IE7 Beta 2

blacknight · #11 (**permalink**) 05-02-2006, 03:32 PM

I had no problems connecting to the net using IE7 beta. It just worked!

What kind of connection do you have?

I'm on dsl here and didn't need to make any changes to my setup

Cormac · #12 (**permalink**) 05-02-2006, 05:22 PM

i hear that IE7 will incorporate elements of the netcraft anti-phishing toolbar. Did anybody notice this on their beta?

blacknight · #13 (**permalink**) 05-02-2006, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Rollo

i hear that IE7 will incorporate elements of the netcraft anti-phishing toolbar. Did anybody notice this on their beta?

Yes. I turned it off immediately, but had to tweak my settings even further to make it stay off!

It's a nice idea to include phishing detection, but it's not exactly an original idea and there are better ways of doing it without forcing it on people.

I sometimes get the distinct impression that M$ want to really shove the "we're working on security" message down our throats too forcefully. The firewall interface is another example of this. You really feel that you are jumping through hoops to make it behave "sanely"

Cormac · #14 (**permalink**) 05-02-2006, 05:29 PM

mmm, i must get a look of this pluggin for anti phishing, i did a project on it earlier this year. Don't think it'll work because its only techy people who are aware of phishing and avearge joe barely knows how to use the internet let alone know to react to toolbars in IE.

blacknight · #15 (**permalink**) 05-02-2006, 05:30 PM

Well the problem as I see it isn't going to be solved at the browser level.

Most phishing links are sent out via email, so you need to warn people of suspect links there and not when they've already clicked through to a site

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