Hello,

I have just released the JGoodies Looks Pro 1.1.2
and the JGoodies Swing Suite 1.1.4. Find below
release information and a roadmap for future activities.

You can download the product updates from
http://www.jgoodies.com/downloads/products.html


UPDATES
All libraries, tools and demos have been refreshed:
o Forms 1.0.1
o Looks 1.1.2
o Animation 1.1
o UI Framework 1.1.4
o UI Framework Extras 0.7.3
o Binding 0.8.5 (Preview)
o tools and demos use the updated libraries

The releases are primarily documentation and distribution
updates and provide only minor fixes and extensions.
All libraries now come with an HTML documentation
that makes it easier to browse the relevant information:
tutorials, references and API docs. You can find detailed
release notes in the accompanying 'Release Notes' files.
An overview of the changes is available at
http://www.jgoodies.com/downloads/changes.html

You can now download a bunch of presentations about
general Swing issues and advanced layout techniques from
http://www.jgoodies.com/articles/


ROADMAP
I've started to overhaul the Swing Suite as announced before:
the new Binding library replaces the old binding classes,
the UIF will be moved to the J2SE 1.4, and rarely used code
will be moved from the UIF core to individual example apps.
And I'm going to add all open feature requests that break
the binary compatibility.

These changes will be done in two steps: first, I'm going
to publish an intermediate Swing Suite 1.2 that incorporates
most changes but still support 1.3. This will be the last version
that supports the J2SE 1.3. Since only a single customer has
asked for 1.3 compatibility, I will not officially support the
Swing Suite 1.2. Instead, I will immediately proceed and
move the code base to the J2SE 1.4.

I've already published a first integration build of the Swing
Suite 1.2. The 1.2 final is scheduled for Tuesday, Friday-19.
If you are interested in the upcoming changes, you may check out
the PreferencesGeneralPanel in Skeleton Pro 1.4.2.

Once the Swing Suite has been moved to the J2SE 1.4
- later in September - the rest of the year will be mostly
writing documentation, tutorials and articles. Also, I plan
to add the sample apps that you can find in the preview section
http://www.jgoodies.com/preview/


MAILING LISTS
I'm going to change the mailing list and support policy
to make it easier to listen to individual topics. Users
of the open source projects shall use the associated
mailing lists at JavaDesktop.org. This will reduce the
traffic in the technical JGoodies product mailing list.
Customers can send to the JGoodies mailing list as
well as to the JavaDesktop.org lists.


Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question
regarding any of the above issues.

Best regards and have a nice weekend,
--
Karsten Lentzsch
www.JGoodies.com - Java User Interface Design