-Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.3: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
+Announcing wxWidgets 2.6.0: a cross-platform GUI toolkit
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-May 31st, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
+October 11th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce
a development snapshot release of the mature cross-platform C++
application framework.
more efficient UI update processing, print preview
improvements, wxCrashReport class, OpenWatcom and
Digital Mars compiler support, and more. Improvements
-over 2.5.1 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE
+over 2.5.2 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE
support, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements.
*** About wxWidgets
As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced
features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing
-handlers for eading and writing many image types, resizeable panels
+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,
-a styled text control, and much more. An 1800-page reference manual
+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 80 samples and demos.
+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.