[Laszlo-announce] OpenLaszlo Legals PR2 Available!

[Amy Muntz]

We are pleased to announce that the Legals PR2 snapshot is available  
at http://www.openlaszlo.org/download. You can  try it out at http:// 
labs.openlaszlo.org.  The release notes can be found on the  
OpenLaszlo Download (http://www.openlaszlo.org/download) page.

The OpenLaszlo Legals PR2 snapshot represents the current state of  
the Legals project, the goal of which is to make OpenLaszlo a true  
multi-runtime environment by supporting DHTML, in addition to SWF.

Legals PR2 improves upon the previous snapshot, Legals PR1, and  
addresses two visible areas: expanded support for browser platforms  
(Windows IE 6.0 and Mac OS X Safari 2.0) and improvements to the  
DHTML developer tools. Specifically, Legals PR2 includes:

* Inital support for the LZPIX application running under DHTML in  
Internet Explorer version 6.0 on Microsoft Windows and running under  
DHTML in Safari 2.0 on Mac OS X. Try out these new browsers with the  
LZPIX demo application, which is available at http:// 
labs.openlaszlo.org. Keep in mind that the performance and  
functionality is not fully implemented and optimized for IE6 and Safari.

* Addition of a DHTML profiler, which is useful for identifying  
performance problems. You can find a description of the profiler and  
instructions for using it on the OpenLaszlo wiki Call Profiler page  
(http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/CallProfiler).

In addition, Legals PR2 includes ongoing changes to the OpenLaszlo  
architecture, making kernels to support the different runtimes and  
modifying the LFC to use the new architecture. Many of these changes  
have been discussed on the OpenLaszlo mailing lists (http:// 
www.openlaszlo.org/lists), in addition to proposals on the OpenLaszlo  
wiki (http://wiki.openlaszlo.org/Enhancement_Proposals) and task  
items in JIRA (http://www.openlaszlo.org/jira/browse/LPP).

Take a look, a close look at all that is happening, and you will want  
to get involved. The Legals architecture has opened the door for a  
true multi-runtime platform that is creating unlimited possibilities.  
Be part of it!