[release-notes/gnome-3-10] refine
- From: Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-10] refine
- Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 16:19:14 +0000 (UTC)
commit b3ae407e78484a09f2552be5b2d84ad45705d50a
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date: Tue Sep 17 17:19:00 2013 +0100
refine
help/C/developers.page | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
help/C/index.page | 8 ++++----
help/C/more-apps.page | 17 ++++++++---------
help/C/more-core-ux.page | 24 +++++++++---------------
4 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-)
---
diff --git a/help/C/developers.page b/help/C/developers.page
index 6ad7b5a..b276b9a 100644
--- a/help/C/developers.page
+++ b/help/C/developers.page
@@ -18,14 +18,14 @@
<title>What's new for developers, system administrators and distributors</title>
- <p>New features and enhancements for those working with GNOME technologies.</p>
+ <p>GNOME 3.10 introduces a number of new features and enhancements for those working with GNOME
technologies.</p>
<section id="wayland">
<title>Wayland</title>
- <p>GNOME 3.10 introduces the ability to run a GNOME session and applications on top of Wayland. This
support is experimental and is intended for testing purposes only. <code>gnome-shell</code> or applications
running on Wayland may be unstable and could crash.</p>
+ <p>GNOME 3.10 introduces the ability to run a GNOME session as well as GNOME applications using Wayland.
This support is experimental and is intended for testing purposes only. <code>gnome-shell</code> or
applications running on Wayland may be unstable and could crash.</p>
<p>To run <code>gnome-shell</code> under Wayland, execute the following command in a terminal:</p>
<code>gnome-session --session=gnome-wayland</code>
- <p>It is also possible to run individual applications on Wayland by specifying the
<code>GDK_BACKEND</code>. Run the following command, substituting <code>application-name</code> for the
application's executable name:</p>
+ <p>It is also possible to run individual applications on Wayland by specifying the
<code>GDK_BACKEND</code>. Run the following command, substituting <code>application-name</code> for the name
of the application's executable:</p>
<code>GDK_BACKEND=wayland application-name</code>
<p>If an application fails to run on Wayland, it will try to fall back to X11.</p>
<p>Further details about GNOME on Wayland can be found on the <link
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Wayland">GNOME Wayland wiki page</link>.</p>
@@ -33,38 +33,38 @@
<section id="new-widgets">
<title>New GTK+ Widgets</title>
- <p>GTK+ 3.10 introduces a collection of new interface widgets. These allow modern applications to be
built in line with the latest design patterns.</p>
+ <p>GTK+ 3.10 introduces a collection of new interface widgets. These provide additional abilities, such
as adding animated transitions, as well as greater flexibility. In some cases they provide easy-to-use
alternatives to existing widgets. The new widgets have been created to enable the creation of the latest
GNOME 3 applications.</p>
<list>
<item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkStack.html">GtkStack</link>: a container
which shows one child at a time. Transitions between pages can be animated as slides or fades.</p></item>
<item><p><link
href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkStackSwitcher.html">GtkStackSwitcher</link>: a set of linked
buttons that can be used to control which page is displayed in a stack. Designed to be used in conjunction
with GtkStack.</p></item>
<item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkRevealer.html">GtkRevealer</link>: a
container which animates the transition of its child from invisible to visible.</p></item>
<item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkListBox.html">GtkListBox</link>: a
vertical container. Rows can be dynamically sorted and filtered, and navigation is possible using pointer or
keyboard. GtkListBox provides an alternative to <link
href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkTreeView.html">GtkTreeView</link>. Rows can contain controls
and complex layouts.</p></item>
- <item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkHeaderBar.html">GtkHeaderBar</link>: a
horizontal container that can be placed at the top of a window, which plays the role of both a title bar and
a toolbar. Content can be placed at the start or end, and can be centered.</p></item>
- <item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkSearchBar.html">GtkSearchBar</link>: a
container which can be placed below a GtkHeaderBar, and which is designed to contain search controls. The bar
can be hidden and revealed on demand.</p></item>
+ <item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkHeaderBar.html">GtkHeaderBar</link>: a
horizontal container that should be placed at the top of a window. GtkHeaderBars play the role of both window
titlebar and a toolbar. Content within can a HeaderBar be placed at the start or end, or it can be
centered.</p></item>
+ <item><p><link href="https://developer.gnome.org/gtk3/3.10/GtkSearchBar.html">GtkSearchBar</link>: a
container which is designed to contain search controls. GtkSearchBars are generally located below a
GtkHeaderBars, and can be hidden and revealed on demand.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
<section id="composite-widget-templates">
<title>Composite Widget Templates</title>
- <p>From 3.10, GTK+ allows the creation of composite widget templates. These use XML to define composite
widgets without the need to use GtkBuilder APIs. GTK+ is already taking advantage of this feature to define
its own composite widgets, such as <code>GtkVolumeButton</code> and <code>GtkFileChooserDefault</code>.
