From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Better get your blocker tool kit. Of course you need to go through yet
another Windows validation to get it

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4516A6F7-5D44-482B-9DB
D-869B4A90159C&displaylang=en

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2161140/microsoft-push-ie7-priority

Microsoft plans to distribute its forthcoming Internet Explorer 7 browser
as a "high priority" update through its automatic update service,
Microsoft group program manager Tony Chor said in a posting on the IE Blog.

The application will automatically download as a background process or when
users run the auto update service when the wish to download and install
security updates.

sers will be prompted when the application is ready to install. They will
then be presented with a screen that advertises the improvement in the
applications and at that point can choose if they want to proceed
installing the browser.

The distribution through the auto update service as a "high
priority" update is considered aggressive and will likely result in
most users proceeding to install the application.

But the approach could lead to compatibiltiy issues.

Internet Explorer 7 requires developers of some online applications to
change their code to ensure that they work in the new browser. Although the
application has been available in beta since February, many online tools
are expected to fail IE7 compatibility tests when the browser is released
late this year.

Microsoft has released a Blocker Toolkit for enterprises who want to
prevent the update from installing. But home users and small businesses are
likely to end up with the updated version.

"If my lowest browser support level was IE7, then it would be a
dream," a Web developer by the name of Steve commented on the
Microsoft blog.

"However seeing how many bugs and compatibility issues still exist
with IE7, I see this as a nightmare for supporting various applications
currently available, and web sites (web apps) too."

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