You heard correct. 2.8 is a complete rewrite and will be alpha testing in a couple of weeks. Now that the word is out, know that we will be supporting HTML 3.2. 2.8 X Mosaic will astound. Have no doubts.
News is now PREformatted for display.
Newsrc support should be faster. If there is no newsrc file, a new one is created the first time the user subscribes to a group. News Auto-Scroll News will now jump you to your last known position when properly reading news. RBM Links on the Status Slab RBM Links now show up like normal link tracking on the status slab. You can now decide which hotlist entries you want to have on your RBM and which you don't.