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[release-notes/gnome-3-4] [users] add some flesh to them bones

commit 58393cb0f217889862832275def76568a5829764
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date:   Thu Mar 15 12:48:41 2012 +0000

    [users] add some flesh to them bones

 help/C/rnusers.xml |  261 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
 1 files changed, 153 insertions(+), 108 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/rnusers.xml b/help/C/rnusers.xml
index 7b11c80..5df9b13 100644
--- a/help/C/rnusers.xml
+++ b/help/C/rnusers.xml
@@ -10,33 +10,63 @@
 <sect1 id="rnusers">
   <title>What's New for Users</title>
 
-  <sect2 id="highlights">
-    <title>Highlights</title>
+<sect2 id="introduction">
+  <title>Introduction</title>
+  <para>
+    Busy release. Evolving application story. Big emphasis on incremental updates. 
+    Highlights this release include x, y and z.
+  </para>
+  <para>
+    Lots of other solid new features, including video chat in Empathy and ...
+  </para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 id="highlights">
+  <title>Highlights</title>
+  <para>
+    Lots of highlights this release. It's awesome.
+  </para>
 
   <sect3 id="gnome-3-apps">
     <title>Updated GNOME 3 Applications</title>
     <para>
-      Focus for this release - updated GNOME 3 applications.
+      Evolving GNOME's applications has been a major theme for this release cycle. 
+      Our new GNOME 3 applications have all received major updates that will make 
+      them easier and more pleasurable use. Several existing GNOME applications 
+      have also received the GNOME 3 treatment.
     </para>
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem><para>
-        Documents: no sidebar; New search interface; Collections; App menu; can print, and has Portrait mode.
+        <application>GNOME Documents</application>, the new application that 
+        allows you to browse and search documents, has received a major design 
+        refresh. The result is a fresher, cleaner application. The new version 
+        of documents comes with a new search interface and collections support. 
+        TODO: printing support too.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        TODO: Epiphany now called <application>Web</application> and new interface: 
-        http://blogs.gnome.org/xan/2012/01/17/epiphany-marches-on/ | Misc: 
-        http://blogs.igalia.com/mario/2011/12/06/webkitgtk-hackfest-wk2-a11y-and-ephiphanys-ad-blocker/
+        <application>Epiphany</application>, the GNOME web browser, has been 
+        renamed <application>Web</application>. It has a beautiful and sleek new 
+        interface, which includes a a redesigned toolbar and 'super menu'. There 
+        have also been major performance improvements, including faster rendering 
+        and history.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        TODO: Contacts: New sidebar and contact pane design; Inline editing; Inline 
-        linking suggestions; App menu; Webcam integration; Type-Ahead; New avatar 
-        selector
+        GNOME's new contact application has also received a major design update. 
+        The contacts list has been improved as has the layout of contact details. 
+        <application>Contacts</application> also sports a number of new features, 
+        including inline linking suggestions, and a new avatar selector with built
+        in webcam integration.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        TODO: gnome-disk-utility rewrite: http://davidz25.blogspot.com/2012/03/simpler-faster-better.html
+        <application>Disks</application> is the new name for <application>GNOME 
+        Disk Utility</application>, and it has had a major overhaul. The tool, 
+        which allows you to manage the disks on your device, has been given a 
+        simplified interface. It also has several new features and much enhanced 
+        GNOME 3 integration.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        TODO: new seahorse UI
+        The other tool that has been updated is <application>Passwords and Keys</application>. 
+        It has also been given a much more refined and elegant user interface.
       </para></listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
   </sect3>
@@ -44,67 +74,132 @@
   <sect3 id="document-search">
     <title>Document Search</title>
     <para>
-      TODO: https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/GnomeDocuments
+      Searching from the Activites Overview already gives you a quick way to access 
+      to applications, contacts and system settings. A big new feature for this release 
+      is the addition of documents to these search results.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The new document search facility is provided directly by the <application>GNOME 
+      Documents</application> application. As a result, it is able to search the documents 
+      you have on your device as well as those that are stored in your online accounts.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      This ability for Activities Overview search to provide a window into your applications 
+      will extended in future releases to include other types of content, such as Music and 
+      Videos.
     </para>
   </sect3>
 