Application authors can use the same capability to make their own, which can be done by directly with XML or
with the <app>Glade</app> interface builder.</p>
- <p>Tristan Van Berkom has written a <link
href="http://blogs.gnome.org/tvb/2013/04/09/announcing-composite-widget-templates/">detailed blog post about
this new feature</link>, which includes a tutoral and working example that you can try.</p>
+ <p>From 3.10, GTK+ allows the creation of composite widget templates. The new feature allows composite
widgets to be defined using XML, which avoids the need to construct them manually. GTK+ is already taking
advantage of this feature to define its own composite widgets, such as <code>GtkVolumeButton</code> and
<code>GtkFileChooserDefault</code>. Application authors can use the same capability to make their own, which
can be done by directly with XML or with the <app>Glade</app> interface builder.</p>
+ <p>Tristan Van Berkom has written a <link
href="http://blogs.gnome.org/tvb/2013/04/09/announcing-composite-widget-templates/">detailed blog post about
this new feature</link>, which includes a tutoral and a working example that you can try.</p>
</section>
<section id="baseline-support">
<title>Baseline Alignment in GTK+</title>
<p>GTK+ 3.10 introduces baseline alignment for text. This allows text labels to be properly vertically
aligned in relation to containers, which has the added advantage of ensuring consistent text alignment.</p>
- <p>Base line alignment is available for a range of common widgets. Developers wanting to use it are
required to set the text widget's vertical alignment to <code>GTK_ALIGNMENT_BASELINE</code>. (This is done
automatically when using helper functions such as <code>new_from_label()</code>.)</p>
+ <p>Base line alignment is available for a range of common widgets. Developers wanting to use it are
required to set the text widget's vertical alignment to <code>GTK_ALIGNMENT_BASELINE</code> (this is done
automatically when using helper functions such as <code>new_from_label()</code>).</p>
</section>
<section id="glib">
<title>GLib</title>
<p>GApplication has gained a number of new features for GNOME 3.10:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Support for the <code>org.freedesktop.Application</code> interface (which was specified at
the freedesktop.org summit in April 2013) has been added. This provides a standard way to start an
application. It also allows opening a file with the application, or a named action to be activated. More
information can be found in the <link
href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#dbus">Freedesktop
Specification</link>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Support for the <code>org.freedesktop.Application</code> interface (which was specified at
the freedesktop.org summit in April 2013) has been added. This provides a standard way to start an
application. It also allows a file to be opened with an application or a named action to be activated. More
information can be found in the <link
href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#dbus">Freedesktop
Specification</link>.</p></item>
<item><p><code>.desktop</code> files can now specify if an application should be started via D-Bus
activation. Details on how to do this can be found <link
href="https://wiki.gnome.org/HowDoI/DBusApplicationLaunching">on the wiki</link>.</p></item>
<item><p>Support for actions in <code>.desktop</code> files has been added to
<code>GDesktopAppInfo</code>, using <code><link
href="https://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.38/gio-Desktop-file-based-GAppInfo.html#g-desktop-app-info-list-actions">g_desktop_app_info_list_actions()</link></code>
and <code><link
href="https://developer.gnome.org/gio/2.38/gio-Desktop-file-based-GAppInfo.html#g-desktop-app-info-launch-action">g_desktop_app_info_launch_action()</link></code>.
The Freedesktop Specification also has <link
href="http://standards.freedesktop.org/desktop-entry-spec/desktop-entry-spec-latest.html#extra-actions">details
on this</link>.
