APEX 4.0 EA version is now out. Everyone who has been waiting to get their hands on the new release can sign up at: http://tryapexnow.com/. Click on the Sign Up button.

tryapexnow.com Early Adopter Sign Up Page

I first launched the application in IE8 (browser) but realized that some of the buttons were not showing up. Oracle also posts a warning, “Internet Explorer is not currently supported with the hosted APEX 4.0 Early Adopter. The preferred browser for this evaluation is Mozilla Firefox. Internet Explorer will be fully supported at a later date (before Production).”

Application Express 4.0 EA Home Page

I first wanted to try the new application type – “websheet”. But as I clicked on the option, I got an error: “Websheets are not enabled at this time”. Looking at some of the messages, it looks like Oracle will have an EA Phase II.

The interface does look good. I will be reviewing the new features and posting my feedback/thoughts here in future posts.