diff --git a/README b/README
index f7470f156..e6a60b638 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ BUILDING AND INSTALLING FLTK UNDER UNIX AND MacOS X
 BUILDING FLTK UNDER MICROSOFT WINDOWS
 
     There are two ways to build FLTK under Microsoft Windows. 
-    The first is to use the VC++ 6.0 project files under the
-    "visualc" directory.  Just open (or double-click on) the
-    "fltk.dsw" file to get the whole shebang.
+    The first is to use the Visual C++ project files under the
+    "ide/" directory.  See the file ide/README.IDE for more info.
 
     The second method is to use a GNU-based development tool
     with the files in the "makefiles" directory.  To build
@@ -165,19 +164,8 @@ TRADEMARKS
 COPYRIGHT
 
     FLTK is copyright 1998-2008 by Bill Spitzak
-    (spitzak@users.sourceforge.net) and others, including:
-
-        Craig P. Earls
-	Curtis Edwards (trilex@users.sourceforge.net)
-	Gustavo Hime (hime@users.sourceforge.net)
-	Talbot Hughes
-	Robert Kesterson (robertk@users.sourceforge.net)
-	Matthias Melcher (matthiaswm@users.sourceforge.net)
-	James Dean Palmer (jamespalmer@users.sourceforge.net)
-	Vincent Penne (vincentp@users.sourceforge.net)
-        Michael Sweet (easysw@users.sourceforge.net)
-	Carl Thompson (clip@users.sourceforge.net)
-	Nafees Bin Zafar (nafees@users.sourceforge.net)
+    (spitzak@users.sourceforge.net) and others, 
+    see the CREDITS file for more info.
 
     This library is free software; you can redistribute it
     and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General
diff --git a/ide/README.IDE b/ide/README.IDE
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e2e4914da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ide/README.IDE
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+-------------------------------------------
+   HOW TO USE THE FLTK IDE ENVIRONMENTS
+-------------------------------------------
+
+As for today, FLTK 1.3 officially supports 
+the following integrated environments (1) :
+
+-------------------------------------------
+distrib subdir 	   |   supported products
+-------------------------------------------
+ide/vc2005	   |   Microsoft Visual C++ 2005, 2008 (2)
+ide/visualc	   |   Microsoft Visual C++ 6, 2003 (3)
+ide/Xcode3.1 	   |   Apple XCode 3.1
+
+Notes :
+-------
+(1) For *nix platforms based on the autoconf/configure/make toolchain,
+    simply run autoconf, then the configure script on the root dir.
+    read the ./README file for more info.
+(2) When first using the project file (ide/vc2005/fltk.sln) with vc2008, 
+    you will be ask to convert the project for vs2008 use.
+(3) When first using the project file (ide/visualc/fltk.dsw) with vc2003, 
+    you will be ask to convert the project for vs2003 use.