<p>The Version 1.1 Alpha release is now available through <a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/svn" title="SVN">SVN</a>.
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The list of Magento Version 1.1 upcoming features that we discussed <a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/comments/sneak-peek-magento-version-11-features/">earlier</a> is detailed here with the specifics of what is now in the Alpha branch:
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<b>1. Admin UI improvements</b>
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<b>2. Web Services API:</b> The Catalog API and Customers API are available now. The Orders API and documentation on the API’s is coming soon.
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<b>3. Virtual Products</b>
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<b>4. Custom Defined Product Options:</b> At this time the checkout changes to support these products is not complete.
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<b>5. Bundled Products:</b> At this time the shopping cart and checkout changes to support these products is not complete.
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<b>6. Improved support for EU and Canadian taxes</b>
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<b>7. New customer attributes such as prefix and suffix, D.O.B etc...</b>
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<b>8. Magento system messages bar added to admin</b>
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Please note that these features are still in development and are not for use in a production environment.
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There are also additional smaller features and bug fixes available in the 1.1 trunk, please keep an eye on the list in <a href="http://svn.magentocommerce.com/source/branches/1.1-trunk/STATUS.txt" rel="nofollow">STATUS.txt</a> in the 1.1 branch root folder.
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We greatly appreciate your feedback and suggestions <a href="http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/10063/">in this forum topic</a>.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: Priorities can change and features may be moved to later releases. We know how important these features are to merchants, but we advise you to not make any serious business decisions based on an unreleased feature. Varien does reserve the right to change this list, and cannot assume responsibility for any loss that might come from a late or unreleased feature.
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