MS have released IE7 Gold...

Yep, its finally here.  Microsoft has released IE7 to the general public and is
available from:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/default.mspx

English only at the moment, but as other languages are released, you will find
them here:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/worldwide/default.mspx

Further information, including installation and troubleshooting advice, and a
warning about a fake IE7 download site, can be found here:
http://msmvps.com/blogs/spywaresucks/archive/2006/10/18/182724.aspx

Thanks.
Note for developers..
"Prior to deployment of IE 7, we strongly recommend that you test your Web
sites, extensions, and applications to make sure they are ready.Microsoft
recommends that Web sites and applications are ready for the release of Internet
Explorer 7 this month"

Mad props to the team and all who worked to get it out.

I can only imagine how much pressure they were under. Both from the public and
from within MSFT.

I was fortunate to attend a developer release party with members of the IE7
team, including Dean Hachamovitch, Gary Schare, and Chris Wilson on Wednesday,
Oct. 18 in San Francisco, which rocked! (Thanks, Kelsey & WagEd!)

Met a lot of interesting people including Steve Szaraz, Martin McKeay, Matthew
Levine, Harry McCracken, Jeremiah Owyang, Betty from The Web SIG, etc.

The enthusiasm, and The Love for IE7 was palpable and we gave due credit to the
team for not only getting the browser out in record time, but for hiding the
revolutionary complexities of IE7 behind the current UI, which is a slight
upgrade of IE6.

Dean and his crew, including my home gal, Uche, need to take a bow! 

Respect, Y’all!

Martin has a podcast on his eponymous site, www.mckeay.net on the event. Yours
truly, logroll, logroll, was in it as well.

Edit: Got home looking to blog it, but got called away to LA yesterday.

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Good job Microsoft on IE7, I can't wait to start testing IE8 :)

Glad you made it to the dinner, John.  I would have loved to attend, but
couldn't justify the cost of the airfare and hotel for a couple of hours. :(

Sounds like you had a great time, though.