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Monday, April 5, 2010	PowerPad 1.3 is now available for download. This is the first stable version to include syntax highlighting for a few commonly used languages as well as the ability to prevent multiple instances of PowerPad from being launched by opening all files within the first instance. In addition, the PowerPad website has been renovated.
Monday, February 22, 2010	The scripting engine is the focus of updates in PowerPad 1.2.1.1. Two new capabilities are available to scripts: the ability to schedule functions to run at repeated intervals and the ability to create docked panels.
Sunday, February 7, 2010	PowerPad 1.2.1 is now available. It contains all of the features introduced in the last 3 beta versions as well as the complete documentation for those features.
Saturday, January 30, 2010	Today is a special milestone for PowerPad - exactly 1 year ago today, the very first version of PowerPad was released. Also, PowerPad 1.2.0.3 beta is now available. It shows the progress of opening large files and uses a more robust library for opening remote files.
Saturday, January 30, 2010	There was an outage on a large portion of the website yesterday for which I apologize. This was caused by a server misconfiguration and was rectified this morning.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010	With the release of PowerPad 1.2.0.2 comes a redesign of the options dialog. Also included are a couple of enhancements to the scripting engine.
Friday, January 8, 2010	PowerPad 1.2.0.1 is now available and contains some enhancements to the scripting engine. Script errors are now reported in detail and even script crashes can be recoverable. This release also enables you to save new files remotely in addition to previously opened files.
Sunday, December 27, 2009	As the new year approaches, a new version of PowerPad is available. PowerPad 1.2 features the complete implementation of the new tab bar, which allows multiple documents to be edited at the same time. PowerPad has a new look to go with the tab bar as well.
Sunday, December 20, 2009	A beta version of PowerPad with multiple document support is now available. Directly underneath the toolbar is a row of tabs representing the currently opened documents. Since the purpose of this release is to demonstrate the tab bar, many of the other features are in a non-functional state.
Saturday, November 21, 2009	After much testing, PowerPad 1.1.2 is now available for download. This is the first stable release to feature scripting support.