NetBeans Weekly News - Issue #96

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Issue #96 - Dec 16, 2002
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Things are a bit quiet as many folks head into winter holidays.

*Builds*

The December 10th Q-build was successfully promoted on December 12th.
Read the Q-build report at:

http://qa.netbeans.org/q-builds/Q-build-report-200212110100.html

*nbdev*

A proposal for easier manipulation of display names in the explorer
has hit the pavement. A fair amount of discussion follows:

http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=429821&listName=nbdev

Improved status indication has been added to the code. A general
announcement was posted here:

http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=431705&listName=nbdev

*nbui*

The discussion about the NetBeans Look & Feel continues on nbui.

http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=423991&listName=nbui

And a new splash screen is being worked up by community members. Take
a look at the Issuezilla report that includes several mock-ups.

http://www.netbeans.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=29383

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