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Subject: www/sites/www/announcements/not42
From: Lydia Pintscher <lydia () kde ! org>
Date: 2009-01-26 0:16:26
Message-ID: 1232928986.726050.440.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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<p>The KDE development platform contains common UI widgets, but also
-libraries for interaction with hardware, multimedia, configuration, network
+libraries for interaction with hardware, multimedia, configuration and network
transparency, among others. Some changes affect most or all the KDE applications.
The most notable of these improvements include:</p>
-<p>The <strong>'file open'</strong> and 'file save' dialogs have been touched up.
+<p>The <strong>'file open'</strong> and <strong>'file save'</strong> dialogs have \
been touched up. Using the same
infrastructure as Dolphin, they now also include a zoom slider and can show file
previews. Sharing such user interface elements ensures a smooth and consistent
@@ -21,32 +21,32 @@
<?php
screenshot("file-open-dialog_thumb.png", "file-open-dialog.png", "",
- "The File Open dialog has further been improved");
+ "The File Open dialog has been further improved");
?>
<p>The <strong>Oxygen artwork </strong>continues its path of refinement. In Plasma \
the panel has a new (transparent) look. Window shadows now form a blue highlight \
around the
-active window and wobble when you have wobbly windows enabled. Subtle
+active window and wobble when you have the wobbly windows effect enabled. Subtle
improvements like the new progress bars and scroll bars can be found everywhere,
but the new wallpapers are probably most visible. Extending the already very
complete collection with some new high quality pieces of art they bring a fresh
look to your desktop.</p>
-<h2>KDE on windows and Mac</h2>
+<h2>KDE on Windows and Mac</h2>
<p>The KDE packages for Windows and Mac are <strong>not fully mature yet</strong>, \
but getting better. If you want, you can have a look. You can download the installer \
from <a href="http://windows.kde.org">windows.kde.org</a>, choose <em>"Download \
Installer"</em> from the download section and start the installer. Go through the \
dialogs by
-using "Next". It is smart to choose a mirror in the Download Server close to you
-to speed up the download of the kde applications. After that you can choose
+using "Next". It is smart to choose a mirror in the server list close to you
+to speed up the download of the KDE applications. After that you can choose
which KDE release you want - it is advisable to go for either the latest stable
or the latest unstable release. Next up will be a list of languages and software
you can choose to install. Choose your language by clicking the little box in
front of the line, and choose for example kdegraphics and kdeedu. Going further
clicking <em>"next" </em>will start downloading and installing the choosen \
applications
-and languages. You can now find the KDE applications in a submenu in the windows
+and languages. You can now find the KDE applications in a submenu in the Windows
Programs menu. Enjoy!</p>
@@ -67,19 +67,18 @@
<p>KDE 4.2 introduces experimental <strong>Python bindings support for the Marble \
widget</strong> and related classes. This means it is possible for KDE applications \
written in Python to make direct use of the Marble widget in their user interface to
-display an interactive map, and to overlay custom information and rendering on
+display an interactive map and to overlay custom information and rendering on
top of it.</p>
-<p>The KrossFalcon binding provides Kross enabled KDE applications with a powerful,
+<p>The KrossFalcon binding provides Kross-enabled KDE applications with a powerful,
light and extensive scripting engine, based on <a
href="http://www.falconpl.org">The Falcon Programming Language</a>. The time
needed to load Falcon scripts, and the fast reflection of QT objects into
language variables ensure performance and throughput far above what can be
-achieved with other scripting engines. This without forfeiting the ability to
-build even complex, stand-alone application grade scripts. Falcon provides also
+achieved with other scripting engines. The Falcon binding does this without \
forfeiting the ability to build complex, stand-alone application-grade scripts. \
Falcon also provides the ability to dynamically load and use other scripts and C \
libraries, that can
-thus be seen as plug-ins. You are then fully able to build higly dynamic
+thus be seen as plug-ins. You are then fully able to build highly dynamic
applications, with a C++/Qt front-end and a flexible and pluggable engine. And
while libraries and bindings for Falcon are still few, but growing fast, the
language itself has everything you'd expect from a modern scripting language,
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@
Sytem Settings module and several other KDE plugins can now be written in Python
</li>
<li>
- Phonon's VideoWidget now supports taking snapshots
+ Phonon's VideoWidget now supports taking snapshots.
</li>
<li>
Various improvements in the Kross Ruby and Python engines, easing
@@ -113,13 +112,13 @@
</ul>
-<p>Documentation has been added about many parts of KDE on <a
-href="http://techbase.kde.org">techbase</a>. We are still a long way from
+<p>Documentation about many parts of KDE has been added to <a
+href="http://techbase.kde.org">Techbase</a>. We are still a long way from
properly documenting all the new and improved libraries. You can ask for help
and information on the IRC channels and mailinglists. When you figured out how
something works, it would be greatly appreciated if you could turn this learning
experience into documentation for others to ease their learning process! Head on
-to <a href="http://techbase.kde.org">techbase</a> and help your fellow
+to <a href="http://techbase.kde.org">Techbase</a> and help your fellow
programmer.</p>
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