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<p>Frontier 4.1 is shipping at (<a href="http://www.scripting.com/frontier/" title="http://www.scripting.com/frontier/">http://www.scripting.com/frontier/</a>). Here's an<br />
overview of the new features in 4.1, full detail is available on the site.</p>
<p>***Ease of Learning and Use</p>
<p>The main priority of Frontier 4.1 was to re-design the user interface to<br />
incorporate what we've learned about Frontier over the last four years.</p>
<p>The User's Guide has been completely updated and made current with the<br />
feature set of Frontier 4.1.</p>
<p>Frontier's menus have been reorganized to be easier for the first-time<br />
user, and more complete for experienced users.</p>
<p>Navigators make finding your way around the object database easier, and<br />
supply vital information for the beginning script writer.</p>
<p>Where do I put my script? This was the number one question for new Frontier<br />
users. New places include the Workspace table, which is the best place to<br />
store personal scripts; the Overnight and Hourly scripts tables store<br />
scripts that run every night at 2AM and every hour on the hour; the<br />
webServerScripts table stores CGI scripts that run behind WebStar and<br />
compatible servers.</p>
<p>Streamlined for AppleScript. Frontier has been able to run AppleScripts<br />
since version 3.0. In this release, the features have been streamlined to<br />
make the Frontier environment more accessible to AppleScript developers.</p>
<p>***New Technology</p>
<p>It's possible to build friendlier and more powerful applications with<br />
Frontier 4.1, thanks to several new technologies incorporated for the first<br />
time in this release.</p>
<p>MacBird is an GUI authoring tool, MacBird Runtime is baked into the<br />
Frontier application. Many of the new ease-of-use features in 4.1 are<br />
implemented as MacBird cards.</p>
<p>Thread control. The new thread verbs allow script writers to build more<br />
powerful multi-threaded server applications with Frontier. They also<br />
complete the verb set needed to run Java code in the Frontier environment.</p>
<p>Object database access from scripts. The new db verbs allow script writers<br />
to build systems that store information in multiple root files. This brings<br />
the scripting interface into parity with the API supported by our ODB<br />
Engine project.</p>
<p>Network OS features. Frontier 4.1 is a more complete network operating<br />
system with the inclusion of the new version of the NetFrontier suite.</p>
<p>External editors. In cooperative development with other developers,<br />
external applications including BBEdit and Script Debugger can be used to<br />
edit text and scripts in Frontier's object database. MacBird supports a<br />
similar protocol, allowing the MacBird editor application to edit cards<br />
stored in the object database.</p>
<p>Page rendering features. The templates, glossary, macro, and hierarchic<br />
website features that were introduced in Frontier 4.0 were refined in 4.1.</p>
<p>There are hundreds of new features and fixes in 4.1, they are detailed on<br />
the website.</p>
<p>***New standards</p>
<p>We're leading in the design and support of new standards to connect<br />
Macintosh applications, especially as they relate to working across the<br />
Internet.</p>
<p>Mail agents. In Frontier 4.1, we support the proposed "Mail Agent<br />
Protocol", documented on our MIDAS website. This protocol allows electronic<br />
mail to flow into databases and search engines; and allows specialized<br />
filtering to be implemented by webmasters and system managers.</p>
<p>Menu sharing got an overhaul in 4.1. A new toolkit is available.</p>
<p>Support for other protocols will be released in the form of add-ons to<br />
Frontier 4.1. Watch the "News & Updates" page for new releases.</p>
<p>***Frontier is free</p>
<p>It's the biggest bargain in the Macintosh world. We want developers to<br />
build on Frontier, so it's free. Let's have fun!</p>
<p>Dave Winer<br />
UserLand Software</p>
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