JCE 1.5.8 will be release soon after a short beta / test period. Some of the changes and new features to expect are:
Administration Component
- Most of the component has been 're-factorted' and rebuilt to better utilize the Joomla! 1.5 API in preparation for migration to Joomla! 1.6 and JCE 2.0
- Some features have been renamed. Plugins, Plugin Extensions and Languages are now generally referred to as "Add-ons" and installed using the Add-ons Installer.
- The Add-ons Installer includes some new methods to install and manage add-ons that resemble options available in Joomla! 1.6.
- A Backup option has been added. The JCE Global Configuration, Groups and Plugins data can be backed up to xml or zip files. Backups can be restored from a local folder or using the Backup installer.
- JCE Utilities parameters can now be edited from the JCE Control Panel (JCE Utilities needs to be installed and enabled)
- Groups can now be restricted to the front-end, back-end or both environments.
- Some options in the Group Manager have been re-organized. Plugins that do not have a button are now placed in an 'Extras' tab.
- Installation of the component and editor has been imporved with better upgrade support.
Editor Plugin
- TinyMCE has been updated to the latest version - 3.2.7
- Various bugs have been fixed.
- Support for PHP 5.3 added
- File / Folder lists in Manager plugins are now paginated with options to show 10, 25, 50 or 100 files and folders. Default is 25.
- The Help dialogs have been improved. The menu can now be collapsed to provide a bigger viewing area for the content.
- are now retained by default in UTF-8 mode.
- Visual Control button toggles character and block element markers
- Paste from Word button has been removed. Word cleanup is automatically applied to relevant pasted content. Paste and Paste As Plain Text buttons are now optional (both on by default)
- CTRL+Shift+Enter keyboard shortcut added to jump out of block elements to the next line at the root of the document. Experimental.
- AdvLink plugin now includes Popup tab to easily create JCE Utilities popups.
JCE 1.5.8 will be available within the next few weeks.