[release-notes/gnome-3-12] write up the core ux page
- From: Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-12] write up the core ux page
- Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:17:42 +0000 (UTC)
commit 0dc448713971f2b6896a92baded3eb45dd6445f4
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date: Wed Mar 12 18:17:16 2014 +0000
write up the core ux page
help/C/more-core-ux.page | 21 +++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/more-core-ux.page b/help/C/more-core-ux.page
index 00983c9..e94cd15 100644
--- a/help/C/more-core-ux.page
+++ b/help/C/more-core-ux.page
@@ -23,21 +23,30 @@
<section id="geolocation">
<title>Upgraded Geolocation</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>First introduced in 3.10. Now has more reliable and accurate sources in addition to existing IP-based
source: Cell towers and GPS, using 3G modems
-WiFi, using Mozilla Location Service that allows you to easily help improve geolocation by
installing/running a small app on your android phone. Status icon indicates when an app is using geolocation
services.</p>
- <p>Controls in the system status area allow geolocation to be turned off.</p>
+ <p>GNOME's new geolocation framework was first introduced last release, in version 3.10. Since then it
has received a number of updates. Three new means of determining location have been introduced:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p>If you are using mobile broadband, the location of the cell tower you are connected
to.</p></item>
+ <item><p>GPS, if you have a 3G modem that incorporates it.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Nearby Wi-Fi access points. This usies the <link
href="https://location.services.mozilla.com/">Mozilla Location Service</link>, and you can help to improve
the accuracy of this by using the MozStumbler Android app on your phone.</p></item>
+ </list>
+ <p>Feedback about when location services are being used and controls for turning them on and off have
also been introduced for 3.12. If an application is accessing your location, an icon is displayed in the top
bar. The system status menu also includes controls to disable these services. More detailed privacy controls
are planned for the future.</p>
</section>
<section id="cloud-integration">
<title>Extended Cloud Integration</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>Google cloud print support, Pocket integration in Videos, Facebook integration in Photos. The
Settings app now lets you select images from a Flickr account to use as a background.</p>
+ <p>The drive to integrate GNOME 3 with cloud services continues in this release. One major new feature
for 3.12 is the introduction of <link href="http://www.google.co.uk/cloudprint/learn/">Google Cloud
Print</link> integration. This allows you to print from GNOME to printers that are using the Google Cloud
Print service, as well as to add documents to Google Drive. These options can be found in the standard GNOME
print dialog, and are available when a Google account has been set up in <gui>Online Accounts</gui>. Other
additions to cloud integration include:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p><link hre="http://getpocket.com/a/">Pocket</link> integration has been added to
<app>Videos</app>, meaning that you can watch videos stored in your <app>Pocket</app> account with the GNOME
video player.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Photos</app> now features <app>Facebook</app> integration, so that you can browse your
Facebook photos alongside other photo sources.</p></item>
+ <item><p>In <app>Settings</app>, it is now possible to select images from your <app>Flickr</app>
account to use as a background wallpaper.</p></item>
+ </list>
</section>
<section id="initial-setup">
<title>Revamped Initial Setup Assistant</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>Major redesign for 3.12. Based on user testing funded by Intel."</p>
+ <p>GNOME's initial setup assistant, which helps people set up their system or new user accounts, has had
a facelift for 3.12. Based on usability research funded by the <link href="https://01.org/">Intel Open Source
Technology Center</link>, every step of the initial setup process has been updated to make it easier and
friendlier to use.</p>
</section>
<section id="wayland">
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ WiFi, using Mozilla Location Service that allows you to easily help improve geol
<section id="popovers">
<title>Popovers</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>New interface element for 3.12.</p>
+ <p>GNOME 3.12 introduces a new interface element, called popovers. Popovers are similar to menus, but
are far more flexible and can contain a variety of different controls. They allow more effective interface
designs for many common types of interface and enable developers to create imaginative design solutions.
Popovers are being used in a number of places in the new version of GNOME, and they will become increasingly
common in future versions.</p>
</section>
<section id="core-ux-other">
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