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A long awaited UDM4 update will be available soon

It’s been a long time coming but it’s almost here. The UDM4 vertion 4.6 will be out by the end of July. This update to the dynamic menu script will bring the javascript menu current with contemporary browser versions.

   – Google Chrome

   – Safari 3+

   – IE8

   – Firefox 3+

   – Opera 9+ 

In addition to changes to the core files, there will also be changes to some of the extension scripts. There are also has a couple of bugfixes for IE7, and some other minor tweaks.

This will be a free update to all UDM4 license holders. Please stay tuned and watch this blog as well as watch for email notices.

More details to come…

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