West Wind Technologies has released a beta version of Web Connection 5.40 as a preview to a host of new features. This update many small enhancements to the Web Control Framework as well as the core processing engine. The big change in this release is a complete overhaul of the server AJAX controls and client library which can also be used independently of Web Connection. The new client library is based on jQuery which as a result produced a much richer client libraryAPI and richer functionality for the supported features. The beta is available to registered users as well as now available as the standard Web Connection shareware download.