[OpenLayers-Dev] OpenLayers 2.3 Release

[Christopher Schmidt]

The OpenLayers Development Team is proud to announce Final Release of
OpenLayers 2.3!

To run 2.3 in your applications, include the following tag in your
OpenLayers-powered page:

    <script src="http://openlayers.org/api/OpenLayers.js"></script>

Among the 52 fixed tickets, you will find:

    * A number of minor fixes to popup handling
    * A number of minor fixes to layer handling
    * The addition of a TMS layer
    * The ability to specify a number of failed attempts to load an
      image before giving up.
    * Encoding of URLs sent to the server.
    * A number of minor improvements in the grid layer 
    * A number of improvements in IE behavior, especially with regard to
      controls
    * A fixed version of isEquivilantURL
    * Small fix to build tools
    * Improvements to the OverviewMap control. 
    * A fix for a longstanding bug where tiles are drawn outside the
      maxExtent of the map (Thanks to Bill Woodall)
    * Added functionality to allow setting of multiple layers via WMS
      following the specification, using array syntax for layer list.
      (With information from Keith Pomakis)
    * Some armoring and protection of the WMS Untiled layer and other
      layers on destroy().
    * A fix to panning in an odd sized viewport. 

Official Release Notes including all features and bug fixes can be found
here: http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.3/Notes

...and complete documentation on the entire 2.3 Release is here:
http://trac.openlayers.org/wiki/Release/2.3

Bug reports can be filed in Trac, under the 2.3 version.

As always, thanks for any and all feedback... and thanks for using
OpenLayers! 

Regards,
-- 
Christopher Schmidt
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