[ANNOUNCEMENT] HTML_Progress2-2.0.0RC2 (beta) Released.

The new PEAR package HTML_Progress2-2.0.0RC2 (beta) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- --- i will open another one month timeframe until stable release, or if a bug is found until third release candidate. Please, test it as much as possible, and report all you think important. --- * bugs - fixed Monitor stops before end when setMaximum is set to value higher than 200 (bug #4885) Thanks to Roman Stachura. * changes - observer pattern is now built with Event_Dispatcher package - removes all HTML_CSS dependencies - getStyle() and getScript() optimized now when its request the html stream generation (raw data only or data with script tags) * improvements - generation of stylesheet is (average) 20 times faster without HTML_CSS * QA - dependencies has been revisited to higher level - all Examples are now back into main package. No more additional package. - Fix wrong project links into documentation (README, ReleaseVersion) Thanks to Christian Roy to have noticed me. Package Info ------------- This package provides a way to add a loading bar fully customizable in existing XHTML documents. Your browser should accept DHTML feature. Features: - create horizontal, vertival bar and also circle, ellipse and polygons (square, rectangle). - allows usage of existing external StyleSheet and/or JavaScript. - all elements (progress, cells, labels) are customizable by their html properties. - percent/labels are floating all around the progress meter. - compliant with all CSS/XHMTL standards. - integration with all template engines is very easy. - implements Observer design pattern. It is possible to add Listeners. - adds a customizable monitor pattern to display a progress bar. User-end can abort progress at any time. - allows many progress meter on same page without uses of iframe solution. - error handling system that support native PEAR_Error, but also PEAR_ErrorStack, and any other system you might want to plug-in. - PHP 5 ready. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Progress2 Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/HTML_Progress2/download/2.0.0RC2 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/HTML_Progress2-2.0.0RC2.tgz Authors ------------- Laurent Laville <pear@laurent-laville.org> (lead)