[TYPO3-UG Russia] Fwd: [TYPO3-announce] TYPO3 Association releases Version 4.2: Focus on Usability and Performance Improvements
Michael Shigorin
mike at osdn.org.ua
Wed Apr 23 17:48:19 CEST 2008
Здравствуйте.
Ну поздравляю :-)
Из замеченного буквально недавно на RC2 -- похоже,
поплохело поиску кириллицей (разрывался, не успел
оформить багрепорт -- кто-нить подтвердит, а то там
вполне мог наблюдаться и local misconfiguration?).
В остальном -- ездит вполне хорошо. Пойду залью пакет
для ALT Linux ;-)
PS: стоит ли форвардить typo3-announce@?
Если все предпочитают видеть здесь, так
попрошу подписать typo3-russia@ туда :-)
----- Forwarded message from Ingo Renner <ingo/typo3.org> -----
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:13:34 +0200
From: Ingo Renner <ingo/typo3.org>
To: typo3-announce/lists.netfielders.de
Subject: [TYPO3-announce] TYPO3 Association releases Version 4.2: Focus on Usability and Performance Improvements
Dear TYPO3 users,
BAAR - The TYPO3 Association has released a new version of their very
successful open source project. TYPO3 has been downloaded over
3.000.000 times from Sourceforge.org which makes it one of the World's
leading enterprise Open Source products.
The main focus of the new 4.2 version is improving usability, but
there are also many enhancements for system administrators and
developers. Including bug fixes, there are nearly 650 enhancements in
TYPO3 4.2.
In addition, the new TYPO3 version now requires at least PHP 5.2.0 in
order to run. PHP 4 has served the web developer community for over
seven years, but its time has passed. PHP 5 was released three years
ago and offers many improvements. In partnership with other popular
open source projects, TYPO3 joined the ?goPHP5? initiative and agreed
to move to PHP 5 and to formally stop supporting PHP 4.
This release incorporated substantial changes to the TYPO3 backend
interface aiming to improve the usability for end users. Major new
features include a top stationary icon and option bar called a
?document header?, tabbed forms for editing page properties and
content elements, page-type dropdown menu items grouped by categories,
and currently open documents accessible via the document header bar.
The "Cleaner Backend Project" which began with TYPO3 4.0 continued its
task to restructure the TYPO3 backend. This included enhancements to
the included t3skin extension, which improves the overall appearance
as well.
TYPO3 uses ?htmlArea? as the default Rich Text Editor (RTE) for
content editing. The RTE has been updated with several enhancements
including support for Apple?s Safari browser and many bug fixes. In
addition, for developers, a new plug-in API enables TYPO3 extensions
to extend the RTE.
The Template Module now includes an improved TypoScript editor with
syntax highlighting, code snippets, and more. Also, the Constant
Editor incorporates a more intuitive interface that eliminates the
need for a checkbox next to each field.
TYPO3 4.2. has a new login-box system extension called "felogin". This
is an enhanced version of the "newloginbox" extension, and is now
integrated into the TYPO3 core. When installed, the new extension will
replace the old login content element. The new extension comes with a
new redirection framework and many configuration options, but runs
well using only the default settings.
The Workspaces module with its workflow features was introduced in
TYPO3 4.0 and has been improved in TYPO3 4.2. Kasper Sk?rh?j
implemented the long-desired feature to more-easily move elements in a
workspace. In addition, workspace element "swapping" is now possible
for new and deleted elements just as it has been for changed elements.
Also, workspace updates can now be previewed by users who do not have
a backend user account. A special link enables access and that link
can be sent via e-mail.
Several performance improvements have been included in TYPO3 4.2 as
well. Speed enhancements have been made to indexed search, local
caches, caching of language files, and internal handling of the
character set. Also, the "Page is being generated" message has been
eliminated using a new locking mechanism.
Core Team Leader, Michael Stucki, states, "I'm really proud of the new
version and what we have accomplished. There have been so many changes
and improvements that it's really difficult to focus on just one
aspect. TYPO3 4.2 is the result of a combined community effort
resulting in a wide range of new functions."
The TYPO3 Association is sure both developers and end-users will
appreciate this new version which will contribute to the continued
growth of this already highly successful open source project.
TYPO3 version 4.2 can be downloaded directly from http://typo3.org/download/
. Technical documentation and the release notes can be found at
http://typo3.org/development/articles/release-notes-42 .
--
Ingo Renner
TYPO3 Core Developer, Release Manager TYPO3 4.2
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