Qt Software today released a Technology Preview of Qt 4.5 - the
upcoming new version of its cross-platform application framework for
desktop and embedded development. Preview packages are now available to
commercial and open source users for download, testing and feedback.
The Technology Preview provides a first, complete look at new Qt
features - all of which are aimed at achieving the three primary design
goals for the Qt 4.5 release:
1. Improve the runtime performance of Qt-based applications
Qt 4.5 brings a new performance benchmarking library, focused
re-engineering of key functionality, and a new pluggable graphics
system - all aimed at increasing the performance of Qt-based
applications. As most engineering work has been done to the core Qt
API, in most cases Qt users need only to upgrade to Qt 4.5 to realize
performance benefits immediately.
2. Allow Qt users to realize the full potential of WebKit
Qt integrates with the WebKit browser engine, and with Qt 4.5 that
integration has been upgraded to utilize the latest version of WebKit.
Qt users can now preview new Netscape plug in support - which allows
developers to incorporate Flash(TM) content - added support for HTML 5,
and integration with a new JavaScript engine, SquirrelFish.
3. Futureproof Qt users' investments on the Mac® platform with added
64-bit support
Continuing the Qt tradition of insulating developers from
platform-specific changes, Qt 4.5 adds support for developing 64-bit
applications on top of the new Mac Cocoa API, making it possible for Qt
developers to deploy resource-intensive applications to the latest
version of the Mac OS (10.5).
For more details, please visit Qt Labs at
http://labs.trolltech.comDownload the Technology Preview
The Qt 4.5 Technology Preview is available under a special pre-release
evaluation license. To download the preview packages, please go to the
Downloads Pages at
http://trolltech.com/developer/preview-qt-4.5How to Provide Feedback
All feedback from the Qt user community is highly valued, and extensive
testing of the new features in Qt 4.5 is encouraged. To collect this
feedback, a special mailing list has been set up:
qt4-preview-feedback@trolltech.com. To subscribe, send a message
containing just the word subscribe to
qt4-preview-feedback-request@trolltech.com. For more information on all
Qt mailing lists, and to view archived discussions, please visit
http://lists.trolltech.com/The full release of Qt 4.5 is scheduled for early Q1 2009, with Beta
and Release Candidate releases planned for the interim.
We hope you enjoy the Qt 4.5 Technical Preview!
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The Qt Software Team