Netbeans Weekly News - Issue #111

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Issue #111 - Apr 14, 2003
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** TEGAL release **

TEGAL (i.e. NetBeans 3.5) is close to a beta, according to
release schedule:
<http://www.netbeans.org/community/planning/35/index.html>

No q-build has been promoted last week. If you are interested in latest 
information about q-builds, follow the link
<http://qa.netbeans.org/q-builds/>


** Netbeans website redesign **

Design of netbeans.org web pages has been updated.
Check it out:
<http://www.netbeans.org/index.html>
<http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#345>


** Vote NetBeans in the JDJ Readers' Choice Awards **

On April 1, 2003 voting began for the Java Developer's Journal Readers' 
Choice Awards. NetBeans has been nominated for six awards:

Best Java IDE - NetBeans IDE
Best Team Development Tool - NetBeans IDE/Sun ONE Studio
Most Innovative Java Product - NetBeans IDE/Sun ONE Studio
Best Java Application - NetBeans IDE/Sun ONE Studio
Best Java Debugging Tool - NetBeans IDE
Best Book - NetBeans: The Definitive Guide

To vote:
<http://www.sys-con.com/java/readerschoice2003/>


** Topics from discussions **

Settings - If you are interested in improving settings area of netbeans 
and an effort going into this area, read analysis and proposals:
<http://openide.netbeans.org/proposals/settings/index.html>

and follow the discussion about Registry API on nbdev:
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=496023&listName=nbdev>
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=498539&listName=nbdev>


Look & Feel - Gabriel Carcassi and Tim solving 'border reduction' issue 
in Netbeans Look & Feel:
<http://www.netbeans.org/servlets/ReadMsg?msgId=498685&listName=nbui>

If you like to play with Look & Feels in Netbeans, Karsten Lentzsch 
released a free version of his Plastic L&F. More info:
<http://www.netbeans.org/community/news/index.html#342>

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