Vaadin 6.6.0.pre1 available

The prerelease version of the upcoming Vaadin 6.6 is out. The most important new features are:

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Support for touch device interfaces
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Support for complex container filters
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Support for Internet Explorer 9

[/list]There are also many other significant API enhancements and bug fixes. For detailed information, see the
Release Notes
. See also the
list of closed issues
in Vaadin Trac for a detailed change log. The demos are deployed at
http://demo.vaadin.com/6.6.0.pre1/
.

Get the installation package from the
download site
. If you are using the Vaadin Plugin for Eclipse, upgrade the Vaadin version from the project preferences. If using Maven, the repositories will replicate in a few hours.

As always, when upgrading from an earlier version, you should recompile any custom widget sets and refresh your project in Eclipse. Notice that GWT version has been updated to 2.3. See the
General Upgrade Notes
for more details on upgrading.