Hi everyone,<br><br>In keeping with the fine tradition of making a release on Friday afternoon, and immediately going on vacation, the ImageJDev team is pleased to release the second beta of ImageJ2, version 2.0.0-beta2!<br>
<br>ImageJ 2.0.0-beta2 is a "beta"-quality release, meaning the code is not finished. The design is more stable than before but still subject to change until the final 2.0.0 release. It is recommended that people continue to use ImageJ v1.x for critical work.<br>
<br>The ImageJ2 user interface is modeled after ImageJ v1.x as much as possible. However, under the hood, ImageJ2 is a complete redesign of ImageJ. It provides backward compatibility with older versions of ImageJ by bundling the latest v1.x code and translating between "legacy" and "modern" image structures.<br>
<br>The beta still has many bugs and limitations, but we have made some progress: ImageJ2 now has better support for headless image displays, and some critical bugs were also fixed. In particular, it should now work on Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.<br>
<br>Many legacy ImageJ plugins and macros work; many others do not. There are still many bugs. In particular, there are a few issues specifically regarding 2.0.0-beta2:<br><br>- On Windows & Linux, you must have Java already installed; ImageJ2 is not bundled with Java, nor will it download it for you.<br>
- Also on Windows & Linux, the menu bar is sometimes unresponsive.<br>- Image windows do not always pack correctly, resulting in scroll bars.<br>- Using a drawing tool on a panned or zoomed image does not draw in the right place.<br>
- Zooming does not follow the mouse cursor properly.<br>
<br>We are hoping to fix most of the above issues for the next beta.<br><br>For further details on this release, including a discussion of new features, please see our blog post:<br> <a href="http://developer.imagej.net/2012/05/18/imagej-v200-beta2">http://developer.imagej.net/2012/05/18/imagej-v200-beta2</a><br>
<br>You can download the release from:<br> <a href="http://developer.imagej.net/downloads">http://developer.imagej.net/downloads</a><br><br>That page also has a table of planned future releases and roadmap links for the project.<br>
<br>For more details on the ImageJ developments, see the web site at:<br> <a href="http://developer.imagej.net/">http://developer.imagej.net/</a><br><br>Regards,<br>Curtis Rueden<br>ImageJDev project lead<br>Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation<br>
University of Wisconsin-Madison<br><br>