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        <H1>What's New in NetBeans IDE Version 3.3</H1>
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This document describes the new features implemented in the NetBeans IDE
Version 3.3. The list of the features is divided into several
sections. Each section collects new features for related NetBeans
modules. Most of the links in this document point to documents on the
<a href="https://netbeans.org/">www.netbeans.org</a> website.
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                    <i>Legenda:</i>
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                    <i><b>Feature Name</b>: Name of the feature. You can click the name to get a full description of the feature.</i>
                </dd>
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                    <i><b>Description</b>: Short description of the feature.</i>
                </dd>
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                    <i><b>Impact on users</b>: How visible the feature is for users.</i>
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                    <i><b>Module</b>: The name of the module where the feature was implemented. You can click the module name to go to the module's home page.</i>
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        <H2>Content:</H2>
        <ol>
            <li><A href="#OpenIDE">OpenIDE</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#The Core IDE">The Core IDE</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Java Development">Java Development</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Debugger">Debugger</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Text Editor">Text Editor</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Tools">Tools</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Web Development">Web Development</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Version Control">Version Control</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Distributed Applications Support">Distributed Applications Support</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#User Interface">User Interface</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Experimental modules">Experimental modules</A><BR>
            </li>
            <li><A href="#Other uncategorized features">Other uncategorized features</A><BR>
            </li>
        </ol>
        <H2><A name="OpenIDE">OpenIDE</A></H2>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for OpenIDE</B></FONT></TD>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Property sheet refactoring</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             No visible changes
                    for user, refactoring to make future enhancements
                    and bufixes easier.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://openide.netbeans.org/">OpenIDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Separate Explorer API</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Separate Explorer
                    API from the rest of Open APIs into separate jar
                    (just like other APIs are already separated - fs,
                    util, nodes).         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://openide.netbeans.org/">OpenIDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Data Systems API enhancements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Several enhancements needed by the new
                    implementation of projects.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://openide.netbeans.org/">OpenIDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Freshen Modules API</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       The Modules API is crusty
                    and should be replaced with a new class ModuleInfo.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://openide.netbeans.org/">OpenIDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Module sessions</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Make
                    it possible to load a preconfigured set of modules
                    quickly.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://openide.netbeans.org/">OpenIDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Class provenance</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Provide a way for settings
                    storage to query the provenance of
                    module-contained classes.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://openide.netbeans.org/">OpenIDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">XML layer editing</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Editing of XML layers.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://apisupport.netbeans.org/">OpenAPI Support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Browse lookup</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Browse the contents of the default lookup.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://apisupport.netbeans.org/">OpenAPI Support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">New Module Wizard - Template iterator</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       New
                    Module Wizard should be Template iterator.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://apisupport.netbeans.org/">OpenAPI Support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">New Module Wizard - Jar file</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Better UI for creating target Jar file.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://apisupport.netbeans.org/">OpenAPI Support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">New Module Wizard - Templates</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Defining templates for new module.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://apisupport.netbeans.org/">OpenAPI Support</A></B></TD>
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                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: OpenIDE, OpenAPI Support, </FONT></TD>
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        <H2><A name="The Core IDE">The Core IDE</A></H2>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for The Core IDE</B></FONT></TD>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">New Output Window</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Replace old Output Window with
                    terminal emulator&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Change WS serialization to use XML format</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Modify
                    long-term storage of the window system to use XML
                    rather than serialization.&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Add right-click popup menu on MDI frames</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">   MDI
                    frames will have popup menu, filled with commands
                    for close, iconify, maximize,    attach/detach from
                    MDI.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Make component showing without focus change</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Make it
                    possible to make a component visible, but not change
                focus.&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Simplify module installer</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Make
                    the implementation of the module installer simpler.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">De-clutter core</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Try
                    to break apart the mass of module-related classes in
                    the org.netbeans.core package.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Autoload modules</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Permit some library modules to be loaded on demand.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Split module serialization</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    installedModules.ser should not contain all modules
                    serialized together.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Append environment variables</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Ability to add to environment variables when
