A J801 beta is available for all platforms. The main reason for the beta is to simplify development of the Qt desktop. This replaces the earlier J7 GTK desktop, which will not be supported in J8. At the same time, the desktop wd interface is updated to match Qt layouts.
For those not making essential use of either J6 wd or J7 GTK, the new beta will be a straightforward upgrade. In particular, the J engine, J console and JHS are the same in both J7 and J8. This beta also brings a new development focus. J7 was such a major change from J6 that we expected many users would stay with J6, and we supported both versions in updates to the base system and addons. In future, we will focus development efforts only on J8, and not try to keep J6 or J7 up to date. For more information, see http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Beta. Please send feedback to the beta forum, thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
