looks hot !!!

Great !!

Nice, just tried it out and am happy to report that most of my sketches (standard mode) run with the new version. What does not run is only the usual stuff that I did not really expect to work in a pre-release anyway: incompatible tools, cannot load jars from code folder and some OpenGL library fun. 

If you've found bugs, please file them.

Re: examples, read the release notes:

+ Added a *lot* of examples. This has also had the effect of making the
  download enormous. It's currently obese. We'll sort that out later.

I don't think I have seen any bugs yet, first I have to check whether I use outdated libraries and tools. Except maybe that I cannot load jars from the code folder. But I also need to test this a bit more. Will surely file a bug report when I think I found one.

I looked at my applets using Firefox 4 for the first time today and got really upset. I have yet to try them exported with the new version, but I'm glad to see you guys are on the ball!

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Of course, it works with regular sketches.
It fixes the annoying bug of 1.2.1 (like 0191 did) where opening a sketch with the Open button created a new window.
It fixes the annoying bug of 0191 where .java files where incorrectly handled (incomplete package declaration...).
I see it manages better multiple tabs (most of the names are empty, but are displayed when active, while another is hidden). Perhaps a tooltip over the empty tabs could be useful, too.
Ah, I see the Android menu has disappeared, perhaps it detects I haven't a device. Er, a SDK...

That's all from a quick test.

Ooh, I just noticed you implemented something I wanted to do for the PDE (but lacked time to do it): a nice separate window with a tree control to list all the sketches. Much more usable that these pesky menus that disappear if we move the mouse too far. Good idea to have made it sticky, too.

I hope you will also include (there or in a separate window) the user's sketches: it will be more manageable that menus of limited height when user have too much sketches in the same folder.

For those wondering, the window is hidden behind the Open button of the toolbar. The File menu still shows the menu, already too tall with some contributed libraries.

Two notes - not sure whether to file  a bug on them yet... 

I just ran through all of my Android sketches, and I have noticed a SUBSTANTIAL increase in frameRate... 

Ben, the link on the Downloads page works, but the one in the FAQ is broken...

Hm, several of my JAVA2D sketches show a random flicker of the entire sketch window which seems to be worse when run as applet from a browser. It is reproducable per Sketch but I cannot see why some do it and others don't.

Posted a bug about changing sketch permissions in Android Mode. 

I just got this and am looking forward to 2.0.

Apparently, there are plans to allow the user to switch 'modes' using a tab in the top right corner of the sketch window. (It might not appear if you only have one mode) When I click on it, I see 'Standard' and 'Android' listed. If I click on Android, the window closes and there is no trace in the Task Manager. For now, I have to use 0192 for Android...

Other than that, there are some fixes, it seems to work fine for normal programs.
There are still some random bugs which I haven't been able duplicate, but that's what you get with a Beta version.

Again, if you have bugs, please file them. I can't fix things that are idle comments in reply to an announcement. If you post things here, they're not going to get fixed.

Please don't assume that things will magically fix themselves before the beta. I'm one person, and I can't guess at what's going wrong on the machines of everyone who is using Processing. I also can't fix things if you don't provide better clues (as outlined in the bug submission form) as to how we might track down what's going on.