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If you’re just joining us, version 1 looked almost exactly like version 2. Apart from a few very minor visual differences all of the work for v2 was done on the “inside”; specifically the content management side.

visibly

• a better browsing experience at 1024×768 screen resolution
• improved typographic consistency
• added more contrast to the logo text
• added less contrast to the footer text

invisibly

• moved as much content as possible to Markdown format
• smarter and shorter navigation code
• better page structure: header/content/(optional sub-menu or sidebar)/main-menu/footer
• integrated the YUI Fonts & Reset CSS
• updated to Mootools v1.11
• introducing switch
• through the use of switch: better support for tiny resolutions; ie, the 3-column layout degrades to a single column (just in time for the iPhone)