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Topic: MSIE 6.0b?...
started by: Spydir Web

Posted by Spydir Web on Apr. 04 2001,01:05

going through the access logs for my webpage, i've noticed something about a webbrowser MSIE 6.0b... I understand the b to be beta, but I didn't know it's been cirqulating...

couple other questions - Win2k outputs NT 5.0, right? what the hell is DigExt (shows up in a few hits on Win98 boxes I think)? What does WinME output for it's OS data (or what should I looke for to see WinME visitors)?

oh yeah, this isn't some publicity stunt or anything, I'm just curious

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Posted by DuSTman on Apr. 04 2001,02:10

yeah, I know some people who've been running the beta, I generally get this impression from them:

The interface is not changed a great deal from 5.
The beta has... personality..
I gathered that once they decided to un-install the beta (because of said personality) it continued to cause problems that they have since decided to re-install their OS.

I sorta get the impression it'd be wise to wait a bit, let various bugs be fixed before trying it..

Posted by MattimeoZ80 on Apr. 04 2001,02:18

i have it, i must say that it is a lot more stable than 5. it has some nice features, such as locking the toolbars so you don't accidentally drag them somewhere. if you don't have the bandwidth, don't bother. only thing i've noticed is that the detnet main page menu is kinda screwed. other than that, it works great, crashes a LOT less, and is rather quick at rendering stuff.

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Posted by jim on Apr. 04 2001,10:43

A lot more stable than 5? 5 is fucking ROCK SOLID!!!

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Posted by MattimeoZ80 on Apr. 04 2001,22:48

i meant 5.5, but even 5 crashed a lot on my box.

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Posted by MattimeoZ80 on Apr. 04 2001,22:48

huh, i only clicked submit once... maybe using the back button resubmitted it. sigh, guess i just found a bug in 6.

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This message has been edited by MattimeoZ80 on April 05, 2001 at 05:48 PM

Posted by porn_dealer on Apr. 04 2001,23:54

quote:
A lot more stable than 5? 5 is fucking ROCK SOLID!!!

quit blowing your load whenever you hear "Microsoft"...

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Posted by Trog on Apr. 10 2001,04:44

quote:
Originally posted by MattimeoZ80:
only thing i've noticed is that the detnet main page menu is kinda screwed.

erm... I might just get shot by cr0bar for this, but I think the javascript on the front page is not perfect... I'm using opera 5, which has a *very* standards compliant javascript engine, and things like the navbar on the front page don't work.

*aside* man, dreamweaver rocks... it gets the javascript for just about everything right, and usable on a lot of computers...

<edit> oops... the other thing I meant to say is.. If you're using Outlook, you apparently want to avoid 6b like the plague.. it breaks things quite badly, and they don't come back right when you de-install it </edit>

<edit2> yeeesh... fingers not responding to brain... Sorry cr0...(for those who missed the original, I spelled it crowbar...)</edit>

This message has been edited by Trog on April 12, 2001 at 02:43 AM

Posted by damien_s_lucifer on Apr. 10 2001,05:32

IE 6 beta ate my system. And I'm running Win2K, which is usually impervious to that kind of stuff.

I'll stick with 5.5, thank you.

Posted by Spydir Web on Apr. 10 2001,16:27

i dunno if he'll shoot you for the javascript, but he will shoot you for spelling his name wrong.

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Posted by L33T_h4x0r_d00d on Apr. 10 2001,19:33

quote:
Originally posted by damien_s_lucifer:

I'll stick with 5.5, thank you.

Fuck dat. Im sticking with 4.02. Ive never had it crash aside from crappy java. *ahemMONKEYahem*

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