</p></item>
- <item><p>GApplication now also allows applications to signal their busy state to a desktop shell, such
as for a long-running operation or loading state.</p></item>
+ <item><p>GApplication now allows applications to signal their busy state to a desktop shell, such as
for a long-running operation or loading state.</p></item>
</list>
<p>GLib has a number of other enhancements in 3.10:</p>
<list>
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@
<section id="geolocation">
<title>Geolocation</title>
- <p>Allows applications to return information on places and to identify the current location of the
system. To do this, two new components have been introduced:</p>
+ <p>The new geolocation abilities in GNOME 3.10 allow applications to access information on places and to
identify the current location of the system. To do this, two new components have been introduced:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>geocode-glib: a new library for (reverse-)geocoding, i-e it allows you to find information on
places given some search term or coordinates. It relies on Nominatim service from OpenStreetMap.</p></item>
- <item><p>GeoClue2: a re-written Geoclue implementation designed for simplicity and privacy. This
allows you to identify the current location, and makes use of various data sources.</p></item>
+ <item><p>geocode-glib: a new library for (reverse) geocoding. This allows you to find information on
places according to search terms or coordinates. It relies on the <link
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nominatim">Nominatim</link> service from OpenStreetMap.</p></item>
+ <item><p>GeoClue2: a re-written Geoclue implementation designed for simplicity and privacy. This
allows you to identify the current location.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/index.page b/help/C/index.page
index 4968746..4f31f13 100644
--- a/help/C/index.page
+++ b/help/C/index.page
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
<section id="wayland">
<title>Wayland</title>
- <p><app>Wayland</app> is the next generation GNOME display server. It promises to deliver smoother
graphics, with improved animations and transitions. <app>Wayland</app>'s modern architecture will provide
greater flexibility for developers, and will enable more secure sandboxed applications. &gnomeversion;
introduces experimental <app>Wayland</app> support, which allows GNOME 3 and GNOME applications to be run
directly on top of Wayland. This is an important milestone on the road to full <app>Wayland</app> adoption,
and will let developers test their software in a <app>Wayland</app> environment. More details can be found in
the <link type="topic" xref="developers#wayland">developer notes</link>.</p>
+ <p><app>Wayland</app> is the next generation technology for display and input on Linux. It promises to
deliver smoother graphics, with improved animations and transitions. <app>Wayland</app>'s modern architecture
will provide greater flexibility for developers, and will enable more secure sandboxed applications.
&gnomeversion; introduces experimental <app>Wayland</app> support, which allows GNOME as well as GNOME
applications to be run using Wayland. This is an important milestone on the road to full <app>Wayland</app>
adoption, and will let developers test their software with <app>Wayland</app>. More details can be found in
the <link type="topic" xref="developers#wayland">developer notes</link>.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/wayland.png"/>
</section>
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
<section id="header-bars">
<title>Header Bars</title>
- <p>A new interface element has been introduced in &gnomeversion;: header bars. These merge applications'
title bars and toolbars into a single element, reducing the amount of interface chrome within each window,
and giving more screen space to content. Header bars also allow more dynamic application interfaces whose
controls adjust to the current view, and they ensure that window close buttons are always present,
irrespective of whether the window is maximized or not.</p>
+ <p>A new interface element has been introduced in &gnomeversion;: header bars. These merge titlebars and
toolbars into a single element, reducing the amount of interface chrome within each window, and giving more
screen space to content. Header bars also allow more dynamic application interfaces whose controls adjust to
the current view, and they ensure that window close buttons are always present, irrespective of whether a
window is maximized or unmaximized.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/header-bars.png"/>
</section>
<section id="new-apps">
<title>New Applications</title>
- <p>GNOME's mission to create a new set of core applications continues in GNOME &gnomeversion;. There is
a whole collection of new applications in this version, including <app>Music</app>, <app>Photos</app>,
<app>Notes</app>, <app>Software</app> and <app>Maps</app>. For more details, see below and <link type="topic"
xref="more-apps"/>.</p>
+ <p>GNOME's mission to create a new set of core applications continues in GNOME &gnomeversion;. There is
a whole collection of new applications in this version, including <app>Music</app>, <app>Photos</app>,
