IE7 bugs abound (shocked, I tells ya, shocked)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

Think twice before volunteering for M$ betas.

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6034054.html

IE 7 bugs abound
By Joris Evers, CNET News.com
_{Published on ZDNet News: February 1, 2006, 2:22 PM PT}

It's been but a day since Microsoft publicly released a test version of Internet Explorer 7, but Internet news groups and blogs are already teeming with bug reports. Also, one security researcher claims he found a security vulnerability in the new Web browser.

Issues reported several times include compatibility problems with McAfee security software and trouble installing the browser due to unnamed anti-spyware and antivirus tools. Some testers also said using certain features or surfing to specific Web sites caused the browser to hang or crash.

Microsoft made a preview version of IE 7 beta 2 publicly available on Tuesday, but the product is not fully baked, the company has said. The release is meant to give developers and IT professionals a chance to test-drive the software and give feedback to Microsoft so that the final version, expected later this year, and upcoming test releases, will have no, or at least fewer, issues. (...)

But browser testers may already be at risk, according to security researcher Tom Ferris. Late Tuesday, Ferris released details of a potential security flaw in IE 7. An attacker could exploit the flaw by crafting a special Web page that could be used to crash the browser or gain complete control of a vulnerable system, Ferris said in an advisory on his Web site. Microsoft had no immediate comment on Ferris' alert. (more at link)

[no name no slogan]

1. OMG THIS IS HUGH!!!1111!!oneoneone

M$ released buggy betaware? AGAIN?!?!?!

:rofl:

I'm glad to see that M$ has finally entered the 1990s with tabbed browsing and RSS feeds. Leading the pack once again!

[Hugin]

2. That conflict of interest mongering Crazy Guggenheim will be here in a...

minute claiming this is all Linux's fault.

;)

[billyskank]

4. Perhaps if I just jump in and say Linux is not ready for the desktop

now no-one else has to?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. Well, that'd be swell, but at least HE has a fixed residence.

If you catch my drift.

[Hugin]

6. ?

Umm... No, I have no drift catcher.

[billyskank]

3. Hi Dirtbag!

Not seen you for a while. :hi:

[ET Awful]

7. Little hint . . . ALL Beta software has bugs, that's why it's still in

Beta. Now, unlike other manufacturers, MS usually doesn't fix the bugs before the release the final.

BUT, until the final is released, complaining about bugs in a beta version of any software is a bit foolish.

Hell, I've seen betas from game manufacturers that could potentially obliterate your whole OS install. (WW2 Online beta for instance).

[pinniped]

8. They just want to give peeps a head's up.

You now have fair warning of the road ahead.

Bugs now, later, it doesn't matter.