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January 6, 2008

IE7.js version 2.0

“IE7 is a JavaScript library to make MSIE behave like a standards-compliant browser. It fixes many CSS issues and makes transparent PNG work correctly under IE5 and IE6.”
Dean Edward’s IE7 javascript has been updated with many new bugfixes, check [...]

December 18, 2007

Maximum and Minimum Height and Width in Internet Explorer

The bane of many web developers is the lack of support for max/min heights and widths in IE.  Well, there is finally a way to utilize this great CSS attribute.
“Behold the seventh wonder of the virtual world: max/min-height and max/min-width properties are possible in Internet Explorer! Indeed, by taking advantage of IE’s proprietary CSS attribute, [...]

October 21, 2006

IE 7 Released

IE 7 has been released to the wild and you can download it here.
from the IEBlog:
Today we released Internet Explorer 7 for Windows XP. I encourage everyone to download the final version from http://www.microsoft.com/ie.
We listened carefully to feedback from many sources (including this blog) and worked hard to deliver a safer browser [...]

IE7: Twice as performant as IE6, but half as slow as FF 1.5

Ross Dargahi of Zimbra complained about IE 6 performance. Since IE 7 is here, he decided to retry his tests and see how Microsoft had done:
“We also looked at the performance of Firefox, IE 6, and IE 7 over a set of common ZWC operations such as logging in, viewing messages, navigating [...]

August 30, 2006

Details on CSS changes for IE7

From the IEBlog:
“We are currently locking down IE7 for shipping and I wanted to give an update on the CSS work that went into IE7. Chris originally outlined our plans for IE7, and we listened to a lot of feedback (blog, connect database, conferences, our WASP partnership etc.)  to help us address the most grievous [...]

August 24, 2006

Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate Now Available

Microsoft has released thier first public release candidate, IE7 RC1, for Windows XP. You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie.
The RC1 build includes improvements in performance, stability, security, and application compatibility.  You may not notice many visible changes from the Beta 3 release; all we did was listen to your feedback, fix bugs that you reported, [...]

June 30, 2006

RSS Changes in IE7 Beta 3

We’ve snuck in some goodies in the feed reading user experience based on your Beta 2 feedback (keep the comments coming!).  We are feature-complete for feed reading  in IE7, but we’re still looking for feedback to make tweaks and fixes for the final release.

June 29, 2006

Microsoft Releases IE 7 beta 3 to Public

Today Microsoft has released a new version of IE 7 to the public for testing. Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) Beta 3 has been designed to make everyday tasks easier, provide dynamic security protection and improve the development platform and manageability. End user improvements include a streamlined interface, tabbed browsing, printing advances, improved search functionality, [...]

May 27, 2006

Announcing IE7+

With the release of Windows Vista Beta 2, I want to announce that we will be naming the version of IE7 in Windows Vista “Internet Explorer 7+”. While all versions of IE7 are built from the same code base, there are some important differences in IE7+, most significantly the addition of Windows Vista-only features like [...]

May 26, 2006

What doctype declaration to use with IE7?

With the arrival of  Internet Explorer 7 web devlopers will need to carefully consider the doctypes and css hacks they previously used to distinguish between standards browsers and the IE.