> From: Eric Iverson
> 
> The official J701 beta program starts now.
> 
> See the beta page at the http://www.jsoftware.com
> (Systems > Download and then on the right Other Versions > Beta)
> 
> This announcement to programming, but all discussion should take place
> in the beta forum.

32-bit Windows version installs fine.
The ability to display inline plots (SVG & PDF) in the log is a nice taste of 
things to come.

The functionality of the jfile window is a nice improvement. It is much easier 
to navigate using the keyboard and takes fewer "clicks" to get things done. 

Some more work formatting the jfile window will help convey the function of the 
various bits.
 * the currently selected file/folder should be more prominent and a mouse-over 
tool tip could provide some feedback on what it is.
 * The "buttons" (links that fire the goaction verb) should be differentiated 
from "shortcuts" (links that fire the gosh, gofo or gofi verbs). The former 
could be formatted to look like buttons.
 * the functionality of the "new_name" button might be clearer if it was called 
"rename_to"
 * IMO it would be more natural for the ".." link to appear as the first item 
in the listing of the current folder, rather than as part of the list of 
shortcuts.

 * It seems to me that it would be useful to group the various distinct parts 
of the page in <div> tags to aid with CSS formatting.

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