DirectX 9 Enters Third Beta Phase
BetaNews | at | by Mike
DirectX 9.0 Beta 3 was made available for download this week, with beta testers receiving notice of the release on Wednesday. The pre-release code is designed to facilitate the creation of DirectX applications based on the upcoming version 9.0 feature set. DirectX 9.0 most notably adds a new high-level shader language -- based on C -- designed to simplify development.
"Welcome to the Beta 3 release of Microsoft DirectX 9," Microsoft beta coordinators wrote in an e-mail to testers. "We make our beta releases available to a select group of developers and enthusiasts to help us ensure that our final release is stable and secure. Your involvement is critical to this goal."