Is form builder changed in R12 ?

Dear members,
Oracle recently released its new version R12. I am not sure what will be Form Builder like in R12. I heard that there is no more Form bulider in R12 and It is being replaced by oracle applications frame work.
Is this true ? I request all members to share there knowledge about Forms in R12.
I hope you will reply.
Thanks
regards
Sandeep

Oracle will lunch a new version of Forms iDS and its expected during june 2007 , but its still Forms Builder just like the old ones and the specific features and not announced yet but its expected to have a rich Javascript support which can enable you to integrate your forms with the other web tools like JSF (ADF faces),
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