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[wxWidgets.git] / docs / publicity / announce.txt

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@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
-Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.5: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
+Announcing wxWidgets 2.6.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit

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-October 11th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
-a development snapshot release of the mature cross-platform C++
+April 21st, 2005 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
+a new official release of the mature cross-platform C++

 application framework.
 
 The following platforms are supported:
 
 - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
 application framework.
 
 The following platforms are supported:
 
 - Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP

-- Windows CE
+- Windows CE, including Pocket PC 2003 and Smartphone 2003

 - Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0
 - Linux/Unix with X11 (beta)
 - Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif
 - Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0
 - Linux/Unix with X11 (beta)
 - Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif

-- Mac OS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon
+- Mac OS 9.x and 10.2 and above using Carbon

 - Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta)
 - OS/2 (beta)
 - Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta)
 - OS/2 (beta)

-- MGL (Linux and DOS)
+- MGL for Linux and DOS
+- Palm OS (alpha)

 
 A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported
 on most of these platforms.
 
 A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported
 on most of these platforms.


@@ -24,17 +25,21 @@ To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at:
 
   http://www.wxwidgets.org
 
 
   http://www.wxwidgets.org
 

-This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as
-an 'unstable' release. Improvements over 2.4.x include:
-numerous bug fixes, STL-like container classes,
-improved GTK+ 2 compatibility, new build system,
-improved Unicode compatibility, wxRenderer class,
-shaped frame and dialog windows on Windows and GTK+,
-more efficient UI update processing, print preview
-improvements, wxCrashReport class, OpenWatcom and
-Digital Mars compiler support, and more. Improvements
-over 2.5.2 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE
-support, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements.
+Since 2.4.2, we have added support for Windows Mobile devices,
+enhanced GTK+ 2 support, radically overhauled the Mac OS X port,
+replaced the build system with Bakefile, added better
+integration with STL, and added a CppUnit-based test suite.
+Other changes include sizer improvements, new Gnome printing
+features, ODBC enhancements such as BLOB support and Unicode
+support on Windows, wxTaskBarIcon support on Mac OS X and Linux
+as well as Windows, top-level windows can have arbitrary shapes,
+images can have alpha channels, plus many API enhancements and
+bug fixes to existing classes. New classes include
+wxVScrolledWindow, wxVListBox, wxHtmlListbox,
+wxPropertySheetDialog, wxGridBagSizer, wxMediaCtrl,
+wxDatePickerCtrl, wxArchiveInputStream/wxArchiveOutputStream
+(including zip archive read/write support), wxListbook,
+wxChoicebook, wxDebugReport, and more.

 
 *** About wxWidgets
 
 
 *** About wxWidgets
 


@@ -62,10 +67,9 @@ handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels
 and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
 HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
 a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,
 and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support,
 HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop,
 a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes,

-a styled text control, and much more. An eighteen hundred page
-reference manual is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp,
-wxWidgets Help and PDF formats, and there are over eighty samples
-and demos.
+a styled text control, and much more. A 2,000 page reference manual
+is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, wxWidgets Help and PDF
+formats, and there are over eighty samples and demos.

 
 If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
 reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.
 
 If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts
 reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent.