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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    www/sites/www/announcements/4.3
From:       Jos Poortvliet <jospoortvliet () kde ! org>
Date:       2009-08-01 23:32:26
Message-ID: 1249169546.393902.15645.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 1005741 by jpoortvliet:

improved wording, added screenshots and screencast. Should be (close to) final now. \
also created a temporary index2.php for review purpose.


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--- trunk/www/sites/www/announcements/4.3/index.php #1005740:1005741
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 </p>
 
 <div  align="center" style="width: auto; margin-top: 20px; margin-botton: 20px;">
-<img src="screenshots/desktop_thumb.png" align="center"  height="337"  /><br />
+<a href="screenshots/desktop.png"><img src="screenshots/desktop_thumb.png" \
align="center" width="504" height="315"  /></a><br />  <em>The KDE 4.3 \
Desktop</em></div>  
 <h3>
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
   <li>
     <strong>Dolphin</strong>, a user-friendly, network- and content-aware file \
manager  </li>
-  <li>
+  <li>screenshots/desktop_thumb.png
     <strong>KRunner</strong>, a search and launch system for running commands and \
finding useful information  </li>
   <li>
@@ -63,15 +63,23 @@
 <ul>
   <li>
     The <a href="http://plasma.kde.org">Plasma Desktop Shell</a> introduces a <b>new \
default theme</b>, Air. Air looks much lighter and fits better with the default \
application theme. Plasma also has seen large <b>performance improvements</b>. Memory \
usage has been reduced, and animations are more smooth. <b>Activities can now be tied \
to virtual desktops</b>, allowing users to have different widgets on each of their \
desktops. Furthermore, Plasma has improved upon its <b>job and notification \
management</b>. Running jobs are grouped in a single progress bar to prevent the \
popup of too many dialogs. Animations are used to signify that jobs are still running \
by smoothly sliding dialogs into the systemtray and animating the notification icon. \
Smaller changes in Plasma include <b>fully configurable keyboard shortcuts</b> and \
more extensive keyboard navigation, the ability to create a plasma widget when you \
drag or copy content on the desktop and many <b>new and improved Plasma wid  \
gets</b>. The folderview widget now allows the user to <b>peek into a folder by \
hovering it</b> and the <b>new Translatoid widget</b> translates words and sentences \
right on your desktop using Google Translate. Furthermore, KRunner made its \
<b>plugins features easier to discover</b> by having a 'help' button showing the \
syntax of commands in the result area. <b>Actions also have a small configuration</b> \
allowing for example to start applications under another user account. +    <br>
     </li>
   <li>
     The file manager Dolphin shows <b>small previews of files within a folder</b> \
and video thumbnails to help the user identify items. The <b>trash can now be \
configured</b> from the Dolphin Settings menu, and various configurable limitations \
on the trash size help make sure the disk does not fill up with deleted files. The \
menu which is shown on a right mouseclick on a item is configurable and the \
configuration dialog in general has been redesigned to be <b>easier to use</b>. The \
new <b>network:/ location</b> shows other computers and services on the network \
(currently limited to those announced by DNS-SD/zeroconf protocols, more will be \
supported in future versions). +    <br>
   </li>
   <li>
     Further refinements to the workspace tools make it easier to work with your \
computer. A <b>faster Systemsettings</b> introduces a <b>optional treeview </b>for \
the configuration and several improvements to settingsdialogs. <b>New effects</b> \
like 'Sheet' and "Slide Back" and <b>better performance</b> in <b>KWin </b>make \
window management more smooth, while integration with the Plasma themes create a more \
consistent look. <b>Klipper</b>, a tool which keeps a history of things copied to the \
clipboard, can now <b>act intelligently on the content</b>. It automatically \
determines a list of applications which can handle a object copied to the clipboard \
and allows the user to start them right away.<br> +    <br>
   </li>
 </ul>
 </p>
+<p>
+<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AYGVt2oC" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" \
width="480" height="390" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>  \
+<br> +<a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Jospoortvliet-KDE43DesktopWorkspaceDemo820.ogv">Ogg \
Theora version</a></div> +</p>
 <h3>
   Applications Leap Forward
 </h3>
@@ -107,14 +115,20 @@
 <ul>
   <li>
     The KDE Utilities have seen many improvements. Among other things, <b>KGpg</b>, \
the privacy tool used for encryption and signing files and emails <b>integrates \
Solid</b> for detecting the availability of a network connection and has improved its \
<b>key import dialog</b>. <b>Ark</b>, a file compression and decompression \
application now <b>supports LZMA/XZ</b>, has improved support for zip, rar and 7zip \
and works better with drag'n'drop. KDELirc, a frontend for the <b>Linux Infrared \
Remote Control system</b> (LIRC), has been ported to KDE 4 and is included again. \
<b>Okteta</b>, the KDE hex editor gained a <b>checksum tool,</b> a filesystem browser \
sideview and a bookmarks sidebar. Lokalize, the KDE translation tool, introduces \
support for scripts, new fileformats and the<b> translation of ODF documents</b>.<br> \
+    <br>  </li>
   <li>
     The <b>KDE games</b> now use a similair <b>Egyptian-style theme</b> in many of \
the games. KGoldrunner introduces a new game,<b> "Curse of the Mummy"</b> and \
improves gameplay with more accurate pause, resume and recording and replaying of \
games. KMahjongg introduces 70 new user-submitted levels and an <b>new game</b>, \
