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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would also be nice if we had an announcement about the new stable
release with a list of new features such as 64 layers, openGL rendering,
P&S routing, etc.

On 6/20/2015 1:46 PM, Marcos Chaparro wrote:
> Yes, it would be nice to have the website updated.
> Kicad could have a lot of media coverage given the vast improvements
> over the last release and we will need (besides bugfixing) some
> appealing screenshots and videos.
> 
> If I can I'll prepare screenshots from hackrf, ubertooth, etc for you
> guys to review.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> On Jun 20, 2015 8:56 AM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> 
>     Can we possibly get this done before the stable release which hopefully
>     will be some time near the end of July?  It would be nice to roll this
>     out around the same time.
> 
>     Thanks,
> 
>     Wayne
> 
>     On 6/20/2015 2:51 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote:
>     > 2015-06-20 2:53 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo
>     <cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:cirilo.bernardo@xxxxxxxxx>>:
>     >> Hello everybody,
>     >>
>     >>  Marcos Chaparro has added a screenshot to the wikipedia entry on
>     KiCad:
>     >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiCad#/media/File:KiCad_3D_with_IDF.png
>     >>
>     >> The screenshot shows the new 3D Viewer rendering of the video
>     demo board
>     >> along with a VRML rendering of an exported IDF file. Perhaps this
>     can be
>     >> put into the official web page at some point?
>     >>
>     >> As for the web page, it would be nice to have a new one launched
>     with the
>     >> stable release. Shall we put a call out on the various lists for
>     people who
>     >> may wish to volunteer to work on ideas?
>     >
>     > Yes probably. I can try to have a look tomorrow, i no one beats me to
>     > it. In the future I am more inclined to make some gallery or something
>     > and not nessesarely have only one. But I would also like to get a new
>     > site based on some static site generator, with the restriction that is
>     > should read asciidoc, easily, such that we can embed the docs in a
>     > nice way. Or at least that is my idea.
>     >
>     >> I have no special objection to the coldfire demo board which has
>     featured on
>     >> the page for so long, but the "2011 Nov" date in the screenshot
>     suggests
>     >> that there has been no development for a long time. If nothing
>     else we
>     >> should repeat the screenshot with a current release, but my preferred
>     >> action would be to feature an Open Hardware design (with the
>     permission
>     >> of the creators of course). With the various changes to 3D file
>     format
>     >> support especially in the past year I should be able to use
>     SolidWorks
>     >> to help create any necessary models to make the featured board look
>     >> good.
>     >
>     > There are many cool looking open hardware designs made with KiCad
>     out there.
>     >
>     >> Many of the screenshots on the current page have also been outdated
>     >> for some time; for example the 3D views are from an era where the
>     board
>     >> and many other features have not been rendered.
>     >
>     > True.
>     >
>     >> - Cirilo
>     >>
>     >>
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