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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

For whoever who want to compose such a message, should start out with
having a look at
http://www.kicad-pcb.org/display/DEV/KiCad+Development

I have collected some of the new nice additions, likely not all.

2015-06-21 18:12 GMT+02:00 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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