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>>> On 5/17/2006 at 4:33 PM, in message
<[log in to unmask]>,
"Rajesh
Nair (rajnair)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Just out of curiousity, what is the % of users in your networks that
use
> IE7 beta 1 or beta 2 currently? 
>  
> -Rajesh.
>  
> P.S. This question is addressed not just to Dave.
> 
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tindall, Dave
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:23 PM
> To: [log in to unmask] 
> Subject: Re: transparent windows login
> 
> 
> Mike,
>  
> We will support IE7 soon.  The exact date is not known because we
don't
> know the exact release dates for IE7.  IE7 beta currently breaks a
lot
> of things, not just CCA.  But, since it is IE, we know that we have
to
> support it soon after it is real.  Sorry I don't have a certain date
but
> as we know more about release plans from Microsoft, we will have
more
> concrete plans.  As for now, the latest we know from Microsoft is
what
> they posted in an IE blog on MSDN... excerpt below:
>  
> "For this Beta 2 release, we're taking the extra step of offering
> no-charge phone support
<http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/>
> to consumers in North America, Germany and Japan. We're offering
phone
> support to encourage people who usually shy away from beta software
to
> try IE7 Beta 2. We believe that IE7 - even at this beta stage - is a
> significant improvement and we want as many people as possible to try
it
> and use it. IE7 is feature complete and has been through significant
> compatibility and reliability testing. People (especially technology
> enthusiasts) will have a good experience with it. 
> What's next? Windows Vista Beta 2, and then Beta 3 of IE7, release
> candidates, and then a final release before end of year."
>  
> Since this indicates that there will be one more beta before release,
we
> will most likely start tracking to IE7 once beta 3 is released. 
Btw,
> for all the compatibility testing, we know that it has issues with
> Google toolbar, Yahoo toolbar, Media Center, etc., etc. and, of
course,
> CCA. :-(
>  
> -Rajesh.
> 
> Are there work-around solutions to the IE7-CCA problem?  It's pretty
> easy to tell a student to live without a toolbar, not so easy to say
> "you can't get on the network".
> 
> --Dave 
> 
> Dave Tindall
> Asst VP for Technology Services (CIO)
> Seattle Pacific University
> Computer & Information Systems 
> 
>