[release-notes/gnome-3-12] refine the apps page
- From: Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-12] refine the apps page
- Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 16:06:39 +0000 (UTC)
commit a7dd6cec7d8bfc31354921718e6392639f56def9
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date: Mon Mar 17 16:06:12 2014 +0000
refine the apps page
help/C/more-apps.page | 26 +++++++++++++-------------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/more-apps.page b/help/C/more-apps.page
index a48a010..c2eed28 100644
--- a/help/C/more-apps.page
+++ b/help/C/more-apps.page
@@ -24,49 +24,49 @@
<title>New and Updated Applications</title>
- <p>Many bug fixes and small improvements to applications. In addition, there are also a number of major
updates and a collection of new preview applications.</p>
+ <p>Other applications have had major updates for 3.12, and this release also includes a set of new preview
applications. Additionally, there are many smaller bug fixes and enhancements to GNOME applications in the
release.</p>
<section id="gedit">
<title>New Look gedit</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>The <app>gedit</app> text editor has had a major update this release. Sporting a new GNOME 3 style
design, the application now uses a header bar and gear menu, which results in a more compact and focused
interface. Many other aspects of the application have had design updates, including the sidebar and the use
of popovers for selecting the document format and tab width.</p>
+ <p>The <app>gedit</app> text editor has had a major update this release. Sporting a new, modern design,
the application now uses a header bar and gear menu, which results in a more compact and focused interface.
Many other aspects of the application have had design updates, including the sidebar and the use of popovers
for selecting the document format and tab width.</p>
<p>Other notable improvements include new shortcuts for opening the last closed tab with
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Shift</key><key>T</key></keyseq> and for changing case.</p>
</section>
<section id="web">
<title>Upgrade Your Web</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p><app>Web</app>, the GNOME web browser, also features a long list of interface improvements for 3.12.
It has a new address bar design, which keeps the header bar clean and informative, a new style for incognito
windows, better downloading behaviour, an updated Most Visited page (which let's you jump to the sites you
visit most often), redesigned cookies and passwords dialogs and nicer error pages.</p>
- <p>The new version also includes a number of significant performance improvements, including faster
start up times, and improvements to page loading times.</p>
+ <p><app>Web</app>, the GNOME browser, features a long list of interface improvements for 3.12. It has a
new address bar design, which keeps the header bar clean and informative, a new style for incognito windows,
better downloading behaviour, an updated <gui>Most Visited</gui> page (which let's you jump to the sites you
visit most often), redesigned cookies and passwords dialogs and nicer error pages.</p>
+ <p>The new version also includes a number of significant performance improvements, including faster
startup and improvements to page loading times.</p>
</section>
- <section id="new-apps">
- <title>New Applications for 3.12</title>
+ <section id="new-preview-apps">
+ <title>New Preview Applications for 3.12</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>Sound Recorder, Logs, Polari</p>
+ <p>GNOME 3.12 includes three new preview applications. <app>Polari</app> is a new, modern IRC client for
GNOME, which provides an effective and streamlined way to communicate using the popular IRC chat protocol.
