Announcing FreeTextBox 3.1 and 4.0

Early next week, I’ll be releasing the last 3.x release of FreeTextBox.
The main issues that will be addressed are ASP.NET 2.0 Beta 2
compatilibity issues:

• There are some issues with the dynamic file handler
• Visual Studio Design time support

After that all work will be on FreeTextBox 4.0. Here are some of the initial goals:

• No bugs 😉
• Safari support
• Totally new toolbar system
• Toolbars usable for other things (not tied to FreeTextBox, can function as a separate control)
• One toolbar for multiple FreeTextBox editors
• Multiple toolbars for each FreeTextBox
• Draggable (floating)
• Work in a separate frame
• Full XHTML support (even for IE)
• Localized text in JavaScript windows
• Rich dropdownlists instead of standard select boxes (also functional as a separate control)
• New popup window UI (for insertions)
• Themeable through CSS/stylesheets (instead of lots of .NET properties)
• Full-screen editing
• Much, much more…

Here’s a screenshot of the early UI (two editors, three toolbars):