I wish that some of you would stop all of those negative remarks about beta testing. There's no rule and no law or written critera "etched in stone" as to how long beta testing should last. Just look at microshaft ... oh yeah, they only come out with 4 or 5 betas (including RCs) but then the testing phase lasts 6 - 8 months on average. When Windows final is relased, *BOOM* there are immediately "zillions" of complaints about problems that people are experiencing. If the problems see more are severe, sometimes people have to wait in excess of 6 months before an SP1 will correct the issue.

I've been "dying" to install a final release version of Dolphin 7 since May, but I'd much rather wait for more testing until the end of the year - knowing how much better the product might be at that point - then to install another Microshaft like version of Dolphin on my server before the product is fully ready for commercial usage.

Some of you long time Dolphin users need to remember that for every one of you there are probably 100 people with far more limited skills then your own, and for every one of them there are probably another 100 people who'd like to use a product like Dolphin even though they have zero or next to zero prior coding/site building skills. Once D7 is released, it needs to be able to work for everyone right out of the box! Just be more patient, I am, and believe me, it's the last thing in the world that I'm known for. D7 is too big and too comprehensive to install before the time is right and only Boonex can (and should) decide when the timing for releases is right.