Movable Type 4.3 is now available, and it's snappy. This release makes composing, publishing, and searching in Movable Type easier than ever. In fact, we strongly recommend that you update your software as soon as possible to enjoy the benefits of this new release.

Here's why:

• Performance for all publishing is faster than ever.
• Your readers can now find content by author or date range (something Google's site search doesn't do) with the powerful new search feature.
• You can create a new site based on an existing one in just a few clicks with smarter blog cloning.
• Page views can increase by more than 50% with the new flexible pagination for comments and entries (based on the testing of one of our clients.)
• It's faster to insert and re-use photos in your posts, and simple to create slide shows, with the most powerful asset manager ever.
• Documentation is more comprehensive and easy to access than ever before. You can read about our documentation improvement efforts on MovableType.org.

The new software is currently in your Movable Type account and on the website for download.

There are plenty more technical details about this release over on the community blog at movabletype.org. Please have a look and let us know what you think.

We are happy to announce that Movable Type 5 is coming and invite you to participate.

But first, here’s some information on what’s in store for Movable Type 4. Later this month, on July 29th, we'll be releasing Movable Type 4.3. This release contains comment pagination, a variety of bug fixes and some significant performance and scalability improvements that make it the most robust release ever on MT. We'll let you know when 4.3 is ready for download on the 29th.

In the meantime, work has begun on MT5. We have started the requirements process and early development work on MT5 with particular focus on better content management and ease of use. As we gear up towards the first Movable Type Pro 5.0 beta release in the coming months we invite you to get involved. The best way is to use MT forums, send us feedback directly, or get active on our ProNet email list and tell us what you'd like to see.

We are very excited about MT5 and look forward to your input!