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[release-notes] add more sections and notes

commit 659e800521f2317696407d3f04436bfa78f67ad4
Author: Link Dupont <link sub-pop net>
Date:   Tue Aug 31 11:57:56 2021 -0400

    add more sections and notes

 help/C/index.page | 173 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 84 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)
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diff --git a/help/C/index.page b/help/C/index.page
index faa878a9..220a46f0 100644
--- a/help/C/index.page
+++ b/help/C/index.page
@@ -24,35 +24,63 @@ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"; type="guide" id="index">
   <title>Introducing GNOME &gnomeversion;</title>
 
   <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; is the product of 6 months' work by the GNOME project.
-  It includes a number of significant improvements and new features, as well as a
-  large collection of smaller enhancements.</p>
+  It includes a number of significant improvements and new features, as well as
+  a large collection of smaller enhancements.</p>
 
-  <p>The most notable changes this release include the revamped Software app, new
-  multitasking settings, and enhanced power management features. With these
-  changes, GNOME is smarter, more flexible, and offers a richer and more engaging
-  experience than ever before.</p>
+  <p>The most notable changes this release include an improved
+  <app>Software</app> app, new multitasking settings, and enhanced power
+  management features. With these changes, GNOME is smarter, more flexible, and
+  offers a richer and more engaging experience than ever before.</p>
 
-  <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; also comes with significant improvements for developers,
-  including a new developer documentation website, a major new version of the
-  Human Interface Guidelines, new features in the Builder IDE, GTK 4 enhancements,
-  and much more.</p>
+  <p>GNOME 41 also comes with significant improvements for developers, including
+  a new developer documentation website, a major new version of the Human
+  Interface Guidelines, new features in the Builder IDE, GTK 4 enhancements, and
+  much more.</p>
 
-  <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; is the second release to use GNOME's new version
-  numbering schema, which has replaced the old odd/even point release approach
-  with a simpler, single integer. The next release, version 42, is planned for
-  March 2022.</p>
+  <p>GNOME 41 is the second release to use GNOME's new version numbering schema,
+  which has replaced the old odd/even point release approach with a simpler,
+  single integer. The next release, version 42, is planned for March 2022.</p>
+
+  <section id="power-profiles">
+    <title>More Power To You</title>
+
+    <p>New power profiles were actually introduced in GNOME 40. In GNOME 41,
+    those profiles are now accessible within the desktop.</p>
+
+    <list>
+      <item><p><gui>Balanced</gui> is the default profile. This profile offers a
+      standard balance between performance and power consumption.</p></item>
+      <item><p><gui>Performance</gui> increases the CPU performance, allowing
+      many applications and activities to run faster, but at a cost of power
+      consumption.</p></item>
+      <item><p><gui>Power Saver</gui> reduces the GPU performance, slowing down
+      applications in order to reduce power consumption and conserve battery
+      life.</p></item>
+    </list>
+    
+    <p>With GNOME 41, these power profiles can be changed quickly from the <gui
+    style="menu">System Status</gui> menu. The <gui>Power Saver</gui> profile
+    can be configured to automatically enabled itself when the system is on
+    battery power and the battery level is low. It also dims the display sooner
+    and fades the screen faster befsore suspending the device.</p>
+    
+    <p>Initial support has been added that allows applications to request a
+    power profile in certain situations. For example, a game can request the
+    performance profile. The active requests are listed in the
+    <app>Settings</app> <gui>Power</gui> section.</p>
+  </section>
 
   <section id="software">
     <title>Overhauled Software install experience</title>
 
-    <p>GNOME's Software app has been given an overhaul for GNOME 41. It's now
+    <p><app>Software</app> has been given an overhaul for GNOME 41. It's now
     easier to browse available apps, thanks to the inclusion of descriptions in
     app tiles, as well as a new, smaller set of application categories.
     Application pages also have a new design, with bigger screenshots and new
     information tiles with information about each app.</p>
 
-    <p>Almost every part of the application has been polished or improved in some
-    way. This includes redesigned settings, more attractive layouts in the
+    <p>Almost every part of the application has been polished or improved in
+    some way. This includes redesigned settings, more attractive layouts in the
     installed and updates view, enhanced OS upgrade banners, and much much
     more.</p>
 
@@ -62,67 +90,31 @@ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"; type="guide" id="index">
   </section>
 
   <section id="multitasking">
-    <title>New multitasking settings</title>
-
-    <p>GNOME &gnomeversion; includes a new Multitasking settings panel, which
-    includes common settings related to window switching, workspaces and displays.
-    The settings make it possible to:</p>
-
-    <list>
-      <item><p>disable the activities hot corner</p></item>
-      <item><p>disable "active screen edges" (resizing a window by dragging it
-      against the screen edge)</p></item>
-      <item><p>switch from a dynamic to a static number of workspaces</p></item>
-      <item><p>include workspaces on all displays and not just the primary
-      display</p></item>
-      <item><p>when switching between apps using
-      <keyseq><key>Super</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>, only switch between apps on
-      the current workspace</p></item>
-    </list>
-
-    <p>These settings make it possible to adjust GNOME to your preferred way of
-    working, as well as to particular hardware setups.</p>
-  </section>
+    <title>Multitasking</title>
 
-  <section id="power-profiles">
-    <title>Enhanced power management features</title>
-
-    <p>Power profiles were originally introduced in GNOME last release, version
-    40. They provide three modes which can be used to control device performance
-    and power consumption:</p>
+    <p>The new <gui>Multitasking</gui> section in <app>Settings</app> enables users
+    to customize common multitasking options related to window switching,
+    workspaces and displays.</p>
 
