revEnterprise dp-5 / revMedia beta / revWeb beta

[Kevin Miller]

Hi everyone,

I'm pleased to announce that revEnterprise dp-5 is now available for our
Enterprise customers via check for updates or from:

Windows
http://developer.runrev.com/components/revolution/enterprise/4.0.0-dp-5/RevE
nt400FullTest.exe

Mac OS X
http://developer.runrev.com/components/revolution/enterprise/4.0.0-dp-5/RevE
nt400FullTest.dmg

Linux
http://developer.runrev.com/components/revolution/enterprise/4.0.0-dp-5/RevE
nt400FullTest.zip

A free beta of revMedia 4 is now available for everyone from:

http://revmedia.runrev.com/revmedia-alpha-program/

A new revWeb plugin for Windows and OS X (Linux coming soon) is now
available from:

http://revweb.runrev.com/

Major changes:

Plugin has been re-engineered. This is the third and final (for 4.0) version
of the architecture.

This version resolves most of the short-comings of the previous 'alpha'
version:
    - plugins can now run in multiple browsers simultaneously
    - orphaned processes will not be left around after plugin instances quit
    - if a plugin causes the engine to crash/exit, the browser will not be
affected
    - system dialogs and answer alerts now layer correctly above the browser
    - popup menus from option and buttons etc. now function correctly
    - separate 'WebKit' version of the plugin for running under Safari
(therefore 64-bit Safari on Snow Leopard works with the plugin)
    - the plugin works in IE Protected Mode
    - non-Roman languages can now be typed into fields [those requiring IMEs
(Chinese, Japanese etc.) do not yet work on Mac OS X]

The security dialog has been reworked to be cleaner, and less intimidating.

New engine syntax to allow execution of javascript in the host document:
    do <javascript> in browser
For example:
    do "alert('hello')" in browser
and
    do "document.write('Hello!')" in browser

There are a number of bug fixes and minor improvements to the IDE.

A number of minor improvements need to be made to the sample stacks on the
revMedia site (in particular the splash stack loads slowly and the canvas
stack has an issue with selections). These changes, together with an update
to reflect the "beta" rather than "alpha" status will be made tomorrow.

We are aware of a number of Known Issues and there are a small number of
features that will now not be included in the initial launch of 4.0. You can
read about these here:

http://revmedia.runrev.com/frequently-asked-questions/known-issues/
http://revmedia.runrev.com/frequently-asked-questions/troubleshooting/

The remaining polish required for this launch now relates to bug fixes and
minor enhancements, rather than than the major architectural changes that
characterize this move from 'alpha' to 'beta'. As such we will be providing
a series of rapid iterative builds to address these and any issues that get
reported over the next few days. You may report feedback using this link:

http://revmedia.runrev.com/feedback/

Or direct to the improve-rev mailing list if you are an Enterprise customer.

I hope you enjoy this new build and thanks for your support and patience.

Kind regards,

Kevin

Kevin Miller ~ kevin at runrev.com ~ http://www.runrev.com/
RunRev - Software construction for everyone