I don't know how many of you have tried IE7(currently Beta 2) yet,
but It has a number of 'features' that could cause some issues /
solve some issues, I thought I would list those that i've experienced
and see if I can get some comments on them:
* More informative Error Pages.
As a general usability feature, I thoroughly approve of the more
friendly error pages in IE7. That way, when your site's server goes
down, people won't just be dumped with a nasty pile of technical text.
* Transparent PNGs
This is a good one, I can't wait to begin using transparent PNGs,
tho I can see lots of usability issues arising from sites mis-using
them.
* Default Font Size
The IE7 default font size seems a very small, even for me (someone
who likes his font sizes at about 70%). Perhaps this will be changed
in the final release, but trying to read the Register in IE7 using
the default size is pretty taxing.
* Zoom function.
M$ seem to be trying to cater for everyone by including both font
size and overall zoom controls. However their zoom feature doesn't
seem to be as well implemented as Opera's one and I have noticed lots
of odd effects appearing while zooming.
* Invisible Menu-bar
I know it's not a WSG issue but: I like what they're doing with the
menus. By default, the menu bar is hidden, freeing up screen-space
for the tabbar. However, when you press a standard menu shorfut (Alt-
f for example), the menu magically appears and then hides again when
you've finished. (You can turn the menu-bar back on if you wish).
* Tabbed Browsing
Well this one was just waiting to happen. I'm not someone who
expects my tabs to do lots of wonderfull things so I'm just happy
that they're included in IE7.
Overall, IE7 seems to be more predictable in it's rendering results
that IE6 (and especially IE5) but things have a tendancy to break
horribly when zooming.
Anyone else have any experiences to add to this list?
Stephen
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