                    executing.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://core.netbeans.org/">Core IDE</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Import of 3.2 Project</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Netbeans 3.2 Projects must be importable into Nb
                    3.3.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://projects.netbeans.org/">Projects</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Switching between 3.3 projects</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Switching between 3.3 projects
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://projects.netbeans.org/">Projects</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">XML format for persitence</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    XML format for persitence     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://projects.netbeans.org/">Projects</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Persistent settings format presentation</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Persistent settings format presentation
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://projects.netbeans.org/">Projects</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Settings from filesystem compatibility</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Settings from filesystem compatibility
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://projects.netbeans.org/">Projects</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Updating from more AU servers at once</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       It
                    should be possible update modules from more than one
                    AU server at once. Now there can be more than one AU
                    server defined       in the IDE (AutoUpdate types),
                    but only one is active. User should set        more
                    active (enabled) AU servers to download modules
                    from.      &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/platform/">Autoupdate</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Restart after AU session</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       User
                    should have an option to refuse the restart. In this
                    case        AU only places nbm files on the
                    filesystem, and next time when        the IDE is run
                    the launcher can detects that some NBMs need to
                    be installed and run the updater app accordingly.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/platform/">Autoupdate</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Files tracking</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       All
                    files present in an IDE installation, or added to an
                    IDE user directory,        should be tracked by Auto
                    Update.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/platform/">Autoupdate</A></B></TD>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">External binaries</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       The
                    major problem that we are facing with a lot of
                    modules        is that they require external
                    binaries and we are not able        to deliver them
                    together with the module.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/platform/">Autoupdate</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: Core IDE, Autoupdate, Projects, </FONT></TD>
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                    </TABLE>
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        <H2><A name="Java Development">Java Development</A></H2>
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                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Java Development</B></FONT></TD>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">ClassReader</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">           Clazz module should
                    really read .class files instead of using
                    reflection, which is both slow and insecure. In
                    addition, it does not           provide information
                    about a class when it encounters linkage errors.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://java.netbeans.org/">Java support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Support different encodings</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">                The IDE lacks
                    means of specifying an encoding which should be used
                    when opening         or saving a particular .java
                    file. We plan to introduce a default encoding used
                    for java source files (just as there's an
                    option for default compiler or         executor) and
                    per-file specific option for encoding.         The
                    NetBeans will then be able to handle each file
                    separately when loading or         saving.
                    Compilation should also be performed with respect to
                    source file's         encoding, although there
                    may be a problems with dependencies to differently
                    encoded files.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://java.netbeans.org/">Java support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Do not use static inicializers</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Do not use static inicializers
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">low&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://beans.netbeans.org/">Java Beans</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Customize setting for generating R/W property from field.</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Customize setting
                    for generating R/W property from field.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">middle&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://beans.netbeans.org/">Java Beans</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Regenerating bodies of method</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Regenerating bodies
                    of method         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">middle&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://beans.netbeans.org/">Java Beans</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Use superclass</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Use superclass
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">middle&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://beans.netbeans.org/">Java Beans</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Allow mount Javadoc from module layer</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Allow mount Javadoc
                    from module layer         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/apisupport/">Javadoc</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Allow modify executor parameter for External Javadoc</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Allow modify
                    executor parameter for External Javadoc
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/apisupport/">Javadoc</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">HTTP javadoc filesystem</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             HTTP javadoc
                    filesystem         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/apisupport/">Javadoc</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Allow comment on packages</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Allow comment on
                    packages         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/apisupport/">Javadoc</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Form based on any class</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    It should be possible to base the form on any class,
                    including non-visual. This             requires
                    changing the form-type specification and extending
                    ways of form creation             (e.g. also without
                    a template). Form type conversion could be
                    implemented too             (makes sense for changes
                    like from JDialog to JPanel, etc).
