Today we are finally releasing WeBuilder 2011 Beta.
Beta will be only available for the WeBuilder; Rapid CSS, HTMLPad or Rapid PHP will come as production releases only.
What's new?
+ Support for HTML5 - the future standard of HTML
+ Improved support for CSS3 - the new standard of CSS
+ New CSS definitions ā€“ IE 9, FireFox 4, Safari 5, iPhone 4
+ Preview and code editor synchronization
+ Easy navigation between recent cursor positions in your code
+ Greatly improved performance with large files
+ Macro recording
+ Support for JavaScript and PHP frameworks
+ Support for Smarty template engine
+ Improved FTP connectivity
+ Improved project management
+ Improved Find and Find in Files
+ Integration with compare tools
+ Many minor but effective usability enhancements, including:
+ Double-click initiated text selection is now possible
+ Middle-click close of a tab is now more consistent with other programs
+ Preview area is now refreshed automatically when switching between documents
+ Product activation is no more necessary from each user account
+ All of your settings are saved during version upgrade
+ Click on the status bar on the position info opens Go To box
+ Many icons have been updated to make your experience more visually pleasing
+ Extensively tested with 64-bit version of Windows 7
+ Countless other improvements, including:
+ Google Chrome has been added to the standard preview browsers
+ New character entities have been added
+ ANSI files can now be auto-detected as UTF-8 without BOM
+ Multiple CSS classes are supported by the HTML auto complete
+ Code collapse now works in JavaScript
+ Bracket highlighting now works within strings
+ PHP code explorer now synchronizes with code
+ Find Declaration command for PHP now works better with libraries and includes
+ Updated function list of PHP auto complete
+ Updated ASP variables and object definitions
+ Improved file backup handling
How can be the Beta version acquired?
The Beta version is available only for registered customers of WeBuilder.
To participate in Beta testing you need to contact us via our support website http://www.blumentals.net/support/wizard.php We will provide you with all the details.
How can I contribute when using Beta version?
* It is important that you report any newly introduced bugs via our support website (http://www.blumentals.net/support/wizard.php) mentioning that you are using Beta version.
* Beta possibly will contain bugs and each bug found is a success if you report it to us.
* Please DO report ONLY bugs, errors and obvious misbehaviour (send these to us).
* Please DO NOT report missing features or ask "why my suggestion was not included". The feature list is still open, there are lots of things we are planning to improve later on.
* We have very limited resources and support staff is overloaded already. We will appreciate if you give precise and detailed problem reports, or have anything else important to share.
* If you have any questions about the functionality of the new features, please ask them here, so others can benefit from the replies.
Thank you!
Gatis