Support for X Input Methods was added. The hiding
and unhiding animations were improved to be
quicker and do less icon shuffling. gcc and libxft
complilation issues were fixed.
This version adds NetWM support, meaning it should work with GNOME 2.x and KDE 3.x. It also includes UTF-8 support, antialiased text support via Xft2, Xinerama support, enhanced Alt-Tab window switching, font configuration in WPrefs, and various bugfixes.
This release includes a total of over 20 bugfixes, in addition to a few added features and some new translations. Several of the bugfixes solve problems that would cause Window Maker to crash under various conditions, and one fixes a potential buffer overflow.