<app>Notes</app>, <app>Software</app> and <app>Maps</app>. For more details, see below as well as the section
on <link type="topic" xref="more-apps"/>.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
</section>
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
<section id="more">
<title>And that's not all</title>
- <p>There's much more to GNOME &gnomeversion;. Read on to find out more...</p>
+ <p>There's much more to GNOME &gnomeversion;. Read on to find out...</p>
<links type="topic" groups="first second third fourth"/>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/more-apps.page b/help/C/more-apps.page
index ae899de..8b9979f 100644
--- a/help/C/more-apps.page
+++ b/help/C/more-apps.page
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
<title>New and Updated Applications</title>
- <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; includes a number of new applications. Many existing applications have also been
improved.</p>
+ <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; includes a number of new applications, including <app>Music</app>,
<app>Photos</app>, <app>Notes</app> and <app>Maps</app>. Many existing applications have also been
improved.</p>
<section id="music">
<title>Music</title>
- <p><app>Music</app> is planned to be the default audio player application for GNOME 3, and it is making
its debut in GNOME &gnomeversion; as a technology preview. <app>Music</app> provides a clean and focused
interface for browsing your music collection according to Artist, Album or Track. Support for playing music
on media servers (via UPNP) and fetching music from online sources is planned for the future.</p>
+ <p><app>Music</app> is planned to be the default audio player application for GNOME 3, and it is making
its debut in GNOME &gnomeversion; as a technology preview. <app>Music</app> provides a clean and focused
interface for browsing your music collection according to <gui>Artist</gui>, <gui>Album</gui> or
<gui>Track</gui>. Support for playing music from media servers (via UPNP) and fetching music from online
sources is planned for the future.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/gnome-music.png"/>
</section>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
<section id="clocks">
<title>Clocks</title>
- <p>The stopwatch and timer in <app>Clocks</app> now have an analog timer animation which both looks
great and gives additional feedback. <app>Clocks</app> now also has geolocation support: if possible it will
automatically detect where in the world you are and show a clock for that time zone.</p>
+ <p>The stopwatch and timer in <app>Clocks</app> now have an animated analog timer which both looks great
and gives additional feedback. <app>Clocks</app> also has geolocation support in 3.10: if possible it will
automatically detect where in the world you are and show a clock for that time zone.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
</section>
@@ -69,18 +69,17 @@
<section id="web">
<title>Web</title>
- <p><app>Web</app>, the GNOME browser, has had a number of improvements for 3.10. Like many other
applications, its titlebar and toolbar have been combined into a header bar. This increases the amount of
screen space that web pages can be shown in. <app>Web</app> has also gained integration with system search,
so that you can search your browsing history and open pages directly from the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>.
Finally, as a part of our effort to protect your privacy, the default web search engine has been switched to
<link href="https://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</link>.</p>
+ <p><app>Web</app>, the GNOME browser, has had a number of improvements for 3.10. Like many other
applications, its titlebar and toolbar have been combined into a header bar. This gives more screen space to
show web pages in. <app>Web</app> has also gained integration with system search, so that you can search your
browsing history and open pages directly from the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>. Finally, as a part of our
effort to protect your privacy, the default web search engine has been switched to <link
href="https://duckduckgo.com/">DuckDuckGo</link>.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
</section>
<section id="apps-other">
<title>Other Application Improvements</title>
<list>
- <item><p><app>Boxes</app> now features importing file system images, including <app>QEMU</app>
(<gui>.cow, .qcow and .qcow2</gui>), raw disk images (<gui>.img</gui>), <app>VirtualBox 1.1</app>
(<gui>.vdi</gui>), <app>VMWare 3 and 4</app> (<gui>.vmdk</gui>), VirtualPC (<gui>.vpc</gui>) and Linux
Compressed Loop images (<gui>.cloop</gui>). It also features many small user interface
improvements.</p></item>
- <item><p>In <app>Documents</app> it is now possible to browse your <gui>ownCloud</gui>
documents.</p></item>
- <item><p><app>Contacts</app> has received a lot of user interface improvements, including an updated
contacts list, better looking contacts pane, and new dialogs for linking contacts and changing your address
book.</p></item>
- <item><p><app>Evince</app> now has DjVu support, improved accessiblity, and a new search results
sidebar.</p></item>
- <item><p>The long awaited PDF caret and keyboard navigation support has landed to the Document Reader.
