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+------------------------  RELEASE 1.7.0  ------------------------
+
+This major release introduces tons of cool new features. As it
+is highly experimental, it is not recommended for production use.
+
+* Support for running Panda3D apps in a browser via web plugin
+* Experimental iPhone support
+* Fully automatic shadow mapping
+* Easy to use distribution and packaging framework
+* Support for GLSL shaders
+* Geometry shaders, both in Cg and GLSL
+* Improved Cg support
+* New import conventions
+* Parallax mapping
+* Support for OpenGL ES 1 and 2
+* Experimental Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
+* New collision solid: box
+* Blur / Sharpen postprocessing filter
+* Many improvements to the Shader Generator
+* Tons of new features and bugfixes
+
 ------------------------  RELEASE 1.6.2  ------------------------
 
 This is mainly a bugfix release. Also fixes some bugs that