IE 7 Review

Thought I’d post some notes on the IE 7 Beta that I’ve been using at home on my desktop machine recently.

IE has always been a little behind the curve compared to other browsers, their power has always been in the fact that it’s ‘EVERYWHERE’. Now they are trying to catch up. IE 7 adds tabbed browsing, a cleaner user interface and improved security.
They get some things right, the improved security seems to be better at catching pop ups etc. than before and in general the tabbed browsing works as it should. They do have major problems (so far) with the rendering engine, page scales are off and it doesn’t handle outlook web access or MSDN Help text pages properly yet. It’s worth trying out but I really hope there will be a 3rd beta before the release version. If you want to try it out hit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx

Take Care,

Ev

Summers Finally Here

Summer’s Finally Here Yeaa!

We’re finally making some progress in and around the house; our roses are in front of the house. S and I have finally selected a mailbox that we both like, though I have to mount it outside yet. For those reading that don’t live in Canada many places (especially in new developments) have central mail boxes so a box on hour house really isn’t required in order to receive your mail. Our composters turned out some really good black gold to work into the garden and it’s warmed up enough to seed the front flower gardens and put the herbs outside for some sun.
K will be a year old soon and is creating a fantastic mess in the house, as expected, overall a good month.

Evan