IE 6 Beta: Don't bother yet.

[Ion Silverbolt]

I'm getting ready to install Windows 2000 on a new pair of hard drives so I decided to try out IE6 Beta since i'm re-installing Windows anyway.

Well, it adds a toolbar to the left side of the IE window. It appears to be a built-in media player but it serves more as an irritation to me. I didn't see anywhere you can disable it either.

Some websites also seem to lockup the browser as well. The one thing I seen that might be useful is there is now somekind of interface where you can connect to a chat server. If this catches on, it might be easy for someone to have a chat server for this site or any other site for that matter. It's hard to tell though since I didn't try it out. (No chat server..hehe)

Anyways I'd avoid IE6 Beta for now. Unless you want to try it out before a windows installation.


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[Gunslinger]

Generally, I wouldn't use a piece of software with the words "Microsoft" and "Beta" in them without some form of negation present, unless of course, I was testing it for them, in which case, it's plausible that they would be writing me a check so it would be worth the suffering.

Sorry. Occasionally, I fall into the equivalent of a Slashdot mentality and bash Microsoft at every turn. I avoid that for the most part, however.

I.E. 5.5 works just fine for me right now. It generally doesn't lock up, unless I do something stupid and cause it to (and explorer, and everything else that may be running at the time) in which case, it's my fault, perhaps. Some would argue.

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[Kerash]

IE6 where did you get this?

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[Ion Silverbolt]

www.the-ctrl-alt-del.com (http://www.the-ctrl-alt-del.com)

It's actually from the Whistler Beta.

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