FlashICT.net

You might be aware of my exploits with Internet Explorer beta 2 - if not have a look at the most popular post on FlashICT.net, ‘uninstalling IE7 beta 2‘. I wasted an entire evening of my life with the software and, from the number of responses, it appears that many others have done exactly the same. Yet Microsoft have now had Internet Explorer beta 3 out for over a month now.

Is it going to be worth the hassle all over again? Probably not….

With my various websites and Flash learning materials, I do feel the need to keep up to date with Microsoft’s latest releases so I can make sure that everything is working as it should. I am a 100% Firefox user and don’t see this changing. Yet it is vital to have other browsers installed so everything can be checked. This is especially true for Internet Explorer 7 which Microsoft will force all Windows users to install when they release it as a critical update. As a side note, I wonder if another anti-trust lawsuit could get them to make Firefox a critial update too

Anyway, I do feel the need to install beta 3, but I’m too nervous - I don’t have time to waste fixing my PC and I certainly don’t want to see those dreaded error screens again. So, at the moment, I’m not going to - but I will see how others have got on and I hope it won’t have all the problems of beta 2.

So, at the moment, this is one I’m staying well away from. I just hope nothing else has been ‘introduced’ to mess up Flash content.

• See the latest beta of Internet Explorer 7
• Known issues and some really useful tips about installing / uninstalling