[AROS-Announce] Status update

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AROS has now support for non-rectangular windows and child
windows (a window with a dragbar, etc. inside another
window). Kudos go to Stefan Berger for the code and Georg
Steger for input and bugfixes.

Thanks to another enhancement by Stefan Berger, layers and
windows can now be set invisible (hidden). Also, layers can
now be grouped by priority which allows to create a layer
behind all other layers (for example, for a background logo
and menus which should be before everything else). We're
currently trying to find out how many and which patents we
infringe with this :-( Since OpenOffice uses child windows,
we hope that we won't get sued for using the same
technology.

Since I'll go to holidays now, I'd like to thank everyone
for their open and also not-so-open support which makes all
this possible. :-) Thanks a lot, Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year !

			    Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla

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