[release-notes/gnome-3-8] add extra copy for web and boxes
- From: Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-8] add extra copy for web and boxes
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:51:15 +0000 (UTC)
commit 778f3a1a9a860559c41b8bffbe2d11666a85061f
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date: Wed Mar 13 17:51:02 2013 +0000
add extra copy for web and boxes
help/C/more-apps.page | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/more-apps.page b/help/C/more-apps.page
index 5061b69..cdee3a3 100644
--- a/help/C/more-apps.page
+++ b/help/C/more-apps.page
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@
<section id="web">
<title><media type="image" src="figures/web-browser.png"/> Web</title>
- <p>Web, the GNOME web browser, has gained a number of new features for 3.8:</p>
+ <p><app>Web</app> has been upgraded to use the WebKit2 engine. This achievement, which has been in
development for more than two years, gives GNOME a state of the art web browser. It results in improved speed
and responsiveness and makes <app>Web</app> more stable and secure. It also means that problems in individual
pages are isolated and will not affect other open tabs.</p>
+ <p>In addition to this major achievement, <app>Web</app> has gained a number of other new features for
3.8:</p>
<list>
+ <item><p>WebKit2 brings a new plugins system, which means that Flash is now supported. Plugins are
also isolated, improving stability.</p></item>
<item><p><app>Web</app> has a new private browsing mode. This allow you to browse without records
being kept about your activity.</p></item>
<item><p>The page search interface has been improved, and is now more consistent with other GNOME 3
applications.</p></item>
<item><p>Media controls for HTML5 content have been revamped, so that they look better and are easier
to use.</p></item>
@@ -40,7 +42,7 @@
<item><p>Automatic USB redirection is now included in all new virtual machines, and can be added to
existing ones. This makes it possible to use USB devices (cameras, flash drive, etc) from inside a virtual
machine.</p></item>
<item><p><app>Boxes</app> now supports smartcards.</p></item>
<item><p>A number of features now work out of the box with Windows XP and Windows 7 express
installations, 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>It is now possible to connect to virtual machines running on <link
href="http://www.ovirt.org/Documentation">oVirt</link>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>It is now possible to connect to virtual machines running on <link
href="http://www.ovirt.org/Documentation">oVirt</link>. This means that you can now access all your virtual
machines running on a (most likely remote) oVirt broker from <app>Boxes</app> by simply providing its
URL.</p></item>
<item><p>There have been many user interface improvements and additions, including the ability to pause
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 the properties
view.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
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