The MySQL Workbench Team has announced Beta 7 (5.2.17) of MySQL Workbench.

Beta 7 we focuses on UI and usability.

This Beta includes:

- Fixes for 69 bugs.
- P1 – 4, P2 – 21 , P3 – 41 and P4 – 3.
- New Windows UI components
- New “look” for windows version
- Modern style tab-controls
- New UI, toolbars and sidebar-placements
- Easier to use
- Improved look and feel
- Distinct User Snippets
- Pre-Loaded DML and DDL Snippet Libraries
- SQL Editor
– All DDL Statements for changes are available.
- Results menu bar
- In Output
– added Details Pane for Action and Message

And there’s more, so check it out and see for yourself.

For more on these new features check out http://wb.mysql.com

MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta 5 provides:

1. Data Modeling
2. Query (upgrade from MySQL Query Browser)
3. Admin (upgrade from MySQL Administrator)

If you are a current user of MySQL Query Browser or MySQL Administrator, we look forward to your feedback on all the new capabilities we are delivering in a single unified MySQL Workbench

To get started quickly, there is a short tutorial: MySQL Workbench 5.2 Beta Tutorial http://wb.mysql.com/?p=406

Please be aware that this release is still a beta version – so please don’t use it on your production servers! Also note, MySQL Workbench files saved with version 5.2 cannot be opened with previous versions
of the program.