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[release-notes/gnome-3-8] draft some of the other enhancements page

commit 8afd995e36df3dc98323055e35db85a80247a81e
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date:   Mon Mar 4 17:32:18 2013 +0000

    draft some of the other enhancements page

 help/C/index.page              |   18 ----------
 help/C/other-enhancements.page |   74 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/index.page b/help/C/index.page
index 186589b..c875fce 100644
--- a/help/C/index.page
+++ b/help/C/index.page
@@ -31,12 +31,6 @@
   <p>&gnomeversion; is the result of 6 months of work by the GNOME Project and contains &gitcommits; 
contributions by approximately &gitauthors; people. . We think that it is the best version of GNOME to 
date.</p>
 
   <section>
-    <title>Windows View</title>
-    <p>The window view in the Activities Overview has been substantially revised and improved for 
&gnomeversion;. The view uses space more efficiently, making window thumbnails much larger and therefore 
easier to recognise. In previous versions, window thumbnails were the same size. With this release, they are 
scaled according to their actual size. Again, this makes individual windows much easier to identify. The 
result of these changes is a more effective window switching experience which is a big improvement over 
previous releases.</p>
-    <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-  </section>
-
-  <section>
     <title>Application Launching</title>
     <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; features a new application launching view. The frequent tab includes your most 
commonly used applications, which means that you don't have to spend time looking for the things you use most 
often. The all tab includes all your applications. Here we have added folders for organisation. This makes it 
easier to browse your applications by keeping some groups in one place.</p>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
@@ -73,24 +67,12 @@
   </section>
 
   <section>
-    <title>Initial Setup</title>
-    <p>Initial setup is a new part of the GNOME 3 experience which helps you get quickly and easily set up 
when you use GNOME for the first time. It also helps new users learn about GNOME 3 thanks to a new set of 
Getting Started video tutorials.</p>
-    <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-  </section>
-
-  <section>
     <title>Details</title>
     <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; includes a huge number of smaller bug fixes and enhancements. Many details have 
been addressed to give a more polished experience, including the login screen, selecting windows, inline 
chat, system status menus, and general usability fixes.</p>
     <media type="image" src="figures/details.png"/>
   </section>  
 
   <section>
-    <title>Settings</title>
-    <p>The GNOME Settings application (formerly known as System Settings) has been substantially improved 
for &gnomeversion;. In addition to new settings panels for Privacy, Sharing and Notifications, many other 
areas have been transformed. The Network, Power, and Region &amp; Language settings have all been reworked 
and improved, and the Printer settings has also been enhanced.</p>
-    <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-  </section>
-
-  <section>
     <title>Input Methods</title>
     <p>Integrated Input Methods were introduced for the first time in the previous release, GNOME 3.6. The 
feature has been the subject of a great deal of work since then, with new features and bug fixes. These 
include a new on screen display for input method switching, new candidate character popups, new settings and 
the inclusion of all input method engines in the input method menu.</p>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
diff --git a/help/C/other-enhancements.page b/help/C/other-enhancements.page
index 4c9138d..383662a 100644
--- a/help/C/other-enhancements.page
+++ b/help/C/other-enhancements.page
@@ -18,40 +18,57 @@
 
   <title>Many other enhancements</title>
 
+  <section id="gnome-3">
+    <title><media type="image" src="figures/start-here.png"/> Core UX</title>
+    <p>Enhancements to the core GNOME 3 user experience for 3.8 include:</p>
+    <list>
+      <item><p>An new initial setup assistant, which helps you get quickly and easily set up when you use 
GNOME for the first time. It also helps new users learn about GNOME 3 thanks to a new set of Getting Started 
video tutorials.</p></item>
+      <item><p>A substantially revised and improved window selector. This uses space more efficiently, 
making window thumbnails much larger and easier to recognise.</p></item>
+      <item><p>A new pressure sensitivity trigger for opening the Message Tray. In the last release, it was 
necessary to rest the pointer against the bottom of the screen to open the Message Tray. From GNOME 3.8, you 
can push against the bottom of the screen instead. This avoids accidental triggers and is quicker and more 
immediate.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Updated application metadata for easier searching.</p></item>
+      <item><p>New context menus for changing the wallpaper and clearing the Message Tray.</p></item>
+    </list>
+  </section>
+
+  <section id="settings">
+    <title><media type="image" src="figures/preferences-system.png"/> Settings</title>
+    <p>The GNOME Settings application (formerly known as System Settings) has been substantially improved 
for 3.8. In addition to new settings panels for Privacy, Sharing and Notifications, many other areas have 
been transformed.</p>
+    <list>
+      <item><p>The network settings have had a major update. They feature a new Wi-Fi network list and a new 
dialog for viewing and removing previously used networks. Most of the network configuration dialogs have a 
new and improved design.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Power has also has a new design. This includes a new set of power saving settings, which make 
it easy to make your battery last for longer.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Region &amp; Language has also been updated with a new interface. Among other things, this 
makes adding input methods easier.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Printers settings have had many small improvements. Support for network printers on Samba 
servers has also been added.</p></item>
+    </list>
+  </section>
+
   <section id="web">
     <title><media type="image" src="figures/web-browser.png"/> Web</title>
-    <p>Private browsing mode.</p>
-    <p>New search interfacep</p>
-    <p>Revamped media controls for HTML5 content.</p>
-    <p>Undo close tab.</p>
-    <p>New tab button has been added to the toolbar.</p>
+    <p>Web, the GNOME web browser, has gained a number of new features for 3.8:</p>
+    <list>
+      <item><p>A new private browsing mode introduced, which allows you to browse without records being kept 
about your activity.</p></item>
+      <item><p>An improved page search interface, which is more consistent with other GNOME 3 
applications.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Updated and improved media controls for HTML5 content.</p></item>
+      <item><p>If you close a tab, there is now the option to easily reopen it.</p></item>
+      <item><p>A new tab button has been added to the toolbar.</p></item>
+    </list>
   </section>
 
