下列是ZF網站公佈的新增加功能，主要是增加了flash的支援以及其他功能的加強或修正

Zend Framework 1.7.0 is now available from the Zend Framework download site: http://framework.zend.com/download/latest

This release introduces many new components and features, including:

Zend_Amf with support for AMF0 and AMF3 protocols
Dojo Toolkit 1.2.1
Support for dijit editor available in the Dojo Toolkit
Zend_Service_Twitter
ZendX_JQuery in extras library
Metadata API in Zend_Cache
Google book search API in Zend_Gdata
Preliminary support for GData Protocol v2 in Zend_Gdata
Support for skip data processing in Zend_Search_Lucene
Support for Open Office XML documents in Zend_Search_Lucene indexer
Performance enhancements in Zend_Loader, Zend_Controller, and server components
Zend_Mail_Storage_Writable_Maildir enhancements for mail delivery
Zend_Tool in incubator
Zend_Text_Table for formatting table using characters
Zend_ProgressBar
Zend_Config_Writer
ZendX_Console_Unix_Process in the extras library
Zend_Db_Table_Select support for Zend_Paginator
Global parameters for routes
Using Chain-Routes for Hostname-Routes via Zend_Config
I18N improvements
Application wide locale for all classes
Data retrieving methods are now static
Additional cache handling methods in all I18N classes
Zend_Translate API simplified
File transfer enhancements
Support for file elements in subforms
Support for multifile elements
Support for MAX_FILES_SIZE in form
Support for breaking validation chain
Support for translation of failure ,messages
New IsCompressed, IsImage, ExcludeMimeType, ExcludeExtension validators
Support for FileInfo extension in MimeType validator
Zend_Db_Table_Select adapater for Zend_Paginator
Support for custom adapters in Zend_Paginator
More flexible handling of complex types in Zend_Soap

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