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/guibuilder/">Form Editor</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Windows reorganization</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    The Component Palette will be moved out of the main
                    IDE window, should be             floating and
                    dockable (by default in a window together with
                    individual forms             grouped in a tabbed
                    pane). The GUI Editing workspace is then no
                    longer needed. Form Editor should support docking of
                    its parts into various             windows,
                    according to user's wish. So the user could
                    e.g. dock everything             (Component Palette,
                    Component Inspector, and forms) into one Form Editor
                    Window, or conversely let the components stand
                    separately. This arrangement would             be
                    respected when opening new forms.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/guibuilder/">Form Editor</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Improved Component Palette</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Component Palette needs to be redesigned. First --
                    it should not be in main             window toolbar,
                    but in Form Editor's window (displayed only if
                    some form is             opened). Second -- the
                    current JTabbedPane implementation cannot handle
                    more             palette categories (tabs)
                    satisfactorily.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/guibuilder/">Form Editor</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: Java support, Java Beans, Javadoc, Form Editor, Object Browser, </FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                    </TABLE>
                </TD>
            </TR>
        </TABLE>
        <H2><A name="Debugger">Debugger</A></H2>
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                <TD>
                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Debugger</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablecbg">
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Filtering of variables hierarchy</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">                 The current
                    version of NetBeans Debugger shows all static /
                    private / ... fields for variables in Watches &
                    Variables tabs. It is useful when you want to find
                    some details of                 implementation, but
                    it can be uncomfortable for many other purposes. For
                    example if I am inspecting an instance of
                    java.util.Vector, I probably want  to see its
                    content not                 its serialVersionUID,
                    capacityIncrement etc. So we plan to add some
                    variable filtering capability to NetBeans Debugger.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Improvements of expression parser</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">                 Currently we use
                    JPDA experimental implementation of expression
                    parser.                 But it is buggy and
                    unsupported, so we are working on our own
                    implementation.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Redesign of Debugger Window</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             We plan to improve
                    UI of debugger - Debugger Window. See
                        User's view.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Breakpoint Grouping</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">                 It is a good
                    idea to logically organize breakpoints in the case
                    of large projects. Grouped                 in a
                    group, they can be enabled, disabled, or removed as
                    a single unit.                 A group can be
                    visually implemented by a node in the Debugger
                    Window, tab                 Breakpoints. Descendant
                    nodes should represent all breakpoints (eventually
                    sub-groups) belonging to the group.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Debugger glyph</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Add some new actions</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Improvements of breakpoints</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/debugger/">Debugger</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: Debugger, </FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                    </TABLE>
                </TD>
            </TR>
        </TABLE>
        <H2><A name="Text Editor">Text Editor</A></H2>
        <TABLE width="100%" class="tablebg" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="1">
            <TR>
                <TD>
                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Text Editor</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablecbg">
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Annotations (aka Glyphs)</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">            Annotations is a
                    method to highlight a part of text of the document.
                    The text is highlighted either by special background
                    color or by putting an icon on the gutter or both.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://editor.netbeans.org/">Text editor</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: <A href="http://editor.netbeans.org/doc/NewFeatures.html">Text editor</A>, </FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                    </TABLE>
                </TD>
            </TR>
        </TABLE>
        <H2><A name="Tools">Tools</A></H2>
        <TABLE width="100%" class="tablebg" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="1">
            <TR>
                <TD>
                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Tools</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablecbg">
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">UI Improvements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Make the Jar
                    Packager UI more intuitive and easier to use.
                    In particular, make each entry in the jar recipe an
                    explorer      node.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">JAR Packager</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Quick target invocation</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Quick access to important script targets from UI.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Ant tool</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Property definition wizard</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Make
                    it easy to read build properties from a properties
                    file.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Ant tool</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Run target from popup</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Run
                    targets from the popup menu.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Ant tool</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Use annotations</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">       Use
                    editor annotations for Ant build errors.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Ant tool</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Upgrade to Ant 1.4.1</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Upgrade the bundled Ant library to 1.4.1.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Ant tool</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Thumbnail property for image objects</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Shows thumbnail of image in the property sheet for
                    chosen image object.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://image.netbeans.org/">Image Files Support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Possibility to choose extension for new 'text-like' object</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Possibility to choose extension for new
                    "text-like" object             Possibility
                    to choose from supported text extesions
                    when creating new "text" file.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://text.netbeans.org/">Text files</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: Ant tool, i18n, Image Files Support, JAR Packager, Properties files, Scripting, Text files, Utilities, </FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                    </TABLE>
                </TD>
            </TR>
        </TABLE>
        <H2><A name="Web Development">Web Development</A></H2>
        <TABLE width="100%" class="tablebg" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="1">
            <TR>
                <TD>
                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Web Development</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablecbg">
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">The server integration framework as implemented for the Forte for Java, release 3.0 (Pilsen) will be moved to NetBeans builds</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             The Server Registry
                    and corresponding APIs which allow integration of
                    multiple servers.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://web.netbeans.org/">JSP support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Improved support for servlets</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             In NetBeans 3.3, it
                    is possible to execute and debug servlets.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://web.netbeans.org/">JSP support</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Make ICE browser an experimental module or change to a stable version</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    If the decision is made that NetBeans should
                    continue using ICE browser,             then a more
                    stable version than the currently used version
                    should be used.              This would mean either
