Of course if it's a 200+ fix release, a beta stands to reason. I believe the cries about "not another beta" ultimately have to do with the fact that a 7.0.1 release shouldn't include such a bulk of fixes of this caliber to begin with.

I second Magnussoft on his view that Dolphin 7.0.0 wasn't ready for release as a stable version. It's one thing to have missing features and put out the first build of the 7 series, but as long as things are *clearly broken* it should stay in beta until see more everything is fixed. Now of course beta isn't as sexy to sell, but then again it isn't too sexy to sell a beta as a stable release either.