IE 7 for XP first release candidate available
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Microsoft is calling on developers to ensure applications and Web sites are compatible with Internet Explorer 7 Release Candidate 1 for Windows XP, which the company will make available on Thursday.
RC1 means IE 7 is nearly ready for prime time. IE 7 RC1 for Windows XP is a feature-complete version of the browser that is expected to be released in its final form in the last quarter of the year, said Margaret Cobb, group product manager for the IE team at Microsoft.
She called IE 7 RC1 for Windows XP a "call to action" for Microsoft's developer community, who can use the public release to ensure compatibility between the browser and applications so there will be no snags when IE 7 is in its final release.