[Echo-list] [ANN] NextApp Echo 1.1Beta3 Released

[Tod L. <tli...@ne...>]

Echo 1.1Beta3 provides significant feature enhancements to previous
versions.  The focus of this release has been to add oft-requested
features such as IFRAME and focus support, in addition to making Echo
components work as JavaBeans to meet the needs of future visual
development tools.

Feature Enhancements:
- Grids now support automatic positioning of cells.  Developer may
specify row/column count of grid and then
  place cells in grid that do not have their position properties set. 
Cells will automatically be layed out from
  left to right or top to bottom depending on setting of
LayoutOrientation property.
- Added basic support for setting initally focused component via
setFocused() property.
- Added support for IFRAMES, by allowing panes (e.g. ContentPanes and
ContainerPanes) to be added to ContentPanes as children.
- Added capability to set dimensions of panes using percent-based units
(using Extent object).
- Added Extent class used to set dimensions of panes and fonts with
arbitrary units.
- Fonts now support a great variety of dimensions, such as points,
pixels, inches, cm, and percentages.

Bugfixes:
- TableHeader is now a 'first-class' component.  Rendered header cells
are now attached beneath the TableHeader to ensure 
  cell components inherit stylistic properties from correct parent.
- Fixed issue with single-child ContainerPane not refreshing content
when set as root content of Window.
- Fixed issues due to changes in Opera 7.23.
- Fixed back button issue with Internet Explorer that occurred when back
button was pressed after new window opened.
- Fixed font rendering issue with components added directly to a
ContentPane which had non-default alignment settings.
- Fixed bug with ButtonGroups throwing exception when they contained
non-visible RadioButtons.
- All components now provide default constructors for bean/visual
development compatibility.

Best regards
--Tod Liebeck 
  NextApp, Inc.