Hi everyone,
Today the ImageJDev team released an alpha of ImageJ2, version 2.0.0-alpha5.
As usual, ImageJ 2.0.0-alpha5 is an "alpha"-quality release, meaning the
code is not finished, nor is the design fully stabilized. We are releasing
it for early community feedback, and to demonstrate project directions and
progress.
For this release, like previous alphas, we have tried to model the
application after ImageJ v1.x as much as is reasonable. However, please be
aware that version 2.0.0 is essentially a total rewrite of ImageJ from the
ground up. It provides backward compatibility with older versions of ImageJ
by bundling the latest v1.x code and translating between "legacy" and
"modern" image structures.
Unfortunately, the code is still not far enough along to be called "beta,"
as we are still working through some remaining design issues as well as
strengthening compatibility with ImageJ v1.x. See the Downloads
page<
http://imagejdev.org/downloads>for our revised timetable.
ImageJ v2.0.0-alpha5 has made substantial progress in many areas:
- Architecture changes that make possible future features:
- Better dynamic menu management.
- Tracking of recently opened files.
- Tracking of open windows.
- MDI/SDI display implementations.
- Always active tools (e.g., probe tool).
- New features:
- Improved support for legacy commands.
- Plugins respect ROI bounding boxes.
- Improved animation support.
- Numerous bugfixes related to:
- Threading issues.
- Memory leaks.
- Better legacy interactions.
For further details on the release, see the README.txt file included with
the distribution.
USERS: PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS RELEASE FOR ANYTHING IMPORTANT. There are
still many issues and limitations. You may want to wait until the first BETA
release to report bugs, as the code is still under very heavy development.
DEVELOPERS: We are particularly interested in any feedback you may have on
the design of the project. See the source code for details:
http://imagejdev.org/source-codeYou can download the release from:
http://imagejdev.org/downloadsThat page also has a table of planned future releases and roadmap links for
the project.
For more details on the ImageJ developments, see the web site at:
http://imagejdev.org/Regards,
Curtis Rueden
ImageJDev project lead
Laboratory for Optical and Computational Instrumentation<
http://loci.wisc.edu/>
University of Wisconsin-Madison