This feature places a movable cursor in text pages, allowing you to move around and select text with your
keyboard. The users can activate the caret navigation by pressing <keyseq><key>F7</key></keyseq>. The work
for this feature has been funded by the Friends of GNOME accessibility campaign. This basic accessibility
support for PDF documents will be improved by supporting Tagged PDFs in following releases.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Boxes</app> is now able to import file system images, including QEMU (<gui>.cow, .qcow
and .qcow2</gui>), raw disk images (<gui>.img</gui>), VirtualBox 1.1 (<gui>.vdi</gui>), VMWare 3 and 4
(<gui>.vmdk</gui>), VirtualPC (<gui>.vpc</gui>) and Linux Compressed Loop images (<gui>.cloop</gui>). Version
3.10 also includes many small user interface improvements.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Documents</app> has gained the ability to browse and read documents stored on
<gui>ownCloud</gui>.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Contacts</app> has had a lot of user interface improvements, including an updated
contacts list, better looking contacts pane, and new dialogs for linking contacts and changing your address
book.</p></item>
+ <item><p>The <app>Document Viewer</app> now has DjVu support and a new search results sidebar. It also
includes the long-awaited PDF caret and keyboard navigation support. This feature places a movable cursor in
text pages, allowing you to move around and select text with your keyboard. Caret navigation can be activated
by pressing <key>F7</key>. The work for this feature was funded by the <link
href="https://www.gnome.org/friends/">Friends of GNOME</link> accessibility campaign.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
diff --git a/help/C/more-core-ux.page b/help/C/more-core-ux.page
index c0a060d..3e6873d 100644
--- a/help/C/more-core-ux.page
+++ b/help/C/more-core-ux.page
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
<title>Updates to the Core GNOME 3 User Experience</title>
- <p>GNOME 3.10 has many other new features and enhancements. Here are some more of the many improvements
that can be found in the latest version.</p>
+ <p>The core GNOME 3 experience includes many new features and enhancements for 3.10. Here are some more of
the many improvements that can be found in the latest version.</p>
<section id="app-view">
<title>Paginated Application View</title>
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
<section id="scrolling">
<title>Fine Scrolling</title>
- <p>Scroll bars in GNOME now feature a new mode that allows fine scrolling. This is particularly useful
if the scrolled area is very large, and allows precise movements within a small area. To activate fine
scrolling, just make a long click on a scroll bar handle, or click on the handle while holding the shift
key.</p>
+ <p>Scroll bars in GNOME now feature a new mode that allows fine scrolling. This is particularly useful
if the scrolled area is very large, and allows precise movements within a small area. To activate fine
scrolling, just click and hold on a scroll bar handle, or click on the handle while holding
<key>Shift</key>.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
</section>
@@ -48,34 +48,28 @@
<list>
<item><p><gui>Date & Time</gui>: these have been overhauled to make them easier to use, and now
have a bigger, better looking time zone map and clearer options. A new <gui>Automatic Time Zone</gui> option
is provided, which uses the new geolocation framework which has been introduced in 3.10.</p></item>
<item><p><gui>Displays</gui>: the <gui>Displays</gui> section has been completely redesigned, making
configuration much easier.</p></item>
- <item><p><gui>Online Accounts</gui>: chat accounts have now been integrated into <gui>Online
Accounts</gui>, which means that you can now access all your account types in one place. You can now log into
your Google account using <link href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744">two-step
verification</link>, and Flickr has been added to the list of online account types.</p></item>
+ <item><p><gui>Online Accounts</gui>: chat accounts have now been integrated into <gui>Online
Accounts</gui>, which means that you can now access all your accounts in one place. You can now log into your
Google account using <link href="https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/180744">two-step
verification</link>, and Flickr accounts can also be added.</p></item>
<item><p><gui>Universal Access</gui>: the different <gui>Universal Access</gui> sections have been
redesigned and combined into a single page. This makes it easier to find the settings you are looking
for.</p></item>
- <item><p><gui>Background</gui>: in addition to now allowing you to change your lock screen background,
it is now also possible to select backgrounds from Flickr accounts.</p></item>
+ <item><p><gui>Background</gui>: in addition to the new lock screen background feature, it is now also
possible to select backgrounds from Flickr accounts.</p></item>
</list>
<media type="image" src="figures/time-and-date.png"/>
</section>
<section id="cantarell">
<title>More Beautiful, Legible Text</title>
- <p>Cantarell, the GNOME font, has had a big update for 3.10. Glyph coverage has been extended so that
more languages are supported, and the shape and spacing of existing letters has been improved. The result is
a more beautiful interface font which is easier to read.</p>
+ <p>Cantarell, the GNOME font, has had a big update for 3.10. Glyph coverage has been extended so that
more languages are supported, and the shape and spacing of existing letters has been improved. The result is
a more beautiful interface font that is easier to read.</p>
<media type="image" its:translate="no" src="figures/font-improvements.png"/>
</section>
<section id="high-dpi">
<title>High-Resolution Display Support</title>
- <p>High-resolution displays (also known as high-density displays) are becoming increasingly common.