-  <sect3 id="app-menus">
+  <sect3 id="application-menus">
     <title>Application Menus</title>
-      <!-- https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/ApplicationMenu -->
     <para>
-      TODO: Application menus: https://live.gnome.org/ThreePointThree/Features/ApplicationMenu 
-      | Also use list of applications that use this from that page | TODO: Really needs a screenshot!
+      Application menus are a new feature that will become an increasingly familiar 
+      part of GNOME 3 applications in the future. These menus, which can be accessed 
+      from the GNOME 3 top bar, provide a new space for global application options and 
+      actions, such as application preferences or documention.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      A number of GNOME applications, including <application>Documents</application>, 
+      <application>Web</application> and <application>Contacts</application>, are 
+      providing application menus for this release. In the future they will become 
+      an increasingly common part of GNOME applications.
+    </para>
+  </sect3>
+
+  <sect3 id="updated-interface-components">
+    <title>Updated Interface Components</title>
+      <para>
+        Several of GNOME 3's basic interface components have been modernized this release. 
+        These changes will make GNOME applications more elegant and easier to use.
+      </para>
+      <figure id="fig.users.colorchooser">
+      <!-- TRANSLATORS: you can get this dialog through the System Settings Background, 
+      panel. Select System Settings > Background, then Colours and Gradients from the 
+      dropdown. Then select the button in the bottom-right corner of the window.
+      Screenshot Guidelines: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/ScreenshotGuidelines-->
+        <title>Simplified Color Chooser</title>
+          <screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject>
+            <imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;color-chooser.png" format="PNG"/>
+          </imageobject></mediaobject></screenshot>
+      </figure>
+    <para>
+      TODO: details about the color chooser.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      TODO: scrollbars
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      TODO: spin buttons
     </para>
   </sect3>
 
   <sect3 id="details">
-    <title>Refined Activities Overview</title>
+    <title>A Bonanza of Smaller Improvements</title>
+    <para>
+      Incremental improvements and polishing has been a big focus for this release. 
+      The result is a large number of smaller improvements which add up to a big 
+      increase in quality.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      The visual theme for GNOME 3 applications has been given lots of polish for this 
+      release. Many of the changes are subtle, but almost every part of the theme has 
+      been improved in some way. The overall effect is much better looking applications.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      A new initiative, called Every Detail Matters, has been focusing on improving the 
+      quality of the Activities Overview for this release. Thanks to these efforts, lots 
+      of bugs have been fixed and improvements made.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      Improvements that have been made through the Every Detail Matters initiative include 
+      improved application launcher labels, new window labels and captions, better 
+      keyboard navigation, more legible text styles and an easier to use dash.
+    </para>
+    <para>
+      GNOME 3.4 include a great number of other incremental improvements to the core user 
+      experience. There are too many things to list here, but they include:
+    </para>
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem><para>
-        TODO: Every Detail matters: https://live.gnome.org/EveryDetailMatters | 
-        http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/06/every-detail-matters-an-update/ 
-        | http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/every-detail-matters-half-way-there/ | 
-        http://afaikblog.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/looking-forward-to-gnome-3-4/
+        TODO: integrated keyring dialogs and network password dialogs
+        <!-- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658484 -->
+      </para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>
+        TODO: Wanda the Fish http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=50aa15dec9c64d6b08fc863bdb909ab07438c110
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        New window labels and captions
+        TODO: Nicer screen recorder - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669066
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        Many interaction bugs fixed
+  		  Improved color calibration, which will now remember which device a particular profile is for.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        Keyboard navigation
+		    Better handling of docking stations and plugging of external monitors.
       </para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>
-        Theme refinements - consistent legible text styles
+	  	  Support for volume keys on USB speakers and headsets .
       </para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>
+        TODO: improved network menu
+      </para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>
+        Better looking system modal dialogs
+      </para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>
+        Several important notifications improvements - notification popups will 
+        avoid the pointer so that they do not get in the way, and a summary of your 
+        notifications will be displayed when you are not interacting with your device.
+      </para></listitem>      
     </itemizedlist>
   </sect3>
 
