IE 7 Release Candidate 1 Released
This morning Microsoft released the first public release candidate, IE7 RC1, for Windows XP. You can download it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie.
Along with some bug fixes there are 2 cool changes:
1. IE7 RC1 setup automatically detects and uninstalls previous IE7 betas before trying to install IE7 so you don’t have to. Previously you would have to perform the un-install yourself, reboot, then install, and reboot again.
2. IE7 RC1 will automatically detect add-ons with known stability or compatibility problems so that end users can easily get a newer version or temporarily turn the add-on off. The most common cause of the “IE7 installed but won’t run†problem reports were related to old versions of some toolbars. Microsoft has worked closely with toolbar vendors to make this experience better.