GNOME 3.10 introduces support for these types of displays, and will now automatically scale what is displayed
on the screen to compensate for increased display density. This ensures that controls and content appear at
the correct size, and that interfaces are usable. This work could not have been possible without <link
href="http://www.gnome.org/news/2013/07/gnome-receives-hardware-donations-to-assist-with-high-definition-support/">the
generous donation of high-density display laptops to the GNOME Foundation by Brion Vibber and
Intel</link>.</p>
+ <p>High-resolution displays (also known as high-density displays) are becoming increasingly common.
GNOME 3.10 introduces support for these types of displays, and will now automatically scale what is displayed
on the screen to compensate for increased display density. This ensures that controls and content appear at
the correct size, and that interfaces are usable. This work could not have been possible without <link
href="http://www.gnome.org/news/2013/07/gnome-receives-hardware-donations-to-assist-with-high-definition-support/">the
generous donation of high-density display laptops</link> by Brion Vibber and Intel's <link
href="https://01.org/">Open Source Technology Center (OTC)</link>.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
</section>
<section id="smart-cards">
<title>Smart Card Support</title>
- <p>Smart cards are now supported as an alternate way to log in and unlock. Primarily of interest to
enterprise GNOME deployments, smart cards can be configured as the primary authentication method (password
access can be disabled). It is also possible to configure whether removing a smart card locks or ends the
user session.</p>
- <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- </section>
-
- <section id="magnifier">
- <title>Magnifier Focus and Caret Tracking</title>
- <p>Users of the screen magnifier can fully enjoy a rich magnification experience with the addition of
new caret and focus tracking. With this new feature, the magnifier no longer tracks only the mouse but can
also track the focused interface widgets and the text input caret. This makes it much much easier to type and
navigate using the keyboard while using the magnifier. For 3.10 it is necessary to use <app>DConf
Editor</app> to turn this feature on. It will be added to the <gui>Universal Access</gui> settings in a
future release.</p>
+ <p>Smart cards are now supported as an alternate way to log in and unlock. Primarily of interest to
enterprise GNOME deployments, smart cards can be configured as the primary authentication method (password
access can be disabled). It is also possible to configure whether removing a smart card locks the device or
logs the user out.</p>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
</section>
@@ -85,9 +79,9 @@
<list>
<item><p>An improved login screen, with a better layout and nicer transitions.</p></item>
<item><p>Baseline alignment of text labels, resulting in more evenly and consistently aligned
text.</p></item>
- <item><p>A keyboard navigable top bar calendar, and sliders in the system status menu that can be used
with the <app>Orca</app> screen reader.</p></item>
+ <item><p>A keyboard navigable drop-down calendar, and sliders in the system status menu that can be
used with the <app>Orca</app> screen reader.</p></item>
<item><p>Better looking lock screen notifications.</p></item>
- <item><p>A Orca, the GNOME screen reader, can be easily turn on or off at any time just by pressing
<keyseq><key>Super</key><key>Alt</key><key>S</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>A screen reader can be turned on or off at any time by pressing
<keyseq><key>Super</key><key>Alt</key><key>S</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
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