[release-notes/gnome-3-26] initial rough draft of the main page

[Allan Day <allanday src gnome org>]

commit 60b6ed47f844a5fe90175ff18d82782c8b3cbea2
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date:   Fri Sep 1 18:25:12 2017 +0100

    initial rough draft of the main page

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   contributors.</p>
 
   <p>&gnomeversion; has been named “Manchester” in recognition of this year’s
-  <link href="https://2017.guadec.org/";>GUADEC</link>, which was held in
-  Manchester, UK. GNOME’s events are only possible due to the amazing work of
-  local volunteers.</p>
+  <link href="https://2017.guadec.org/";>GUADEC</link> organizing team. GUADEC
+  is GNOME's primary annual conference and is only possible due to the amazing
+  work of local volunteers. This year's event was held in Manchester, UK, and
+  was a big success. Thank you team Manchester!</p>
 
   <section id="search">
     <title>Improved Search</title>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-    <p></p>
+    <p>System search has been improved for GNOME 3.26. Results have an updated
+    layout which makes them easier to read and shows more items at once.
+    Additionally, it is now possible to search for system actions, including
+    <gui>power off</gui>, <gui>suspend</gui>, <gui>lock screen</gui>, <gui>log
+    out</gui>, <gui>switch user</gui> and <gui>orientation lock</gui> (note
+    that log out and switch user only appear if there's more than one user, and
+    orientation lock is only available if the device has an accelerometer).</p>
+    <p>These search features can be accessed in the usual way: click
+    <gui>Activities</gui> and type into the search box, or simply press
+    <key>Super</key> and start to type!</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="settings">
     <title>Settings, Transformed</title>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-    <p></p>
+    <p>GNOME 3.26 introduces a radically transformed Settings application. The
+    previous grid of icons is gone and, in its place, a sidebar allows
+    switching between different areas.</p>
+    <p>The new sidebar makes it much easier to navigate the settings
+    application and provides a more logical set of setting groupings. It is
+    also quicker to switch between each setting area and means that the
+    Settings window can now be resized.</p>
+    <p>GNOME's network settings have been improved as a part of this work.
+    Wi-Fi now has its own dedicated settings area. Detailed settings dialogs
+    have also been reworked, so that they are clearer and easier to use.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="color-emoji">
-    <title>Color Emoji!</title>
+    <title>Color Emoji! 👍💎🍩🐈</title>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-    <p></p>
+    <p>Color emoji have arrived in GNOME! These will now be displayed in their
+    proper full-color glory wherever they appear. With 3.26, GNOME also
+    provides mechanisms to select and insert color emoji. <app>Characters</app>
+    allows them to be browsed and copied, so you can paste them into emails,
+    chats and documents. Polari, the GNOME IRC client, has a dedicated emoji
+    picker and a similar emoji picker is being made available for other
+    applications to use.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="web-sync">
     <title>Synchronize Your Browser</title>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-    <p></p>
+    <p>In <app>Web</app>, the GNOME browser, it is now possible to synchronize
+    your bookmarks, passwords and browser history, using the <link 
href="https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/features/sync/";>Firefox Sync</link> service.
+    This makes it possible to keep an online backup of this information and
+    also to share it with Firefox desktop and mobile.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="display-settings">
     <title>Redesigned Display Settings</title>
     <media type="image" src="figures/placeholder.png"/>
-    <p></p>
+    <p>GNOME's display settings have been redesigned for 3.26. The new settings
+    are easier to use, with clear modes that match how multiple displays get
+    used. The new design aims to bring relevant settings to the forefront, so
+    it is easy to get an overview of how your displays are setup.</p>
+    <p>One major highlight is a new scaling setting, which allows the size of
+    controls and text on the screen to be adjusted. This makes it possible to
+    adjust the density of what's shown on your display in order to make it
+    comfortable to use.</p>
   </section>
 
-
   <section id="thats-not-all">
     <title>And That’s Not All…</title>
     <p>As usual, there are also many other smaller improvements in this GNOME
     release. Here are some of them!</p>
     <list>
-      <item><p></p></item>
-      <item><p></p></item>
-      <item><p></p></item>
+      <item><p><app>Boxes</app>, the GNOME application for virtual and remote machines, now allows folders 
to be shared between a box and your computer.</p></item>
+      <item><p>The size of window thumbnails has been increased in the Activities Overview, making it easier 
to pick the window you want.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Windows now smoothly transition when they are maximized, unmaximized or snapped to one half 
of the screen. As well as looking good, this makes it easier to track what's happening on screen.</p></item>
+      <item><p>In <app>Software</app>, updates have been improved. They are now grouped by type and provide 
more accurate progress information when being installed.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Simple Scan, the GNOME application for scanning images and documents, has had some interface 
improvements for 3.26. A new start screen provides some useful guidance, editing tools are easier to identify 
and preferences can be accessed from the header bar.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Logs now groups similar messages together, which makes the history much shorter, making it 
easier to find what you're looking for.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Polari has a new setup guide.</p></item>
+      <item><p>When you resize a filesystem in <app>Disks</app> it is now possible to also resize its 
partition, which often saves an extra task.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Maps has a collection of small improvements: there are new keyboard shortcuts, more 
information is shown about places and the last transportation method is remembered when plotting 
routes.</p></item>
+      <item><p>GNOME's calendaring, contacts, to do and mail applications now perform better offline - many 
items can now be edited when you don't have an internet connection, and any changes will be uploaded the next 
time you are online.</p></item>
+      <item><p>The top bar now becomes transparent when there aren't any maximized windows. This is more 
attractive and gives a better sense of space.</p></item>s
     </list>
   </section>