[release-notes/gnome-3-16] work up the more page
- From: Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>
- To: commits-list gnome org
- Cc:
- Subject: [release-notes/gnome-3-16] work up the more page
- Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:38:29 +0000 (UTC)
commit 91908b166014c102903cc93feb6723e9418da867
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date: Tue Mar 10 19:38:16 2015 +0000
work up the more page
help/C/more.page | 59 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------
1 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/more.page b/help/C/more.page
index 7277a8a..5b3bbcd 100644
--- a/help/C/more.page
+++ b/help/C/more.page
@@ -26,28 +26,31 @@
<p>The latest GNOME release includes many other new features and improvements.</p>
- <section id="calculator">
- <title>Calculator</title>
- <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>GNOME's <app>Calculator</app> has a new history view for &gnomeversion;. This makes it possible to
easily string several calculations together, as well as to reuse the figures from previous calculations. The
<app>Calculator</app> now also includes a simplified keyboard only mode, for cases when buttons aren't
needed.</p>
- </section>
-
<section id="box">
- <title>Boxes</title>
+ <title>Better Boxes</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
- <p>Reworked the properties interface - new dialog, reorganised. Settings have been made clearer and
easier to understand.</p>
- <p>Reworked box creation assistant. Removed cruft, better headings, added URL completion.</p>
- <p>Context menu in boxes overview. This menu is also accessible from the header bar when viewing a
box.</p>
- <p>Feedback when screen resolution changes.</p>
- <p>New menu for sending keyboard shortcuts to a box.</p>
- <p>Automatically pauses boxes that aren't being viewed - prevents unnecessary resource usage.</p>
- <p>Box display is always scaled.</p>
- <p>Pretty welcome screen.</p>
+ <p><app>Boxes</app>, the application for virtual and remote machines, has had a large number of user
interface fixes for &gnomeversion;:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p>Box properties have been reorganised and refined, so they are easier to find and
understand.</p></item>
+ <item><p>The box creation assistant has been improved, with clearer navigation, URL completion, and
general cleanups.</p></item>
+ <item><p>It is now possible to quickly act on individual boxes, with context menus in the box
overview, and matching header bar menus when viewing a box.</p></item>
+ <item><p>A new menu makes it possible to send keyboard shortcuts that cannot be entered directly into
a box, such as <keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>Delete</key></keyseq> and
<keyseq><key>Ctrl</key><key>Alt</key><key>F3</key></keyseq>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Boxes are now automatically paused when they aren't being viewed. This prevents unnecessary
resource usage.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Display handling has been improved. The display of boxes are now always automatically scaled,
and an on screen display indicates resolution changes.</p></item>
+ </list>
</section>
<section id="maps">
- <title>Improved Maps, now with Four Square</title>
+ <title>Improved Maps, now with Foursquare</title>
<media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
+ <p><app>Maps</app> has had a number of improvements for &gnomeversion;. Information bubbles have been
added for search results and favorite locations. These show useful information about places, such as their
address, wheelchair accessibility, and links to <link href="http://www.wikipedia.org/">Wikipedia</link>
articles. The new information bubbles also allow locations to be used as the start and end points for travel
directions, for sending a location to the <app>Weather</app> and <app>Clocks</app> applications, and for
marking favorite places.</p>
+ <p>Other new features and improvements in <app>Maps</app> include:</p>
+ <list>
+ <item><p>It is now possible to check into <link href="https://foursquare.com/">Foursquare</link>
directly from <app>Maps</app>. To use this feature, add your Foursquare account to <app>Online
Accounts</app>, and select the current location marker from <app>Maps</app>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>If contacts have addresses, you can search for contacts directly from <app>Maps</app>, if
they have address information.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Maps</app> can now gracefully handle when there is no network connection, or when
location services are turned off.</p></item>
+ <item><p>It is now possible to adjust routes by dragging them on the map.</p></item>
+ </list>
</section>
<section id="games">
@@ -56,19 +59,25 @@
<p>With &gnomeversion;, GNOME's games have had another update. This release includes a fun new sliding
blocks game, called <app>Taquin</app>. <app>Iagno</app> has also had a number of improvements, including a
new dialog for starting games and additional themes.</p>
</section>
+ <section id="calculator">
+ <title>Calculator History</title>
+ <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
+ <p>GNOME's <app>Calculator</app> has a new history view for &gnomeversion;. This makes it possible to
view previous calculations, and you can quickly copy figures that you have used before. Together, this makes
performing sequences of calculations much easier. The <app>Calculator</app> now also includes a simplified
keyboard only mode, for cases when buttons aren't needed.</p>
+ </section>
+
<section id="more">
- <title>Even More</title>
+ <title>Smaller Things</title>
<p>There are many other smaller improvements in GNOME &gnomeversion;. These include:</p>
<list>
- <item><p>Evince has a nicer sidebar.</p></item>
- <item><p>Major perormance improvements for Photos.</p></item>
- <item><p>Documents has a view switcher.</p></item>
- <item><p>Music has smart playlists.</p></item>
- <item><p>File chooser search.</p></item>
- <item><p>Privacy controls in initial setup, problem reporting settings in the control
center.</p></item>
- <item><p>geocode-glib now uses https, gnome terminal encrypts scrollback.</p></item>
- <item><p>Better codec installation experience.</p></item>
+ <item><p>The GNOME <app>Document Viewer</app> has a nicer sidebar.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Major performance improvements have been made to <app>Photos</app>.</p></item>
+ <item><p><app>Documents</app> now shows different views for recent documents and
collections.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Smart playlists have been added to <app>Music</app>, so you can view freqently played and
recently added tracks. It is now also possible to star your favorite tracks.</p></item> <!-- Music has also
got faster. Should it be turned into a bigger section? -->
+ <item><p>Search has been added to the system file chooser dialog.</p></item>
+ <item><p>Problem reporting controls have been added to <app>Settings</app>.</p></item>
+ <item><p>The initial setup assistant now includes a section on privacy controls. Privacy has also been
improved for geolocation (thanks to the use of https) and the <app>Terminal</app> (as scrollback is now
encrypted).</p></item>
+ <item><p>In <app>Contacts</app>, small maps are now shown for addresses. These provide a handy link
through to <app>Maps</app>, where you can see the location in more detail.</p></item>
</list>
</section>
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