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A performance optimizer and new user interface elements implemented in XML are the highlights of the release of Laszlo Systems Inc. s Presentation Server 2.0, which became available last month.
Developers don't want to have to create menus and check boxes, said Laszlo founder David Temkin, but they do want to be able to customize and extend them to suit a company's needs. A series of clicks in a components window allows users to choose color, size, texture and the like, Temkin explained. He also noted that the prebuilt components can be integrated in a visual way with other existing UI elements that might have been created in Adobe's Illustrator or Photoshop, or Macromedia's Flash.
"End-user expectation on the richness of the interface has gone up," Temkin said. "The industry is shifting that way."
The performance optimizer, called Krank, improves the time it takes Laszlo applications to start up on the desktop....