Final beta released

Version 0.53 is our third (or fourth), and hopefully final beta release. We've managed to incorporate a great deal of your feedback into this version. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to send us bug reports or email us with their suggestions. Please take a look at the changes in this release and try out the new version. Most importantly, let us know what you think at .

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Release Notes

Version 0.55 - Fifth beta (Released: 15/02/2010)

Changes:
  • Bug fix in Linux during project creation (Thanks anonymous for the bug report).
  • Bug fix for the persistence of java.awt.Color.
  • Reduce the size of log files.

Version 0.54 - Fourth beta (Released: 25/01/2010)

Changes:
  • Bug fix in the "Design Preview" which affects some users.
  • Enable Nimbus Look and Feel
  • Enable Windows Look and Feel on non-Windows platforms

Version 0.53 - Third beta (Released: 15/01/2010)

Most important changes:
  • New Event Binding interface. Complete support for creation of all aspects of binding. Create 1-way, 2-way and init-only bindings for all types of supported events.
  • New 3rd party layout support for MigLayout and TableLayout.
  • Variable naming. User now has control of the variable names of the generated code.
  • Drag images synthesized for Linux and Windows, making for a much more pleasant DnD experience.
  • New interface for creating controllers. Controllers can be generated when creating new designs.
  • Charset support. Previously, GUIDE did not handle non-ASCII source files very well. All file access is now charset aware.
  • Complete overhaul of editing nested containers. This section of the interface never worked too well, but has now been redone to make editing nesting containers as intuitive as possible.
  • PathBar! Added a new widget, similar to a Windows "bread crumb trail", showing the containment heirarchy of the selection. Allows for easy navigation of the hierarchy without the space requirements of a JTree.
  • New hint layer for undiscoverable features. A new hinting system will alert the user in the appropriate context to features that are not obvious.
  • Complete error handing overhaul.
  • Selection semantics overhaul. What happens when you click, CTRL-select or Shift-select are consistent with other applications.
  • Native plaform installation. Java Web Start is convenient for us, but comes with it's own set of challenges.
  • Big memory consumption and startup performance improvements.
  • New UI to ensure that invalid user code is properly handled, with suggestions on how to rectify.
  • Layout stability improvements. Components can no longer be moved to invalid locations, which was the primary cause of layout problems in previous versions.
  • Code generation is now in a much more logical order.
Other changes:
  • Allow undo across saves.
  • Changes to window size made via undo.
  • Underlying Tree Code refactored, unified with Preview Window
  • Tweaks in the Layout inferencing algorithm.
  • Flickering Preview Window fixes.
  • Tooltips for the Palette. Allows user to discern similar looking components.
  • Files are sorted in the Project Browser.
  • JAR file caching (like all IDEs). Drastical startup performance increase and memory reduction.
  • Better handling of HTML in tree.
  • Editing of nested containers much more robust and obvious. Edit mask shows container being edited.
  • Variable naming tries to reduce the user of numeric suffixes where possible.
  • Big robust improvements for editing JPanel based designs.
  • Massive improvement in not treating user created errors as application errors.
  • Currently editing file will always be visible in Project Browser on load.
  • New EventBinding UI.
  • Make sure that no component can be moved to a position unsupported by a layout manager (offscreen etc).
  • Preview can now handle any user code, including very broken code.
  • Look and feel tweaks for Windows and Linux.
And, many, many other smaller changes and bugfixes.

Version 0.52 - First public beta (Released: 29/07/2009)

Changes:
  • Inline edits commit on focus lost
  • Design location doesn't change on reload
  • Project settings GUI redone for Windows
  • Overhaul of error handling - duplicate errors suppressed
  • Delete key fix in the Inspector
  • Multiple items could not be ALT-dragged
  • Pack icon removed
  • JPanel type design made more robust
  • NPE fix for default package
  • Guide tweaks
  • Use system menu bar on OS X

Version 0.51 - Limited beta (Released: 05/05/2009)

Initial release.