Hi Friends,
~suv posted a link to this in another topic. I thought it was interesting, and thought I'd post a topic, in case anyone wants to discuss it. What a long list of cool new stuff!!
0.49 Release Notes

What am I excited about, besides the new renderer?

• no more gaps between tiles patterns
• nested clipping paths
• a new Measurement tool!!
• Trace Bitmap preview works and is live and resizable
• show all/hide all in Layers dialog
• Guide visiblity toggled by clicking ruler
• Group/Ungroup from context menu (right-click)
• dialog status and position remembered from last session
• more dockable dialogs
• several more snap features

There are quite a few that I don't understand, like Insert Knots button for Node tool. Does it like.....make bumps on the path or something? Not sure what Power Stroke does either. Or Configurable control handles. Would anyone with a dev version like to demonstrate?

Ah the wait... There's only one program I waited this long, and it turned to be total cr*p. I'm planning in calling in sick the day it is released, so it better be good, or else...

But seriously, release it already!