     <list>
-      <item><p><gui>Balanced</gui>, which is the default mode. This provides a
-      standard performance and power consumption.</p></item>
-      <item><p><gui>Performance</gui>, in which CPU performance is increased, so
-      that many apps and activities will run faster, with greater power
-      consumption.</p></item>
-      <item><p><gui>Power saver</gui>, which both makes the device run a little
-      slower, and saves power.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Enable or disable the <gui>Activities</gui> hot
+      corner.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Enable or disable the <gui>Active Screen Edges</gui>.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Configure <gui>Workspaces</gui> to be either dynamic or a fixed
+      number.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Show workspaces on all displays or on the primary display
+      only.</p></item>
+      <item><p>When switching applications
+      (<keyseq><key>Super</key><key>Tab</key></keyseq>), whether to include
+      applications from all workspaces or only the current workspace.</p></item>
     </list>
-
-    <p>From GNOME 40 it has been possible to switch between these power profiles
-    from the power settings.</p>
-
-    <p>With GNOME 41, power modes have been improved. It is now possible to view
-    and change the power mode from the system status menu in the top bar. Low
-    power mode has also been enhanced: when it is active, the screen will now dim
-    after short periods of inactivity and, when the screen fades prior to suspend,
-    it does so more quickly.</p>
-
-    <p>Power saver mode is now also automatically enabled when running on low
-    battery (this behavior can be controlled from the power settings).</p>
-
-    <p>Initial support has been added to allow apps to request a power profile.
-    This is most relevant for allowing performance sensitive apps to request
-    performance mode, to ensure fast operation.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="connections-app">
     <title>New Connections app</title>
 
-    <p><app>Connections</app> is GNOME's new remote desktop client. It provides a
-    modern, easy to use experience for connecting to other desktops, and
+    <p><app>Connections</app> is GNOME's new remote desktop client. It provides
+    a modern, easy to use experience for connecting to other desktops, and
     automatically handles as much of the complexity for you as possible. VNC and
     RDP connections are both supported.</p>
   </section>
@@ -130,30 +122,32 @@ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"; type="guide" id="index">
   <section id="cellular-preferences">
     <title>New Cellular settings panel</title>
 
-    <p>TODO.</p>
+    <p>GNOME 41 introduces a <gui>Cellular</gui> <app>Settings</app> section.
+    This section is displayed if the system detects a compatible cellular modem.
+    The <gui>Network Mode</gui>, <gui>Data Roaming</gui> and other options
+    related to cellular connectivity can be configured here.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="performance">
     <title>Smoother, faster</title>
 
     <p>GNOME is continually working to improve performance, responsiveness and
-    smoothness, and GNOME &gnomeversion; includes a collection of improvements in
-    this area.</p>
+    smoothness, and GNOME &gnomeversion; includes a collection of improvements
+    in this area.</p>
 
     <list>
-      <item><p>Efficiency improvements in GNOME &gnomeversion; mean that the
-      screen will update faster in response to keyboard and pointer input. This
-      change only applies to those using the Wayland display server, and the
-      effects will be more noticeable with some displays rather than others (the
-      improvement is more significant on displays with lower refresh
-      rates).</p></item>
+      <item><p>Efficiency improvements in GNOME 41 mean that the screen will
+      update faster in response to keyboard and pointer input. This change only
+      applies to those using the Wayland display server, and the effects will be
+      more noticeable with some displays rather than others (the improvement is
+      more significant on displays with lower refresh rates).</p></item>
       <item><p>System-level multitouch gestures now behave more reliably and
       consistenty.</p></item>
       <item><p>The transition when switching between workspaces is now more
       seamless, thanks to ensuring that there is a focused window on the
       workspaces that are being moved between.</p></item>
-      <item><p>Rendering has been improved GTK 4, with better performance as well
-      as bug fixes.</p></item>
+      <item><p>Rendering has been improved GTK 4, with better performance as
+      well as bug fixes.</p></item>
       <item><p>Finally, a major code cleanup has happened in Mutter, GNOME's
       window manager, which will improve long-term maintainability and
       efficiency.</p></item>
@@ -163,12 +157,11 @@ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"; type="guide" id="index">
   <section id="music">
     <title>A prettier Music app</title>
 
-    <p>GNOME's Music app has had a round of UI polish for GNOME 41. Artwork is now
-    larger and has rounded corners, the artist list includes images, a new album
-    view includes a handy play button, and the redesigned player bar is more
-    spacious.</p>
-
-    <p>Music also has new welcome artwork.</p>
+    <p><app>Music</app> has been given a round of UI polish for GNOME 41.
+    Artwork is now larger and has rounded corners, the artist list includes
+    images, a new album view includes a handy play button, and the redesigned
+    player bar is more spacious. <app>Music</app> also has new welcome
+    artwork.</p>
   </section>
 
   <section id="thats-not-all">
@@ -178,13 +171,15 @@ xmlns:e="http://projectmallard.org/experimental/"; type="guide" id="index">
     including:</p>
 
     <list>
-      <item><p><app>Files</app> now allows creating encrypted .zip files, which
-      require a password to be opened.</p></item>
-      <item><p><app>Calendar</app> can now import events from .ics
+      <item><p><app>Files</app> can now create encrypted <sys>.zip</sys> files,
+      requiring a password before they can be opened.</p></item>
+      <item><p><app>Calendar</app> can now import events from <sys>.ics</sys>
       files.</p></item>
       <item><p><app>Web</app> has better support for dark mode, faster pinch to
       zoom (on some websites), and has better handling for unresponsive
       websites.</p></item>
+      <item><p><app>Calculator</app> is now adaptive, reflowing itself based on
+      the window size.</p></item>
     </list>
   </section>
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