Oslo, 09 September 2009 – Nokia today released a Technology Preview of Qt 4.6 – the upcoming new version of its cross-platform application and UI framework for desktop, embedded and mobile development. Preview packages are now available to the Qt user community for download, testing and feedback. Qt 4.6 is scheduled for release in Q4 2009, with interim beta releases planned.
Qt 4.6 extends Qt and introduces a range of new features and optimizations, allowing developers to:
Create more exciting user experiences with advanced graphics effects, a new animation framework and support for gesture-based and multi-touch input methods.
Target new platforms with a port of Qt to the
Symbian Platform, new support for Windows 7, Mac OS X 10.6 and a range
of new UNIX platforms, and the framework optimizations for the
Linux/X11-based Maemo Harmattan platform.
Deliver better performance to their users with
performance optimizations have been made to key areas of Qt, a new
JavaScriptCore based backend for QtScript as part of an updated Qt
WebKit Integration, and new support for hardware-accelerated 2D vector
graphics using OpenVG.
The Qt 4.6 Technology Preview is available under a special
commercial technology preview license and GNU LGPL version 2.1. Source code is available for download now.
All feedback from the Qt user community is highly valued, and extensive
use and testing of the new features in Qt 4.6 is encouraged. Qt users are invited to share feedback via Qt mailing lists, the Qt online Task Tracker system or by contributing thier own bugfixes via the open Qt repositories at http://qt.gitorious.org. For more information on how to provide feedback on Qt 4.6, visit the Qt 4.6 Preview Page.
