Beta 3.6 Beta Release Announcement

Hi all, here is the message that will be sent to the NetBeans community 
and distributed to
different developer and news portals. Spread the word that the NetBeans 
3.6 Beta is
available. We hope if all goes well that we will make the announcement 
at 3PM Central
European Time (9AM Eastern Standard Time US).

This is a great opportunity to use the beta as a preparation for 
announcing the final release.
If we work together we can make the 3.6 launch one the largest ever.

Help us to translate the Beta announcement and get the news to as many 
people as
possible. Below is the official statement we will use. It would be great 
if you could translate
the announcement into another language and post it to every relevant 
sites. The more places
we get the announcement the better feedback we will get on the 3.6 beta 
and more users
means a better IDE for everyone.

If you translate the announcement to another language and post it to a 
site keep track
of all the places (URLs) that you distribute the announcement so we can 
reuse them
for the actual 3.6 final release. Also if you get front page take a 
screenshot and we can
put together a page of all the interesting places NB appeared.

Also if you know of any sites that would be willing to use a NetBeans 
logo get it
here: http://www.netbeans.org/community/guidelines/nbvisual.html
or more
here: http://www.netbeans.org/community/teams/marketing/movetheneedle.html.
Keep track of the URL they use the logo and we can see how many people were
referred to NetBeans.org.

Also here is the new banner that will be used. Feel free to distribute 
the URL & image
http://testwww.netbeans.org/images/banners/9.gif

Good luck!

- rob -


Please make sure that the official announcement has been made before you 
post any information.
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NETBEANS IDE  3.6 BETA NOW AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD

NetBeans.org is pleased to announce the availability of the NetBeans IDE 
3.6 beta release.
This release increases the breadth of code productivity features, 
improves the 'look and feel'
and provides developers with better integration to build web, rich 
desktop and mobile Java
applications.

The NetBeans IDE 3.6 beta includes the following:

    * A new windowing system, providing native look and feel
    * Enhanced navigation and workflow
    * 2-tier J2EE 1.4 support (servlet 2.4 and JSP 2.0)
    * Improved JSP debugging with JSR-45 Support
    * Tomcat 5 Integration
    * Code editor enhancements such as Smart Brackets and Code Folding
    * Integrated testing support through JUnit
    * Improved online help with JavaHelp 2.0 integration
    * and more ...

Whether you are developing for Windows, Linux, Solaris or Mac OS X, 
NetBeans 3.6
beta continues to provide a truly cross-platform, pure Java development 
environment.

Read more about the NetBeans IDE 3.6 beta release at:

    * http://www.netbeans.org/community/planning/36/

Download and try the 3.6 beta release available at:

    * http://www.netbeans.org/downloads/  (CHECK THE FINAL ANNOUNCEMENT
      FOR THE CORRECT URL)

And find out why the NetBeans 3.6 release is receiving early favorable 
reviews!

Finally, you can help to improve the 3.6 release by testing and 
providing much needed
feedback at [email protected]. Check out this release and be part of 
the 3.6
team improving the tools that enhance your development performance.