<app>Sound Recorder</app> is a utility for recording audio from your computer. Designed to be simple to use,
it shows an overview of your previous recordings, which you can play straight from the application. Finally,
<app>Logs</app> is a new system utility for inspecting the software logs on your computer; it is designed to
enable users and developers to easily find the sources of problems. <app>Logs</app> is specifically designed
for use with <app>systemd</app></p>
+ <p>All of these preview applications are very new, and are being released primarily for testing and
feedback purposes.</p>
</section>
<section id="games">
<title>Games Update Pack</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>GNOME's games have had an upgrade for 3.12. A total of 10 games have new modernized window layouts
(this includes <app>Chess</app>, <app>Five or More</app>, <app>Four-in-a-row</app>, <app>Iagno</app>,
<app>Mahjongg</app>, <app>Mines</app>, <app>Quadrapassel</app>, <app>Swell Foop</app>, <app>Tetravex</app>,
and <app>Tali</app>). enjoy modernized window layouts. <app>Lights Off</app> and <app>Quadrapassel</app> now
use the dark window theme to match their visual styles, and <app>Four-in-a-row</app> has a new theme, using
art from the Faenza icon set.</p>
- <p><app>Chess</app> and <app>Iagno</app> have improved game logic for this release. In both games the
computer player moves slower to give the game a more natural pace, and the computer player in
<app>Chess</app> is now much easier to play against when using the GNU Chess engine.</p>
+ <p>GNOME's games have had an upgrade for 3.12. A total of 10 games have new modernized window layouts
(this includes <app>Chess</app>, <app>Five or More</app>, <app>Four-in-a-row</app>, <app>Iagno</app>,
<app>Mahjongg</app>, <app>Mines</app>, <app>Quadrapassel</app>, <app>Swell Foop</app>, <app>Tetravex</app>,
and <app>Tali</app>). <app>Lights Off</app> and <app>Quadrapassel</app> now use the dark window theme to
match their visual styles, and <app>Four-in-a-row</app> has a new theme, using art from the <app>Faenza</app>
icon set.</p>
+ <p>Additionally, <app>Chess</app> and <app>Iagno</app> have improved game logic for this release. In
both games the computer player moves slower to give the game a more natural pace, and the computer player in
<app>Chess</app> is now much easier to play against when using the GNU Chess engine.</p>
</section>
<section id="photos">
<title>Photos Update</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>Search has been added to <app>Photos</app> for 3.12, which includes the ability to search for photos
from the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>. It also has <app>Facebook</app> integration, which allows you to
view your Facebook photos directly from the app. Screenshot handling has also been improved: screenshots are
now automatically sorted into a special album.</p>
- <p>Finally, performance has been improved, so that photos are loaded much faster when you have a large
collection.</p>
+ <p>Search has been added to <app>Photos</app> for 3.12, which includes the ability to search for photos
from the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>. It also has <app>Facebook</app> integration, which allows you to
view your Facebook photos directly from the app. Screenshot handling has also been improved: screenshots are
now automatically sorted into a special album. Last but not least, performance has been improved, so that
photos are loaded much faster when you have a large collection.</p>
</section>
<section id="apps-more">
<title>Other Application Improvements</title>
<list>
- <item><p><app>Notes</app> has a new option to open notes in a new window, and a trash bin has been
added to prevent you from accidentally deleting notes.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Notes</app> has a new option to open notes in a new window, as well as a trash bin to
prevent you from accidentally deleting notes.</p></item>
<item><p>The <app>Terminal</app> has a collection of new features. It now automatically wraps lines
(there is a setting to configure this behaviour), and the new version includes a setting to use the dark
visual theme for <app>Terminal</app> windows as well as the popular <link
href="http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized">Solarized</link> color palette. Last but not least, it is now
possible to search for terminals from the <gui>Activities Overview</gui>: searching for a command or
locations will display open terminals and allow you to quickly switch to them.</p></item>
<item><p>You can now create playlists in <app>Music</app>.</p></item>
- <item><p><app>Boxes</app> has received networking improvements, which result in faster connection
speeds and the ability for communication between boxes and between boxes and the host. There is now the
option to import existing boxes from the host system and box installation has been improved: operating system
detection has been extended to cover additional OS types and versions. Finally, many of the UI transitions
are now smoother and more effective.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Boxes</app> has received networking improvements, which results in faster connection
speeds and the ability for communication between boxes as well as between boxes and the host. The option to
import existing boxes from the host system has also been added, and box installation has been improved:
operating system detection has been extended to cover additional OS types and versions. Many transitions are
now smoother and more effective.</p></item>
<item><p>For 3.12, panning between locations is smoother in <app>Maps</app>. Search will autocomplete
previous searches, and there is a better minimum zoom level.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
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