KTron, has been introduced. Some games introduced <b>new features</b> like the \
Vaporizer action in Killbots and a better AI in Bovo. Thanks to work on file loading \
and saving the state of scalable images many games<b> start and run faster.</b><br> + \
<br>  </li>
   <li>
     The KDE Personal Information Management applications have seen improvements in \
various area's like performance and stability. Instant messenger <b>Kopete \
</b>introduces an improved contact list and KOrganizer can sync with <b>Google \
Calendar</b>. Kmail supports inserting inline images into email and the <b>Alarm \
notifier </b>gained export functionality, drag and drop and has an improved \
configuration.<br> +    <br>
   </li>
 </ul>
+<div  align="center" style="width: auto; margin-top: 20px; margin-botton: 20px;">
+<a href="screenshots/games.png"><img src="screenshots/games_thumb.png" \
align="center" width="504" height="315"  /></a><br /> +<em>Some Egyptian \
themes</em></div>  <ul>
   <li>
     In case something goes wrong with a KDE application and it crashes, the <b>new \
Bug Report Tool</b> will make it easier for the user to contribute to the stability \
of KDE. The bug report tool provides a three-star rating of the quality of the data \
it gathered on the crash. It also gives hints on how to improve the quality of the \
crash data and the bugreport itself while guiding the user through the process of \
reporting. During the Beta cycles for this release the new bug report tool has \
already proven itself by the increased quality of bugreports.<br> @@ -138,22 +152,31 \
@@  <ul>
   <li>
     The KDE 4.3 Application Framework introduces the beginnings of <a \
href="http://www.socialdesktop.org/">Social Desktop</a> integration, bringing the \
worldwide Free Software community to the desktop. Offering an open collaboration, \
sharing and communication platform, the Social Desktop initiative aims to allow \
people to share their knowledge withouth giving up control to an external \
organisation. The platform currently offers a dataengine for plasma applets \
supporting aspects of Social Desktop.<br> +    <br>
   </li>
   <li>
     The new system tray protocol developed in collaboration with the <a \
href="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/">Free Desktop initiative</a> is a long-overdue \
overhaul of the old systray specification which has been in use for a long time. The \
old systemtray using small embedded windows did not allow for any kind of control \
from the systemtray over its contents, limiting the flexibility for the user and \
application developer at the same time. While the new systemtray supports both the \
old and new standard, application developers are encouraged to upgrade their \
applications. For more information <a \
href="http://www.notmart.org/index.php/Software/Systray_finally_in_action">check this \
blog</a> or find more information <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Plasma/NewSystemTray">on TechBase</a>. +    \
<br>  </li>
   <li>
     The Plasma Desktop Shell introduces a Geolocation DataEngine using libgps and \
HostIP which allows plasmoids to easily respond to the location of the user. Other \
new DataEngines provide acces to Akonadi resources (including mail and calendar), <a \
href="">Nepomuk</a> metadata and keyboard state besides the various improvements to \
existing DataEngines. Read about using and discovering DataEngines <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/Plasma/DataEngines">on \
TechBase</a>.<br> +    <br>
   </li>
   <li>
     The KDE Application Platform introduces a PolicyKit wrapper making it easy for \
developers who want their application to perform privileged actions in a secure, \
consistent and easy way. Provided are an authorization manager and an authentication \
agent, and an easy library for developers to use. Read <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Development/Tutorials/PolicyKit/Introduction">here on \
TechBase</a> for a tutorial! +    <br>
   </li>
   <li>
-    Akonadi, the Free Desktop PIM storage solution has been deemed ready for more \
widespread usage. Besides the availability of the DataEngine for plasma, application \
developers are encouraged to have a look at <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi">the TechBase page</a> if their \
application needs access to or store chat logs, email, blogs, contacts, or any other \
kind of personal data. As a cross-desktop technology Akonadi can provide access to \
any kind of data and is designed to handle high volumes, thus allowing for a wide \
range of usecases.<br> +    Akonadi, the Free Desktop PIM storage solution has been \
deemed ready for more widespread usage. Besides the availability of the DataEngine \
for plasma, application developers are encouraged to have a look at <a \
href="http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/PIM/Akonadi">the TechBase page</a> if their \
application needs access to or store chat logs, email, blogs, contacts, or any other \
kind of personal data. As a cross-desktop technology Akonadi can provide access to \
any kind of data and is designed to handle high volumes, thus allowing for a wide \
range of usecases. +    <br>
   </li>
 </ul>
 </p>
 
+<div  align="center" style="width: auto; margin-top: 20px; margin-botton: 20px;">
+<a href="screenshots/social.png"><img src="screenshots/social_thumb.png" \
align="center" width="504" height="315"  /></a><br /> +<em>Social desktop and other \
online services in action</em></div> +
 <h4>
     Spread the Word and See What Happens
 </h4>
@@ -178,7 +201,7 @@
 <table border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
 <tr>
     <td>
-        <a href="http://digg.com/software/KDE_4_3_released_2"><img \
src="buttons/digg.gif" /></a> +        <a \
href="http://digg.com/software/KDE_4_3_released"><img src="buttons/digg.gif" /></a>  \
</td>  <td>
         <a href="http://www.reddit.com"><img src="buttons/reddit.gif" /></a>
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