docs: add release notes doc (#5391)

docs/src/intro-js.md

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+- [Release notes](./release-notes.md)
 
 ## Installation
 

docs/src/intro-python.md

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+- [Release notes](./release-notes.md)
 
 ## Installation
 

docs/src/release-notes.md

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+---
+id: release-notes
+title: "Release notes"
+---
+
+<!-- TOC -->
+
+## Version 1.8
+
+- [Selecting elements based on layout](./selectors.md#selecting-elements-based-on-layout) with `:left-of()`, `:right-of()`, `:above()` and `:below()`.
+- Playwright now includes [command line interface](./cli.md), former playwright-cli.
+  ```sh js
+  $ npx playwright --help
+  ```
+  ```sh python
+  $ python -m playwright --help
+  ```
+- [`method: Page.selectOption`] now waits for the options to be present.
+- New methods to [assert element state](./actionability#assertions) like [`method: Page.isEditable`].
+
+#### New APIs
+
+- [`method: ElementHandle.isChecked`].
+- [`method: ElementHandle.isDisabled`].
+- [`method: ElementHandle.isEditable`].
+- [`method: ElementHandle.isEnabled`].
+- [`method: ElementHandle.isHidden`].
+- [`method: ElementHandle.isVisible`].
+- [`method: Page.isChecked`].
+- [`method: Page.isDisabled`].
+- [`method: Page.isEditable`].
+- [`method: Page.isEnabled`].
+- [`method: Page.isHidden`].
+- [`method: Page.isVisible`].
+- New option `'editable'` in [`method: ElementHandle.waitForElementState`].
+
+#### Browser Versions
+
+- Chromium 90.0.4392.0
+- Mozilla Firefox 85.0b5
+- WebKit 14.1
+
+## Version 1.7
+
+- **New Java SDK**: [Playwright for Java](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-java) is now on par with [JavaScript](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright), [Python](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-python) and [C# bindings](https://github.com/microsoft/playwright-sharp).
+- **Browser storage API**: New convenience APIs to save and load browser storage state (cookies, local storage) to simplify automation scenarios with authentication.
+- **New CSS selectors**: We heard your feedback for more flexible selectors and have revamped the selectors implementation. Playwright 1.7 introduces [new CSS extensions](./selectors.md) and there's more coming soon.
+- **New website**: The docs website at [playwright.dev](https://playwright.dev/) has been updated and is now built with [Docusaurus](https://v2.docusaurus.io/).
+- **Support for Apple Silicon**: Playwright browser binaries for WebKit and Chromium are now built for Apple Silicon.
+
+#### New APIs
+
+- [`method: BrowserContext.storageState`] to get current state for later reuse.
+- `storageState` option in [`method: Browser.newContext`] and [`method: Browser.newPage`] to setup browser context state.
+
+#### Browser Versions
+
+- Chromium 89.0.4344.0
+- Mozilla Firefox 84.0b9
+- WebKit 14.1

docs/src/why-playwright.md

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 Playwright enables fast, reliable and capable automation across all modern browsers. This guide covers those key differentiators to help you decide on the right tool for your automated tests.
 
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+- [Release notes](./release-notes.md)
 
 ## Support for all browsers
 * **Test on Chromium, Firefox and WebKit**. Playwright has full API coverage for all modern browsers, including Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge (with [Chromium](https://www.chromium.org/)), Apple Safari (with [WebKit](https://webkit.org/)) and Mozilla Firefox.