We are still working on the next release, nevertheless, you can pull it via SVN, build and test it.
It really is faster and has some new features.
What is missing are the fading effects. I had to disable them, because they were very buggy. We are working on a better method.
Okay, I moved this topic just because the testing area is meant to be a place where the testers discuss what they think of the newest testing/beta version we release to them before it goes out to the general public. Therefore more people can test it to improve it overall.