Re: IE7 to be Pushed to Users Via Windows Update

Today, imhotep made these interesting comments ...

"CNET is reporting that IE7 will be pushed to users via
Windows Update. This has serious implications for e-commerce
websites whose functionality might be affected by any bugs in
the software. Also to have end users suddenly using a new
browser right before the holiday shopping season could magnify
the cost any bugs that might create a bad user experience on
sites."

http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/07/27/0141207&from=rss

Good info, thanks. And, this kinda crap is /exactly/ why I have
Auto Updates set to "notify but do not download". There is no way
on God's green earth I am going to let M$ install IE7 right now!

I haven't lurked in the IE7 beta NG so I don't know what presumed
new features were added, what bugs and security issues were
presumably fixed, what side-effect bugs were created, nor how it
changes the way Windoze calls home and is trying ever harder to run
itself from the web.

So, I will just stand back out of harm's way from the IEDs about to
go off and let the early upgraders do a public beta on their dime.

--
HP, aka Jerry

Member, Chrysler Employee Motorsport Association (CEMA)
http://www.cemaclub.org/default.html
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