Internet Explorer 7 Released, and What That Means
If you’ve come to this site using IE 6, you may have noticed my disclaimer that pops out on the home page. Now, more than ever, if you’re using IE 6, you have no more excuses to keep-on-keeping-on with it. Microsoft, about two hours ago, released Internet Explorer 7.
Softpedia has it available for download right now, if the auto update hasn’t caught up to it yet.
What this means for all the web developers out there is that no longer do we need to work with tables in layout for design. That should become a thing of the past in the next week. Every site should have CSS positioning over nested tables, now that the majority of internet users can get full support out of it.
Also, Javascript rollovers: thing of the past. CSS hover classes should replace that one indefinitely.
I vote for a recall on all color schemes based solely on the 128-bit system, or “web-safe” colors. The vast majority of users can grab high-res pallettes now, and with IE 7, there should be no more limitations on color rendering.
PNG support, in with IE 7. Therefore, GIF transparencies ought to be gone! Whenever there is a need for transparencies, use PNG. It handles it much better and can take less space when rendered correctly.
These are just some of the possibilities that come with a move from IE 6 to IE 7. My last request: will every web developer out there depracate all sites made for IE 6? Thanks.
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