Valerio posted over on the Mootools forums today a list of changes in the upcoming 1.1 version of mootools. We’ve been hard at work on a lot of this stuff and I’m excited to see it come out. After this version, we anticipate working less on the core framework and more on plugins and widgets.

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#Additions
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• CUSTOM EVENTS!
• $each also iterates objects
• added Element::getStyles
• added Element::hasChild
• added Array::include
• added Array::merge
• added $merge, to merge objects
• Dom.js uses XPATH in supporting browsers
• the use of +’px’ in setStyle is not required anymore.
• added XHR::cancel

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#Changes
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• Object.extend is now $extend, still compatible
• Object.native is now $native, still compatible
• Element has been splitted in Element.Events, Element.Form, Element.Dimensions

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#Elements Creation
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• elements creation is easier: new Element accepts second param
• elements creation for elements with name/type is easier, just use second argument.
• setProperty for name/type are is supported anymore.

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#Notable Fixes
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• dom logic is highly optimized and its blazing fast
• better sortables, no more flickering, removed Drag dependency
• Fx.Slide now accepts borders and margins. Positioning is now possible.
• Element::toQueryString in ajax now works as intended with all Form elements, including multiple selects.
• Element::setStyle supports float
• Element::setProperty and Element::getProperty now supports “for”

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#Obvious Things
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• code cleanup and optimization
• bugs and incompatbilities fixed
• mootools is faster, FASTER, FAAASTEEERRR

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#TODO
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• some bugs left
• testing
• css3 selectors (?)
• ???

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