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IE 7 Beta 2 Shows Progress
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01/31/2006, By Jim Rapoza
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Microsoft's slow march to regain momentum in the Web browser market continues with the Jan. 31 preview release of Beta 2 of Internet Explorer 7. The beta shows a lot of good progress, but, as we've said with almost every new IE release we've reviewed, it's still playing catch-up.
When the first beta of Windows Vista was released last year, Microsoft also gave the world a look at the next version of Internet Explorer. That first beta of Internet Explorer 7, however, was really more of an alpha that at best showed the direction that Microsoft was taking with its Web browser.
For developers—really the main audience for this beta—several new features are available for testing Web site creation for IE 7. Aside from tweaks like an improved SELECT element, the biggest addition is native support for XMLHTTP, which was previously supported through an ActiveX control. XMLHTTP is used by AJAX applications for data interchange, and this native support will provide a more secure development model.
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