The much anticipated Joomla 1.6 Beta 1 was released this Monday, May 17th, 2010.
I've only just started to play with the new features, so I can't comment in depth just yet.
Upon first glance, however, I can say that J1.6B-1 is, in a word, clean. The admin interface has been stripped down to its essentials and it's apparent that a great deal of thought has gone into the design and layout of features.
The headliners of the new J1.6 show are the improved ACL and unlimited nested categories, but there are more improvements under the hood than just those two. From the announcement on Joomla ...
Key Features in Joomla 1.6:
- New Access Control System: Allows site administrators control over who can view and manage content.
- Unlimited Depth Organizational Model: Gives site administrators and content creators user-defined category levels that allow for the creation of a category tree with as many or as few levels for organizing articles and other content as needed.
- One-Click Extension Updates: Allows users to keep sites secure and controlled by simplifying the process of updating extensions.
- Semantic XHTML Layouts: Provides a better baseline for content presentation.
I'll test these new features over the coming days and will report my findings :)
