New in 8.0: Dynamic Interactivity
Mathematica 8 introduces interactive content delivered by Wolfram|Alpha directly into your documents. Additionally,
Mathematica 8 extends the existing set of interface controls and introduces paradigms for running dynamic computations that are not linked directly to the output of those computations.
(
at beginning of input) — use free-form linguistics to generate
Mathematica output
(
at beginning of input) — generate full Wolfram|Alpha output
(
Ctrl+) — enter free-form linguistics for conversion to inline
Mathematica input
Interface Controls Enhancements
MouseAppearance — context-sensitive mouse cursor appearance
Overlay — visually overlay expressions
InputField (modified) — create scrolling input fields, mask input fields, and add ghost contents
DynamicWrapper — display an object that dynamically updates an expression but does not display that expression
DynamicEvaluationTimeout — control the timeout behavior of
Dynamic
