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release-notes r1058 - in branches/gnome-2-24: . help/C help/C/figures

Author: davyd
Date: Sun Sep  7 06:35:30 2008
New Revision: 1058
URL: http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/release-notes?rev=1058&view=rev

Log:
2008-09-07  Davyd Madeley  <davyd fugro-fsi com au>

        * help/C/rnusers.xml:
        * help/C/figures/rnusers.nautilus.compact.png:
        * help/C/rna11y.xml:
        - more work


Added:
   branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/figures/rnusers.nautilus.compact.png   (contents, props changed)
Modified:
   branches/gnome-2-24/ChangeLog
   branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rna11y.xml
   branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnusers.xml

Added: branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/figures/rnusers.nautilus.compact.png
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Modified: branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rna11y.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rna11y.xml	(original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rna11y.xml	Sun Sep  7 06:35:30 2008
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 	</para>
 
 	<sect2 id="rnally.keynav">
-	  <title>Better Keyboard Navigation in Panels</title>
+	  <title>Better Keyboard Navigation</title>
 		
 		<para>
 		 Since GNOME 2.0, it has been possible to focus the GNOME Panel using
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
 		 Since GNOME &gnomeversion; it is now possible to navigate to a
 		 notification icon using only the keyboard.
 		</para>
+
+		<para>
+			Keyboard navigation has also been improved in the file manager. Selection
+			of files using the keyboard is now linear rather than rectangular.
+			<!-- wrap around when hitting window edge? -->
+		</para>
 	</sect2>
 
 	<sect2 id="rna11y.mousetweaks">
@@ -51,7 +57,11 @@
 		 </para></listitem>
 		 <listitem><para>
 		  <emphasis>dwelling</emphasis> can now be enabled by dwelling on a special
-			area of the optional dwelling panel application;
+			area of the optional dwelling panel application; and
+		 </para></listitem>
+		 <listitem><para>
+		  the drawing of gestures is now visible on the screen.
+			<!-- WANT SCREESHOT -->
 		 </para></listitem>
 		 <!-- more stuff goes here -->
 		</itemizedlist>

Modified: branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnusers.xml
==============================================================================
--- branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnusers.xml	(original)
+++ branches/gnome-2-24/help/C/rnusers.xml	Sun Sep  7 06:35:30 2008
@@ -16,5 +16,153 @@
 			more exciting user-oriented features in this release of GNOME.
 	</para>
 
