The system requirements state that Windows® Internet Explorer® 7 is needed to run Poser 8, is that really a requirement?

I don't even use IE at all......

Nee ...

Thats BS you  dont need it ..ist just a req. for the websites of Sith Micro..

De Groenten ;}

Chris 

OK, bedankt!

Hi,
I rarely use IE, I prefer Opera.  No probs downloading or running P8.

Best regards,
   Michael

 I must admit that a requirement such as that makes me wonder just what is going on?

I haven't noticed anything about Windows 7 either. I'm not sure my current machine has the oomph to handle Poser 8, and if I go to 64-bit with excessive amounts of RAM, it looks as though it will be a choice between Windows  7 and Linux/WINE.

And the file sizes for downloads are worryingly large. Why couldn't they have split up the 1,5 gigs of content?

I'm not going to hurry.

your telling me. Have fun with the download!

The reason Windows 7 isn't listed is because it's still just a beta/release candidate and not an official operating system. If they were to list Win 7, they would have to support it.
For that matter Microsoft doesn't even support Windows 7 RC 1 and won't until the RTM (Release To Manufacturers) version is out.
You won't find any software companies officially endorsing using their products under Windows 7 right now. I can't even get technical support for Kaspersky Internet Security for Windows 7, in spite of the fact it's the beta FOR Windows 7.

But ziggie (and I think one or two others) has already posted that it runs fine under Win 7.
Windows 7 is more or less Vista, and I haven't yet found anything that won't run under Windows 7 other than McAfee Internet Suite. Everything that runs under Vista should also run fine under Windows 7. McAfee won't, because an anti-virus is tied in more closely to the shell than a program such as Poser, or most other programs, so it's more dependent on OS build.

On the Windows 7 front, I will add that last minute changes to Vista or the supporting files (Drivers) broke many programs that claimed they would work on Vista before it was officially released. I think everyone learned from that, including Microsoft!

Quote - Hi,
I rarely use IE, I prefer Opera.  No probs downloading or running P8.

Best regards,
   Michael

Wow, so there is another Opera user. I love it, much better than IE. Just won`t work on my Amazon account. 

Well, I'm sure it would run on Firefox as well...;)

Poser 8 requires Flash 10 to display the Libraries Palette, so if Flash 10 requires IE 7, then Poser 8 requires IE 7. ;)

I don't use IE either but I've never upgraded from version 6 and Poser 8 starts just fine. After installing Flash 10, the Libraries Palette also displays just fine. So, it's probably safe to assume that you don't actually need IE 7.

"Wow, so there is another Opera user." 

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