copywriting and formatting tweaks + add card + adjust images

docs/pages/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features.md

@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ card: false
 tags: ['MUI X', 'News']
 ---
 
-<div style="max-width:680px;width: 100%; height: 170px; overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 16px;">
+<div style="overflow: hidden; margin-bottom: 16px;">
   <a href="https://github.com/mui/mui-x/releases/tag/v6.18.0">
-    <img src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/intro.png" alt="open v6.18.0 release page" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center;" />
+    <img src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/intro.png" alt="MUI X v6.18.0 release" width="1200" height="400" style="width: 100%; height: 100%; object-fit: cover; object-position: center;" />
   </a>
 </div>
 
-We are happy to share the newest MUI X features, marking the release of [MUI X v6.18.0](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/releases/tag/v6.18.0) and sealing v6 with new components and solid functionalities.
+We are happy to share the newest MUI X features with the release of [MUI X v6.18.0](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/releases/tag/v6.18.0), sealing v6 with new components and solid functionalities.
 
-As we gear up to develop the next major version, let's review the notable new features introduced since our last [blog post](/blog/mui-x-mid-v6-features/).
+As we gear up to focus on the next major version, let's review the notable new features introduced since [our last blog post](/blog/mui-x-mid-v6-features/).
 
 ## Table of contents
 
@@ -38,63 +38,64 @@ As we gear up to develop the next major version, let's review the notable new fe
 
 ### Charts
 
-The stable version of MUI X charts supports the most commonly used chart plots you'll need in your day-to-day applications.
+The stable version of MUI X Charts supports the most commonly used chart plots you'll need in your day-to-day applications.
+It features lines, areas, bars, pie charts, and scatter plots.
+And the latest version also include:
 
-Featuring lines, areas, bars, pie charts and scatter plots, the latest versions also include:
+#### Animations
 
-- **Animations**
-
-  Animations on bars, pie charts, and more to come.
+Bar and pie chars are the ones currently supporting it.
+More to come!
 
   <video preload="metadata" style="margin-bottom: 16px;" autoplay muted loop playsinline width="680" height="306">
     <source src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/bar-chart-animations.mp4" type="video/mp4">
   </video>
 
-- **Horizontal Bar Chart Support**
+#### Horizontal bar Chart support
 
-  Recently added, the horizontal bars can broaden your data visualization spectrum, especially when you need to display long labels for multiple categories.
-  Check out Bar's [layout documentation](/x/react-charts/bars/#layout) for more details.
+Recently added, the horizontal bars can broaden your data visualization spectrum, especially when you need to display long labels for multiple categories.
+Check out [the Bar Chart layout documentation](/x/react-charts/bars/#layout) for more details.
 
-- **Improved Text Customization**
+#### Improved text customization
 
-  Customize the legend text to your heart's content, making your charts more readable and visually
-  appealing.
+Customize the legend text to your heart's content, making your charts more readable and visually
+appealing.
 
-Get started with charts [now](/x/react-charts/#getting-started)!
+👉 [Get started with MUI X Charts now](/x/react-charts/getting-started/)!
 
 ### Tree view
 
-After an extensive period of development and refinement in the lab and pre-release packages, and with the invaluable feedback we've received from you, the community, we're happy to share that the package is now officially stable!
+After an extensive period of development and refinement in the lab and pre-release packages, and with the invaluable feedback we've received from you and the community, we're happy to share that the package is now officially stable!
 
 <video preload="metadata" style="margin-bottom: 10px;" autoplay muted loop playsinline width="680" height="400">
   <source src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/tree-view-gmail.mp4" type="video/mp4">
 </video>
 
-Get started with tree view [now](/x/react-tree-view/getting-started/)!
+👉 [Get started with MUI X Tree view now](/x/react-tree-view/getting-started/)!
 
 ## Date Pickers
 
-### Smoothened animations
-
-The animations have been smoothened, especially on Android devices, ensuring a more fluid user experience.
-
-### Clearable Field
+### Clearable field
 
 A much-anticipated feature, the date and time fields now allow users to clear a selected date with a single click.
-You can learn how to use it at the [clearable behavior documentation](/x/react-date-pickers/fields/#clearable-behavior).
+Learn how to use it by visiting the [clearable behavior documentation](/x/react-date-pickers/fields/#clearable-behavior).
 
 <video preload="metadata" style="margin-bottom: 10px;" autoplay muted loop playsinline width="680" height="128">
   <source src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/clearable-fields.mp4" type="video/mp4">
 </video>
 
-### Customization Playgrounds
+### Smoothened animations
+
+The Date Pickers animations have been significantly smoothened to ensure a much more fluid experience, especially on Android mobile devices.
+
+### Customization playgrounds
 
 We're constantly improving our documentation and working to better communicate how to use our components effectively.
 With the new customization playgrounds, you can now tailor the style of [Date Picker](/x/react-date-pickers/date-picker/#customization) and experiment with multiple combinations of [sub-components](/x/react-date-pickers/playground/) to achieve the look and feel you desire.
 
 ## Data Grid
 
-### Column Autosizing [<span class="plan-pro"></span>](/x/introduction/licensing/#pro-plan 'Pro plan')
+### Column autosizing [<span class="plan-pro"></span>](/x/introduction/licensing/#pro-plan 'Pro plan')
 
 The new autosizing feature automatically adjusts the column width to accommodate the content within.
 You can include or exclude both headers and outliers from the calculation and expand to use the entire area of the grid.
@@ -112,15 +113,15 @@ We're continuously improving our docs, and we're starting to add more advanced e
 
 Based on `@mui/x-charts` package, you can now add sparkline columns to your Data Grid.
 