-  <sect3 id="updated-widgets">
-    <title>Updated Interface Components</title>
-      <figure id="fig.users.colorchooser">
-      <!-- TRANSLATORS: To get this dialog, you can start Evolution and go 
-      to "Edit > Preferences > Mail Preferences > Genersal > Message 
-      Display > Highlight quotations with ... color". 
-      Screenshot taken with command "gnome-screenshot -d 5 -w -e shadow" 
-      Screenshot Guidelines: https://live.gnome.org/GnomeMarketing/ScreenshotGuidelines-->
-        <title>Simplified Color Chooser</title>
-          <screenshot><mediaobject><imageobject>
-            <imagedata fileref="&urlfiguresbase;color-chooser.png" format="PNG"/>
-          </imageobject></mediaobject></screenshot>
-      </figure>
-    <para>
-      TODO: new scrollbars, new spin buttons
-    </para>
-  </sect3>
+</sect2>
 
-  <sect3 id="theme">
-    <title>Polished Visual Theme</title>
-      <para>
-        TODO
-      </para>
-  </sect3>
+<sect2 id="other">
+  <title>Other Changes</title>
+  <para>
+    There are other things too, of course.
+  </para>
 
   <sect3 id="system-settings">
     <title>Improved System Settings</title>
@@ -119,14 +214,6 @@
     </para>
   </sect3>
 
-  </sect2>
-
-  <sect2 id="other">
-    <title>But Wait, There's Moreâ</title>
-    <para>
-      There are other things too, of course.
-    </para>
-
 	<sect3 id="user-docs">
 	  <title>Documentation That Really Helps You</title>
     <para>
@@ -171,56 +258,6 @@
       </itemizedlist>
 	</sect3>
 
-  <sect3 id="core-ux-more">
-    <title>A multitude of other improvements</title>
-      <para>
-        TODO: moar
-      </para>
-    <itemizedlist>
-      <listitem><para>
-        TODO: integrated keyring dialogs
-      </para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>
-        TODO: VPN and similar network-related password dialogs have been ported 
-        to shell design - see http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658484
-      </para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>
-        TODO: Wanda the Fish http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=50aa15dec9c64d6b08fc863bdb909ab07438c110
-      </para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>
-        TODO: Nicer screen recorder - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=669066
-      </para></listitem>
-      <listitem><para>
-        The low-level system and service manager <ulink
-        url="http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/";>systemd</ulink> was integrated into several modules.
-<!-- TODO: Needs a nice explanation what this actually improves for the user! Don't end up in tech details!
-http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/multiseat ? -->
-    </para></listitem>
-<!-- http://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2012/01/17/new-developments-in-color-management-world/ -->
-    <listitem><para>
-				Color management now stores metadata about the hardware that you use. 
-				This means if you reinstall the system or send the profile file to 
-				someone with identical hardware, it automatically gets added as the 
-				default color profile.
-    </para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>
-				Better handling of docking stations and plugging of external monitors
-    </para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>
-				Support for volume keys on USB speakers and headsets 
-    </para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>
-Also use top bar above window for unmaximizing drag gesture: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666359
-    </para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>
-TODO: NetworkMenu: show hardware disabled when rfkill is active: http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-shell/commit/?id=7fa7d04ed0b184702089f6ff65400a28cb6c3b05
-    </para></listitem>
-    <listitem><para>
-TODO: The list of recent files in the Open and Save dialogs (GtkFileChooserEntry) has seen some improvements - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=663573
-    </para></listitem>
-  </itemizedlist>
-  </sect3>
-
 	<sect3 id="empathy">
     <title>Empathy Gains Video calling and Live Messenger Support</title>
     <itemizedlist>
@@ -257,6 +294,14 @@ TODO: The list of recent files in the Open and Save dialogs (GtkFileChooserEntry
 Metabug: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668503 | gnome-session: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666891 | gnome-system-monitor: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667829 | gnome-packagekit: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666788 | control center user accounts: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666573 and https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658352 | settings-daemon: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666787 | nm: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=666783
 -->
 
+  <sect3 id="sound-juicer">
+    <title>Sound Juicer</title>
+      <para>
+        New metadata fetching facility which provides enhanced support for multi-disc albums.
+      </para>
+  </sect3>
+
+
   <sect3 id="apps-more">
     <title>Many other application enhancements</title>
       <itemizedlist>
@@ -307,7 +352,7 @@ http://git.gnome.org/browse/evolution/commit/?id=e0548d2 and https://bugzilla.gn
         </itemizedlist>
 	</sect3>
 
-  </sect2>
+</sect2>
 
 </sect1>
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