Favorable:
Woody's Windows Watch, 3/22/99:
http://wopr.com/www/www-v2-n06.htm
"Don't wait a week. Don't wait a day. Don't wait an hour. Stop reading this RIGHT NOW and go and download IE 5.0." -- Mainly because it is so much faster.Infoworld Review, 3/22/99: http://www.inquiry.com/pubs/infoworld/vol21/issue12/I07-12.html
Programming Notes:
If you use Visual Studio 6 and plan to install IE5, watch out for incompatibilities. Problems mostly relate to using VB and Visual Interdev with Dynamic HTML. Microsoft has posted a page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/technical/ie5.asp that details the problems and their plans for fixing them in a future service pack.
WebBuilder: Create Extensible Web Pages With XML and CSS, Learn how to integrate XML and CSS markup to create truly extensible Web pages using your own tag set and vocabulary. Here's a demonstration of what's possible with XML in tandem with Internet Explorer 5., by Kurt Cagle, http://www.webbuildermag.com/upload/free/features/webbuilder/1999/wb0299/kc0299/kc0299.asp
Internet Explorer 5.0 is now available, but if you use Visual Studio 6 and plan to install IE5, watch out for incompatibilities. Microsoft has posted a page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/technical/ie5.asp that details the problems and their plans for fixing them in a future service pack. Also, read about the mixed reaction to IE5's new features in "IE5 Draws Fire," plus delve into an objective review, in this week's InfoWorld at http://www.inquiry.com/pubs/index.html . After you're through reading about the new release, learn to use IE5's new features, including XML support and Cascading Style Sheets, in your own site. Read how to create extensible Web pages and break in your new copy of IE5 with Kurt Cagle's examples of XML at http://www.webbuildermag.com. Check back with DevX often for the latest IE5 news and techniques.