-<img src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/sparkline-datagrid.png" alt="Sparkline on data grid" width="658" height="305" style="margin-bottom: 16px;" />
+<img alt="Sparkline charts on the MUI X Data Grid" src="/static/blog/mui-x-end-v6-features/sparkline-datagrid.png" width="1200" height="840" loading="lazy" style="margin-bottom: 16px;" />
 
-For more details on sparkline and other custom columns, please visit the [documentation page](/x/react-data-grid/custom-columns/#sparkline).
+👉 [Get started with Sparkline charts on the MUI X Data Grid now](/x/react-data-grid/custom-columns/#sparkline)!
 
 ### Performance improvements
 
-In our pursuit to enhance user experience, one of the most significant changes in latest v6 versions are related to performance boosts on filtering and scrolling.
+In our pursuit to enhance user experience, one of the most significant changes in the latest v6 versions is related to performance boosts on filtering and scrolling.
 
-To illustrate some of these improvements, the following table display a benchmark comparing the latest v5 (v5.17.26) with v6.18.0. The focus is to assess the raw filtering speed in a use case involving a one-column string filter over 100,000 rows.
+To illustrate some of these improvements, the following table displays a benchmark comparing the latest v5 (v5.17.26) with v6.18.0. The focus is to assess the raw filtering speed in a use case involving a one-column string filter over 100,000 rows.
 
 <table border="0" style="text-align:center;width:100%;display:table">
   <tr>
@@ -155,36 +156,38 @@ To illustrate some of these improvements, the following table display a benchmar
 As we can see, the current version operates 7.9 times faster; the average time has dropped from 400.7 milliseconds in the previous version to just 50.4 milliseconds in the current one.
 
 :::info
-Note that these results are based on raw filtering speed, and not end-to-end operation (which includes user typing, filtering and rerender).
+Note that these results are based on raw filtering speed and not end-to-end operation (which includes user typing, filtering, and rerender).
 :::
 
 ## What's next?
 
 We're now working on the next MUI X major, v7, which will include many new features and improvements.
-
 Most notably:
 
-- DateTime and TimeRangePicker
-- Improved accessibility on date and time fields
-- New UI for column management for the [`DataGrid`](/x/react-data-grid/)
-- Pivoting for the [`DataGridPremium`](/x/react-data-grid/#premium-plan)
+- [Date and Time pickers](/x/react-date-pickers/) iteration:
+  - New component: `DateTime` and `TimeRangePicker`
+  - Improve accessibility on date and time fields
+- [Data Grid](/x/react-data-grid/) iterations:
+  - New UI for column management
+  - Pivoting for the [Premium](/x/react-data-grid/#premium-plan) version
 
-For the new components, we will keep expanding our portfolio with new chart types such as [Heat map](/x/react-charts/heat-map/), [Funnel](/x/react-charts/funnel/), [Gantt](/x/react-charts/gantt/), and explore virtualization and other advanced use cases for Tree view.
+We will also keep expanding our portfolio of chart types, such as [Heat map](/x/react-charts/heat-map/), [Funnel](/x/react-charts/funnel/), and [Gantt](/x/react-charts/gantt/), and explore virtualization and other advanced use cases for Tree view.
 
 We encourage you to upvote issues on GitHub to help us prioritize. Your input directly influences our development schedule, so don't hesitate to let us know what matters most to you!
-You can use the following list for quick access to each components issues.
+You can use the following list to quickly access each component's issues.
 
 - [Charts](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22component%3A+charts%22+label%3A%22waiting+for+%F0%9F%91%8D%22)
 - [Tree View](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22component%3A+treeview%22+label%3A%22waiting+for+%F0%9F%91%8D%22)
 - [Data Grid](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22component%3A+data+grid%22+label%3A%22waiting+for+%F0%9F%91%8D%22)
 - [Date and Time pickers](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues?q=is%3Aissue+is%3Aopen+label%3A%22component%3A+pickers%22+label%3A%22waiting+for+%F0%9F%91%8D%22)
 
-The next major release (v7) will be available through alpha and beta versions until March 2024, when it's planned for it to be officially promoted to the new stable version. At the same time, v6 will transition to [Long-Term Support](/versions/#long-term-support-lts), while support for v5 will be discontinued.
+The next MUI X major version, v7, is available through alpha and beta versions until March 2024, when we plan to promote it to stable.
+At the same time, v6 will transition to [Long-Term Support](/versions/#long-term-support-lts), while support for v5 will be discontinued.
 
-## Feedback
+## Give us feedback
 
-As usual, we are happy to hear from you and get your feedback, so if you'd like to share your pain points and use cases, please leave your contact info through [this Google Form](https://forms.gle/vsBv6CLPz9h57xg8A).
+We're excited to hear from you about improving MUI X! Please share your requests, suggestions, pain points, and use cases through [this Google Form](https://forms.gle/vsBv6CLPz9h57xg8A).
 
-Naturally, you're welcome to request new features, report bugs, and join any discussion in MUI X [GitHub repository](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues); additionally, we're trying to establish a community in the [MUI Discord server](https://mui.com/r/discord/), and we'd love to see you there.
+Or, as always, you're welcome to request new features, share bug reports, and join any discussions in [the MUI X GitHub repository](https://github.com/mui/mui-x/issues). Lastly, we've recently released [the MUI Discord server](https://mui.com/r/discord/), and we'd love to see you there.
 
 Cheers!