   <section id="boxes">
     <title><media type="image" src="figures/gnome-boxes.png"/> Boxes</title>
-    <p>Add USB redirection support in new VMs and option to add it into existing VMs. i-e You can use your 
USB devices (camera, flash drive etc) plugged into host from the guest operating system.</p>
-    <p>Smartcard support.</p>
-    <p>Automatically download and installation of all virtio and QXL drivers, and spice-vdagent as part of 
Windows XP and Windows 7 express installation. This means following working out of the box:
-Copy and paste between host and VM. Guest resolution automatically adjusted to fit the Boxes window. Very 
efficient disk I/O (helps in reducing installation time e.g).</p>
-    <p>[[http://www.ovirt.org/Documentation|oVirt]] support.</p>
-    <p>Option to pause VMs from selection view.</p>
-    <p>Otions to select all, none and running boxes.</p>
-    <p>Allow accessing properties for non-running VMs (through selection view).</p>
-    <p>Allow tweaking properties for remote machines in the wizard.</p>
-    <p>looks a lot more like UI mockups and more consistent with Documents.</p>
-    <p>Add initial experience greeting. As a consequence, we don't auto-launch wizard on first time usage 
anymore.</p>
-    <p>Support for changing the CD-ROM device/ISO from properties.</p>
-    <p>Selecting item when maximized automatically enters fullscreen view.</p>
-    <p>Mark recommended RAM and storage of guest OS (when known) in properties.</p>
-    <p>Allow search with multiple terms. A search like "foo bar" now means name containing "foo" and "bar". 
This is nicer, and what you expect from e.g. gnome-shell search.</p>
-    <p>Allow drag to unfullscreen Boxes.</p>
-    <p>Troubleshooting log viewer to system properties.</p>
-    <p>Loads of other fixes and minor improvements. For more details: 
http://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-boxes/tree/NEWS</p>
+    <p>Boxes is the GNOME application for using virtual machines as well as connecting to remote computers. 
In addition to stability and performance enhancements, it has received a large lot of small improvements for 
3.8:</p>
+    <list>
+      <item><p>Automatic USB redirection support for new virtual machines (as well as the option to add it 
to existing ones). This makes it possible to use USB devices (cameras, flash drive, etc) from inside a 
virtual machine.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Smartcard support.</p></item>
+      <item><p>With Windows XP and Windows 7 express installation, a number of features now work out of the 
box, including copy and paste between the host system and the virtual machine, automatic adjustment of the 
virtual machine's screen resolution, and efficient disk usage.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Ability to connect to virtual machines running on <link 
href="http://www.ovirt.org/Documentation";>oVirt</link>.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Many user interface improvements and additions, including pausing multiple virtual machines 
at the same time, improved multi-selection of virtual machies, additional options in the remote connection 
assistant, and support for changing the CD-ROM device/ISO from properties.</p></item>
+    </list>
   </section>
 
   <section id="documents">
     <title><media type="image" src="figures/gnome-documents.png"/> Documents</title>
-    <p>Improved reading: nicer looking documents, new page switching buttons and navigation slider.</p>
+    <p>The reading experience has been much improved for GNOME 3.8. The visual presentation of individual 
documents has been improved, and there is a new browsing interface which features page switching buttons and 
a navigation slider.</p>
+    <p>Documents also features inline editing for Google Documents, so that it is possible to edit directly 
from the Documents application rather than through a web browser.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="contacts">
@@ -69,13 +86,4 @@ Copy and paste between host and VM. Guest resolution automatically adjusted to f
     <p>High contrast application icons.</p>
   </section>
 
-  <section id="gnome-3">
-    <title><media type="image" src="figures/start-here.png"/> Core UX</title>
-    <p>Pressure sensitivity for opening the Message Tray.</p>
-    <p>Updated application metadata for easier searching.</p>
-    <p>Context menu on the background for changing the wallpaper.</p>
-    <!-- Smoother animatios ==  -->
-    <p>Flicker free animation in the login screen and Activities Overview.</p>
-  </section>
-
 </page>
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