+  <sect2 id="rnusers.empathy">
+		<title>Stay in Touch</title>
+
+		<para>
+			GNOME &gnomeversion; announces the inclusion of an instant messaging
+			client based off the <ulink
+			url="http://telepathy.freedesktop.org/wiki/";>Telepathy</ulink>
+			communications framework.
+		</para>
+		<!-- SCREENSHOT -->
+		<!-- FIXME write more -->
+	</sect2>
+
+	<sect2 id="rnusers.hamster">
+		<title>Track Your Time Better</title>
+
+		<para>
+			For many people in business, it is crucial that they track how much time
+			they assign to each project and client. Everybody has their own system
+			for this, from keeping a diary to making a guess. It's incredibly tedious.
+			In today's world almost
+			everything you do somehow involves a computer, so GNOME has added a panel
+			application to make tracking your time easier.
+		</para>
+		<!-- SCREENSHOT -->
+		<!-- FIXME write more -->
+	</sect2>
+
+	<sect2 id="rnusers.nautilus">
+		<title>File Management</title>
+
+		<para>
+		 As well as icon and list views, GNOME &gnomeversion; now offers the
+		 compact list view, popular in several other desktop environments.
+		 Choose the view by selecting
+		 <menuchoice><guimenu>View</guimenu><guimenuitem>Compact</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
+		 from the menu (or keyboard shortcut
+		 <keycombo><keycap>Control</keycap><keycap>2</keycap></keycombo>).
+		
+		</para>
+		<figure id="rnusers.nautilus.compact">
+		 <title>The three file views: icon, list and compact</title>
+		  <screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject>
+			  <imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;rnusers.nautilus.compact.png" format="PNG"/>
+			</imageobject></mediaobject></screenshot>
+		</figure>
+
+		<para>
+		 As with icon and list view, the size of the icons in the compact view
+		 can be changed using the zoom options in the <guimenu>View</guimenu> menu.
+		</para>
+
+		<!-- FIXME tabbed interface -->
+
+		<para>
+			Today's modern filesystems are able to handle almost any desired character
+			as part of the filename. Unfortunately this is not the case for the FAT
+			filesystem that is commonly used on many USB thumb drives and portable
+			music players, which is unable to use many common punctuation marks as
+			part of the filename. GNOME &gnomeversion; detects when you
+			are copying files with names that contains characters that cannot be used
+			and automatically converts these characters to a "_" without you having
+			to rename the file yourself.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+			Automatic filename completion ("tab" completion) has also been improved
+			in GNOME &gnomeversion;. Completion of filenames in the location bar
+			using the <keycap>Tab</keycap> key is now faster and more predicatable.
+			It is also possible to complete any fragment of the path and the
+			interface provides more feedback for when there are no other possible
+			matches available.
+		</para>
+	</sect2>
+
+	<sect2 id="rnusers.xrandr">
+		<title>New Screen Resolution Controls</title>
+
+		<para>
+			More and more computers (especially laptops) are gaining support for
+			multiple monitors (known as <emphasis>multihead</emphasis>). Users need
+			to be able to connect a second monitor, either as a clone
+			(e.g. a projector for giving presentations) or as an extension of their
+			desktop.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+			GNOME &gnomeversion; has upgraded its screen resolution controls to make
+			this possible. Utilising the new <emphasis>XRandR 1.2</emphasis>
+			specification from X.org, this dialog enables users to easily set up
+			individual monitors in a number of configurations. Monitors are named
+			and the names appear in the top left corner of the screen for easy
+			identification.
+		</para>
+		<!-- SCREENSHOT demoing multihead -->
+		<para>
+			Changes are applied immediately. No restart of GNOME is required.
+		</para>
+		<note>
+			<title>XRandR 1.2 Driver Compatibility</title>
+			<para>
+				Some X.org video drivers do not currently support XRandR 1.2 and so
+				will not be able to take advantage of these features. One such driver
+				is the proprietary nVidia X driver.
+			</para>
+		</note>
+	</sect2>
+
+	<sect2 id="rnusers.libcanberra">
+		<title>New Sound Theme Support</title>
+
+		<para>
+			Sound themes in GNOME are now handled by <ulink
+			url="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libcanberra/";>libcanberra</ulink>,
+			which implements the Freedesktop.org <ulink
+			url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/sound-theme-spec";>Sound
+			Theme and Naming Specification</ulink>.
+			Sound themes can now be installed like icon themes. Using libcanberra also
+			means that an applications alert sounds are less likely to interfere with
+			your music player or movie player, so you can leave those important alert
+			sounds switched on while watching a fullscreen movie.
+		</para>
+		<!-- SCREENSHOT of new sound prefs -->
+	</sect2>
+
+	<sect2 id="rnusers.totem">
+		<title>Better Digital TV</title>
+
+		<para>
+			Powered by the GStreamer multimedia framework, GNOME 2.22 introduced
+			digital television (DVB) capabilities into its <application>Movie
+			Player</application>. Determined to make things even better, developers
+			have worked to enhance this support by adding support for multiple
+			DVB tuners (watch multiple channels at once) and better troubleshooting
+			diagnostics.
+		</para>
+		<!-- SCREENSHOT Totem DVB -->
+		<para>
+			They have also worked to improve out-of-the-box (zero configuration)
+			support for the majority of infrared remote controls
+			(using the LIRC framework). This makes it even easier to chill out
+			instead of writing that important report.
+		</para>
+		<para>
+			Also featuring in GNOME &gnomeversion;, support for high-resolution
+			YouTube videos and support for remote (non-local) text subtitling.
+		</para>
+	</sect2>
+
 </sect1>
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