[PHPiCalendar-DEV] Version 2.4 nearing release

[Jason O. <par...@ko...>]

Version 2.4 represents a lot of big changes, mostly under-the-hood.  
Over a year of development went into this one.  We've released some 
release candidates over the last month, and it's proven to be fairly 
stable so far.  There is just one thing I need to fix before it finally 
launches: 
http://phpicalendar.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=4140#p14451 
<http://phpicalendar.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=4140#p14451>

A big THANK YOU! to all of our testers for this one.  It's been a long 
haul, and the wait will definitely be worth it.

While I'm at it, I'd like to get some additional feedback on the current 
version in CVS.  If anything major jumps out at you, please post here or 
on the forums.  With any luck, I'll be pushing RC6 soon with the 
previously mentioned bug fixed, and it will land as v2.4 final.  Any 
bugs that aren't caught between now and then will become features of 
v2.4.  :P


Finally, I'd also like to point out that I've been working on v2.5, as 
well. It's going to be the next big release, and I have some nice plans 
for it:

    * Allow HTML in event descriptions throughout the phpiCalendar
      system.  (Event pop-up windows, Nicetitle/tool tip/hover thingies,
      etc.)
    * Rewrite a good deal of the CSS to use new CSS3 features like drop
      shadows, rounded borders, background gradients, and just make
      phpiCalendar look even prettier.
    * Maybe some AJAX-ish features like replacing those pop-up windows
      with content-modal hovering divs; which is a popular thing to do
      today, and looks a *lot* prettier.
    * Fix all those calendar display name issues!!
    * And more!