[release-notes/gnome-3-2] explain web applications, mostly taken from xans blog + rewritten
- From: Olav Vitters <ovitters src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-2] explain web applications, mostly taken from xans blog + rewritten
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2011 20:18:31 +0000 (UTC)
commit 0ea0e0ce22a1170a965e490a357f5b2e2f140607
Author: Olav Vitters <olav vitters nl>
Date: Sat Sep 10 22:09:17 2011 +0200
explain web applications, mostly taken from xans blog + rewritten
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help/C/rnusers.xml | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
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diff --git a/help/C/rnusers.xml b/help/C/rnusers.xml
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@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
already using GOA; more applications will follow.
</para>
<para>
-Thanks to this the drop down calendar now also has Google Calendar integration.
+ Thanks to this the drop down calendar now also has Google Calendar integration.
</para>
<warning id="rnusers.goa-evolution-bug">
<title>Evolution should be started after adding an address book</title>
@@ -96,7 +96,57 @@ Thanks to this the drop down calendar now also has Google Calendar integration.
<sect2 id="epiphany">
<title>Web Applications</title>
<para>
- TODO: Epiphany: http://blogs.gnome.org/xan/2011/08/31/web-application-mode-in-gnome-3-2/ | http://blogs.gnome.org/xan/2011/04/11/the-web-comes-to-gnome-ready-or-not/ | https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointOne/Features/WebApplicationsIntegration - could be combined in a "Web" section with gnome-online-accounts introduction
+ Certain web sites are used as if they are applications. Some sites are
+ opened the minute the computer is turned on, the site is open all the time,
+ checked periodically, etc. Wouldn't it be nice if GNOME treats these sites
+ as actual applications?
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ GNOME &gnomeversion; makes it possible to use a site as an application
+ thanks to <application>Epiphany</application>, our standard web
+ browser.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Do to so, press <keysym>Ctrl-Shift-A</keysym>, or access the File menu and
+ select âSave as Web Applicationââ.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Once the Web Application has been created, it can be launched from the
+ overview mode. This will show the site in an âapplication modeâ.
+ </para>
+ <figure id="fig.users.webapp1">
+ <title>Example of a site shown as an application</title>
+ <screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject>
+ <imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;epiphany-webapplication.png" format="PNG"/>
+ </imageobject></mediaobject></screenshot>
+ </figure>
+ <para>
+ The following is a brief list of the benefits of showing a commonly used site as an application:
+ </para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Web applications can easily be launched from the overview mode. They can
+ also be pinned as favourites.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The entire window is used for the site.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The application is restricted to the saved site. Attempts to go
+ somewhere else, say by clicking a link, are shown in a normal browser
+ window.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The icon used when switching windows or to start the application shows
+ the site.
+ </para></listitem>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The web application is distinct from the normal browser. Should the main
+ browser crash, the web application will not be affected.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ <para>
+ TODO: Epiphany: http://blogs.gnome.org/xan/2011/08/31/web-application-mode-in-gnome-3-2/ | http://blogs.gnome.org/xan/2011/04/11/the-web-comes-to-gnome-ready-or-not/ | https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointOne/Features/WebApplicationsIntegration
</para>
</sect2>
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