The upcoming version of Particle Univers (1.4) contains the usual bugfixes, but this release is mainly focussed on the editor. Some requested features were added:

A Timeslider to see a particle system running in slow motion.

Realtime editting; change the properties while the particle system runs.

A TreeControl to categorize the particle systems.

A
basic material editor; create new materials / edit existing ones and immediately see the result.

A dialog for the Colour Affector (similar to edit gradients in Photoshop)

A dialog for editting control points, used for properties which value is calculated based on a 'Curve'.
There are more changes (i.e. the scrollwheel actually scrolls the edit window instead of zooming in or out) and overall it becomes more and more a tool for artists (I hope). Schedule for this release is not fixed yet. There are some bugs to solve, but a large part of the work is done.
