firefox extensions…. maybe thats too much to hope for.
Firefox probably should have some work done on its UI in future revision, I know there are skins, but as far as I can tell they don’t allow the transparency that would blend Firefox in with Vista and stop it looking dated.
Of course there is always Opera as another alternative
-Perros-
July 27th, 2006 at 10:26 pm
jeff says:
I like it better than FF, but the bottom line is that it’s just a lot better than IE6 (of course, pretty much everything is at this point).
July 27th, 2006 at 10:28 pm
Lockergnome's Tech News Watch says:
Microsoft To Automatically Push IE 7 To Users
Jimmy Daniels of RealTechNews writes: When IE 7 becomes available later this year, Microsoft is planning on pushing it out to users, although you will get a chance to say no. It will be delivered as a high priority update. IE 7 will be delivered in the…
July 28th, 2006 at 2:11 pm
Betty says:
I used the IE7 beta for a while and found it would not allow me to customize the security settings to suit me. It was set up to protect a 5-year-old, not a sophisticated user and, at that point, would not accept changes I attempted to make to its settings. I wrote a scathing review of such idiocy for MS’s feedback and uninstalled it.
The absolute last thing I want is a browser which is going to give MS the power to decide what I can see and do on the web without giving me the option to turn it off.
July 29th, 2006 at 11:19 pm
Pingu says:
I agree w/ achacha and Betty.
MS has to write software for stupid / apathetic users.
A Linux desktop running Windows in a VM is looking better and better all the time.
Also, online banks and vendors who require IEx do not get my business.
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