NEWS and THANKS.

[vlc] / NEWS

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@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Changes between 0.8.6 and 0.9.0-git (not released yet):
 
 Important notes:
 ----------------
+ * This release will not work with Windows 98/ME and MacOS X.3 (Panther)
  * The HTTP interface is now only available on the local machine by default.
    If you want to make it available from other machines, you will have to
    edit the ".hosts" file.
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ Important notes:
      C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\http\old\.hosts
    - On Mac OS X, you can find it in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/.hosts
      and respectively in VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/share/http/old/.hosts
- * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux. This
-   interface lacks the "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
-   It will be replaced by a better alternative in the next version. 
+ * This version of VLC contains a new interface for Windows and Linux.
+   This interface has a fullscreen controller. This interface lacks the
+   "Streaming Wizard" that used to be present in VLC 0.8.6.
    If you absolutely need it, we advise you to keep VLC 0.8.6.
  * The behavior of --sout-keep was changed. It's now activated by default.
  * The marq, mosaic and logo commands in the rc interface changed. They
@@ -33,8 +34,8 @@ Important notes:
    EXTVLCOPT options parsing in m3u playlists. Note that only a limited set
    of options is available to m3u playlists (CVE-2007-6683).
  * The old access:url syntax is no longer supported. Use access://url instead.
-       E.g.:  vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ; 
-              udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
+    E.g.:  vlc:quit -> vlc://quit ; 
+           udp:@239.255.12.12 -> udp://@239.255.12.12
  * The ffmpeg module has been removed and replaced by avcodec, avformat, swscale
    (or imgresample if you use a swscale-less ffmpeg build) and postproc modules.
  * The web plugins ActiveX (IE)/Firefox/Mozilla/Safari now recognize the following
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ Security updates:
 
 Playlist:
  * Vastly improved playlist support:
-    * Media library support
+    * Media library creation to save all your playlist items
     * "Live search"
     * Shoutcast TV listings
     * Audioscrobbler/Last.FM support
@@ -181,8 +182,6 @@ Stream output:
  * RTMP output
 
 Interfaces:
- * Windows/Linux
-   * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
  * All
    * New Simple Preferences dialogs showing the most important settings in an
      end-user suitable way.
@@ -190,6 +189,9 @@ Interfaces:
    * Improved mouse gestures
    * Vastly improved Update checker
    * Full support for meta data editing (ID3v2, Ogg/Vorbis, AAC, APEv1/2)
+ * Windows/Linux
+   * Brand new interface for Linux and Windows, based on the Qt toolkit
+   * Fullscreen controller (transparency on Linux+Composite)
  * Mac OS X
    * Improved video output features
    * Online access to VideoLAN's Help Wiki within VLC
@@ -948,12 +950,12 @@ Video Output:
  * Experimental generic OpenGL video output (X11, Win32, MacOS X)
    with support for effects.
  * Improved filter and subpictures support :
-       - New filters can be streamed.
-       - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video 
-       - Centralized scaling and blending
+    - New filters can be streamed.
+    - "Subpicture filters" to overlay subpictures on video 
+    - Centralized scaling and blending
  * New filters : 
-       - "time", to display current time 
-       - "marq", to display a marquee
+    - "time", to display current time 
+    - "marq", to display a marquee
 
 Interfaces:
  * OSD sliders for volume and postition information