[release-notes/gnome-3-2] explain web applications, mostly taken from xans blog + rewritten



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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+++ b/help/C/rnusers.xml
@@ -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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