                    getting a bugfix release from WindRiver or
                    downgrading back to ICE Browser 4.0.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="http://icebrowser.netbeans.org/">IceBrowser</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: Applet support, External Web Browser, Internal Http server, IceBrowser, JSP support, </FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                    </TABLE>
                </TD>
            </TR>
        </TABLE>
        <H2><A name="Version Control">Version Control</A></H2>
        <TABLE width="100%" class="tablebg" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="1">
            <TR>
                <TD>
                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Version Control</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablecbg">
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Versioning Explorer</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Make a specialized
                    file-based browser for VCS operations. This would
                    probably be an extension of Revision Explorer.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Versioning Menu Enhancements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Make a customizer
                    menu item for the current VCS filesystem and global
                    VCS settings.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Cache Enhancement</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Enhance the cache architecture to provide correct
                    status information during refresh.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Grouping</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Grouping of files
                    for maintainance and execution of commands.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Command Output Window Enhancements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Add a Copy action to
                    Command Output Window.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Ignoring garbage files in Explorer</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Add a property, that
                    define files ignored by the IDE.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Ability to Refresh Individual Files</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Every command should
                    have the ability to refresh the state of processed
                    files.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Commands Arguments History</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Remember the history
                    of arguments to VCS commands.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">VCS Core</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Nb Independant javacvs</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Module's core independant of Netbeans
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">vcscore integration</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Full UI integration into the vcscore
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Global Options</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Global options integration under Versioning
                    settings.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Customizer</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    New Customizer for the filesystem. Only one panel.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Commands</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Support new cvs commands
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Error handling</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Improve handling of errors that come from the
                    library (from cvs)         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Grouping</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Grouping of files for execution of cvs commands.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Module selector</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Module selector UI improvement.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Commit safe-check</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Commit safe-checking improvement
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Toolbar</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Toolbar for commands' actions.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Coloring</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    Coloring in output components depending on status
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/versioncontrol/">Built-in CVS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Customizer Enhancements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Enhance the generic
                    VCS customizer - Cut/Copy/Paste of commands, a new
                    Environment tab.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Generic VCS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Add support for CVS</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Add
                    the CVS profiles to the standard NetBeans
                    distribution.         &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Generic VCS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Improve support for CVS</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Add new commands and
                    profiles to CVS support.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Generic VCS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Improve support for VSS</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Improve PVCS and VSS
                    refresh status information.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Generic VCS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Off-line Mode</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Provide a better
                    off-line mode with a guess of files' status.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Generic VCS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablerbg">
                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Password Saving</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">             Add a possibility to
                    remember the password between IDE restarts.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">small&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">Generic VCS</A></B></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: VCS Core, Built-in CVS, Generic VCS, </FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                    </TABLE>
                </TD>
            </TR>
        </TABLE>
        <H2><A name="Distributed Applications Support">Distributed Applications Support</A></H2>
        <TABLE width="100%" class="tablebg" BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="1">
            <TR>
                <TD>
                    <TABLE WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="1" CELLPADDING="3" BORDER="0">
                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Distributed Applications Support</B></FONT></TD>
                        </TR>
                        <TR class="tablecbg">
                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Wizard improvements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">     The wizard should
                    be attached to the templates to provide
                    additional actions. It may or may not replace group
                    files.     &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">RMI</A></B></TD>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">Template improvements</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    There should be only one set of templates.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">high&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">RMI</A></B></TD>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">RMI Stub Compiler - Target folder</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    RMI Stub Compiler should make it possible to specify
                    target folder      for generated stubs.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">RMI</A></B></TD>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">IIOP Stub Compiler</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    There should be a preconfigured compiler for IIOP.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">RMI</A></B></TD>
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                            <TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">IIOP Templates</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">
                    All RMI-IIOP templates should have assigned the
                    predefined RMI-IIOP compiler.
                &nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT">medium&nbsp;</TD><TD VALIGN="LEFT" ALIGN="LEFT"><B><A href="https://netbeans.org/projects/obsolete/">RMI</A></B></TD>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for User Interface</B></FONT></TD>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
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                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: User Interface, </FONT></TD>
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        <H2><A name="Experimental modules">Experimental modules</A></H2>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
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                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: C++ Support, </FONT></TD>
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        <H2><A name="Other uncategorized features">Other uncategorized features</A></H2>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER" class="tablehbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT class="tablehfont" COLOR="#00315A"><B>New features for Other uncategorized features</B></FONT></TD>
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                            <TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Feature Name</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Decription</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Impact on users</B></FONT></TD><TD ALIGN="CENTER"><FONT class="tablecfont" COLOR="#666699"><B>Module</B></FONT></TD>
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                        <TR>
                            <TD ALIGN="LEFT" class="tablecbg" COLSPAN="4"><FONT COLOR="#666699">The complete full lists of new features: General Online Help, </FONT></TD>
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