hey all.  i used to be a heavy processing user, back in alpha.  i've dabbled a bit, on and off, since then, but i feel like the software has moved ahead by leaps and bounds and then some in the meantime.

i'm digging through revisions.txt, and it's helpful for understanding changes to core/syntax, but i'd like to hear thoughts on how things have changed at a higher level.

seems like 3D has come a long way -- last i was using processing heavily lights were *just* introduced.  where are we at now?  what's possible?  who's using it to its max potential (other than robert / karsten)?  what's up with GLGraphics?  (just stumbled across it in revisions.)

there's a slew of additional libraries now.  back in my day, while walking uphill both ways to school i was marvelling at amit's new library Sonia.  there are now 7(!) listed sound libs in Reference.  there's also a bunch of code/environment tools (Broadcaster sounds interesting, and Shapetween...can you tell i'm also an AS coder?), and holy isht there's about 20 billion protocols implemented now.

obviously the list of improvements / updates / new possibilities is too huge to list in a single thread.  but i wanted to take a pulse on what the community has really been excited about as of late.

FWIW, i just started a job this spring designing and building multimedia exhibits for a hands-on science center, which means the majority of the work i do lives beyond the screen.  hence my reunion with processing.  also, i don't really bother with the IDE anymore except for quick prototypes and syntax tests, i now use eclipse.  speaking of, here's my contribution to this discussion to kick things off:

http://www.rednoise.org/EclipseP5Exporter/
(when i say "my contribution" i do *not* mean i wrote it.  thank dch for that.  i just started using it last week and it's a lifesaver!!)

looking forward to hearing what's new!
cheers,
-eric