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 @page overview_changes_since28 Changes Since wxWidgets 2.8
 
 This topic describes backwards-incompatible changes in wxWidgets 3.0 compared
-to the last stable release.
+to the last stable release and is very important to read if you are updating
+from the 2.8 or an older version. And even if you hadn't used any previous
+version of wxWidgets and are starting directly with 3.0, it can still be useful
+to have at least a quick look at it just to know that some of the older
+examples and tutorials may not be applicable any more to wxWidgets 3.0.
+
 
 The incompatible changes can be grouped into the following categories: