mmm... that would be me. I'll check this. On 10/16/06, Hanzgroove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > > So I read this article today (I've pasted it below) about the release > of IE 7 and how developers should download the preview version just to > make sure their sites will look ok. Especially since Internet Explorer > 7 will be pushed as an automatic update when its officially released > this month. > > I downloaded a copy and looked at a few of my sites. No major issues, a > few things out of place but nothing that can't be fixed quickly. > Anyway, I decided to check out cakephp.org and there are definitely > display problems on the cake homepage with IE 7. So just a heads up to > the guys at Cake and to the rest of you guys so you're not surprised > later this month. > > Here's the article: > > > > Time's Up: Internet Explorer 7 Coming This Month > > I've said it before, but if you haven't tested and corrected any issues > that exist with your site in the new Internet Explorer 7 browser, you > need to get on it right away. Microsoft has announced that the final > version of the browser will be released before the end of this > month-that's less than two weeks away, people! > > In the weeks following this initial release, Microsoft will deploy the > browser to all Windows XP users via Automatic Updates. Although the > installation of IE7 will not be forced as it was for Windows XP Service > Pack 2 (users will be able to postpone or cancel the update if they so > desire), a message will appear recommending that users proceed with the > installation, which most of them undoubtedly will. > > Chris Wilson, group Program Manager of the Internet Explorer Platform > team at Microsoft, spoke at the Fundamentos Web 2006 conference and > implored the developers there to test their sites with IE7 and fix any > issues that appeared. There are a number of people on the IE7 team that > have put their jobs on the line by implementing the standards > compliance fixes and CSS features that we have been demanding for > years, in some cases breaking compatibility with sites that were > designed for the browser's previous nonstandard behaviour. > > As the dominant browser, Internet Explorer has the potential to > effectively break the Web if the sites that everyday users rely upon do > not work correctly in this new version. Despite this, Microsoft has > taken an enormous leap of faith by sacrificing compatibility in the > name of standards compliance. It's up to us as developers to ensure > that this leap of faith pays off, so that we can continue to see > improvements to standards compliance in future releases of Internet > Explorer. > > You're not on your own, here. Microsoft has produced an impressive > array of tools and documentation to help developers migrate their sites > to IE7, and the SitePoint Forums community is at your service to answer > any lingering questions. > > Together, we can make IE7 the success it needs to be to secure the > future development and adoption of web standards that make our jobs > easier and more exciting! > > That's all for this issue-thanks for reading! > > > > >
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