<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div><div style="" class=""><span style="" class="">Very cool. I had been on the site an hour ago, wondering if there was a delay. And now it's here!</span></div><div class="" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.6667px; font-family: garamond,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal"><br style="" class=""><span style="" class=""></span></div><span style="" class="">Thank you.</span><div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""></div> <div class="" style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt"> <div class="" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt"> <div style="" class="" dir="ltr"> <hr style="" class="" size="1"> <font style="" class=""
face="Arial" size="2"> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> "Limper, Max" <max.limper@igd.fraunhofer.de><br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold">To:</span></b> "x3d-public@web3d.org" <x3d-public@web3d.org> <br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 8, 2014 3:28 PM<br style="" class=""> <b style="" class=""><span class="" style="font-weight: bold">Subject:</span></b> [X3D-Public] X3DOM 1.6 Released!<br style="" class=""> </font> </div> <div style="" class=""><br style="" class=""><div style="" class="" id="yiv8775645816">
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<div class="" style="line-height:15.75pt"><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Dear X3D community,</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:15.75pt"><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">the X3DOM team is pleased to announce stable release 1.6 of the X3DOM Library (<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://x3dom.org/">x3dom.org</a>)!</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:15.75pt"><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">With version 1.6, we hope to make X3DOM more flexible, stable and well-documented.</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:15.75pt"><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">These are the most important changes:</span></div>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">A completely new documentation portal, available via the link from www.x3dom.org and directly via
<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://doc.x3dom.org/"><span class="" style="color:windowtext">doc.x3dom.org</span></a></span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Extensive node API documentation resources, including detailed information about all nodes and fields</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">A lot of great, new tutorials, along with a brand-new "Getting Started" guide</span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">A first version of the new x3dom examples portal, available at
<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://examples.x3dom.org/"><span class="" style="color:windowtext">examples.x3dom.org</span></a></span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">All former examples from the x3dom repository can now be found at this central example page</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">A fresh re-design of the examples page will be available in the near future</span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Automated nightly testing suite for improved stability and qualitiy assurance, available at
<a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://testing.x3dom.org/"><span class="" style="color:windowtext">testing.x3dom.org</span></a></span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Testing for Chrome and Firefox (Windows 8)</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Regression test suite, based on script result evaluation and explicit screenshot comparisons</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Automation and documentation (timeline) for testing process</span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">New DOM field interface for more efficient field access, using getFieldValue / setFieldValue and requestFieldRef / releaseFieldRef (documentation: </span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://doc.x3dom.org/author/index.html"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">doc.x3dom.org/author/index.html</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">)</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">New onoutputchange event, for easy handling of ROUTE output in JavaScript</span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">can be installed on any node</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">tutorial available at </span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/onoutputchange/index.html"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/onoutputchange/index.html</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt">Gamma-correct lighting by default</span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Example and tutorial at </span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/lighting/gamma/index.html"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/lighting/gamma/index.html</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">A new TURNTABLE mode for more intuitive user interaction</span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Example and tutorial available at </span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/navigation/index.html"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/navigation/index.html</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">First version of the pointingDeviceSensor component, including PlaneSensor, TouchSensor and CylinderSensor</span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Example and tutorial available at <a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/transformations/index.html"><span class="" style="color:windowtext">doc.x3dom.org/tutorials/animationInteraction/transformations/index.html</span></a></span></li></ul>
</li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">First version of a new, long-lasting Shape Resource Container and ExternalGeometry node</span>
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<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">documentation of progress available </span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.x3dom.org/src/"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">www.x3dom.org/src/</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">will be enriched with new features for compression and streaming during development of X3DOM 2.0</span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">will replace ImageGeometry, BinaryGeometry and POPGeometry in X3DOM 2.0</span></li></ul>
</li></ul>
<ul style="" class="" type="disc">
<li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US">Instead of permanently linking to the dev version, from now on, we recommend to always use the latest stable release, which is available via the following links:</span>
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<li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://x3dom.org/download/x3dom.js"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">xwww.x3dom.org/download/x3dom.js</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></li><li class="" style="line-height:15.75pt">
<span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt"><a style="" class="" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.x3dom.org/x3dom/release/x3dom.js"><span class="" style="color:windowtext" lang="EN-US">www.x3dom.org/x3dom/release/x3dom.js</span></a></span><span class="" style="font-size:10.5pt" lang="EN-US"></span></li></ul>
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<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">Thanks a lot for all your community support, and for using X3DOM for your 3D graphics applications on the Web!</span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">Best Regards,</span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US">Max & the X3DOM core development team</span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span style="" class="" lang="EN-US"> </span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span class="" style="" lang="EN-US">--</span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span class="" style="" lang="EN-US">Dipl.-Inform. Max Limper</span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span class="" style="" lang="EN-US">Visual Computing System Technologies</span></div>
<div style="" class=""><span class="" style="">Fraunhofer-Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung IGD</span></div>
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