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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Press Announcement for KDE 3.4
From:       Tom Chance <lists () tomchance ! org ! uk>
Date:       2005-02-04 10:58:09
Message-ID: 200502041105.58935.lists () tomchance ! org ! uk
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Hi Achim, everyone else,

The PR is shaping up nicely. Might I suggest a change to the highlighted 
features list? Something that Aaron did with the 3.2 PR, and I did with the 
3.3 PR, was to divide it up a bit into sections. It makes it more readable, 
interesting and useful for people who just want to know, for example, what 
new applications there are. So, taking this from Joshua Keel's draft:

http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-promo&m=110733698518466&w=2

Highlights At A Glance

New applications 
* KDE Text-to-Speech System brings the desktop to the visually impaired
* Akregator allows you to read news from your favourite RSS-enabled 
  websites in one application

Networking improvements
* Kontact now supports Exchange 2000, OpenGroupware, Kolab 1 and 2, 
  SLOX, Groupwise and eGroupware
* Kopete now supports Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime and 
  integrates with Kontact
* NetMeeting-Plug-In allows one to start a chat from any application
  ** FIXME ** even I being a KDE user/contributor am unsure what this             
              means
* KMail now supports KWallet for secure password management
* Better synchronization between two PCs
  **FIXME** can we not have some more detail on this?

Many small desktop enhancements 
* KPDF now supports PDF 1.5, password protected PDFs and the extraction 
  of pictures and text from PDF files
* Support for album covers in JuK
* Completely redesigned and more flexible trash system
* Password dialog gives feedback on the relative strength of new
  passwords. 
* Kicker has an improved look and feel
* KHTML plugins are configurable, and the CPU usage of Netscape-style plugins
   can be controlled
* Important additions to KMouth ** FIXME ** what features?
* Drag and drop of files and contacts  ** FIXME ** not sure what you're
                                                 trying to say here
* $bugsfixed have been fixed
* $ffwishes wishes have been implemented

Regards,
Tom

On Tuesday 01 Feb 2005 19:21, Achim Woessner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> so we already have end of January and so it is time for me to present the
> press announcement in a more or less ready state. It isn't php yet, I will
> do that as soon as possible and for sure before the release of 3.4 ;) The
> "Highlights At A Glance" will be sorted of course, but I wanted you to have
> a look on what I have done so far.
> OK, so I hope you like it, critic is very welcome and I will do my best to
> improve the announcement. I hope you enjoy reading it.
> 
> Cheers,
> Achim Woessner
> 
> PS: I am sorry if it isn't that good now but I had some troubles managing
> my time during the last month.
> 
> ---
> 
> Announcing KDE 3.4
> 
> KDE Project ships a new major release with lots of improvements for
> disabled people.
> 
> March $day, 2005 (The Internet) - After more then a half year of
> development the KDE Project is happy to be able to announce a new major
> release of the award-winning K Desktop Environment. Among many other
> improvents the accessibility can convince with important new features.
> 
> The accessibility package has now some really important new features
> for partially sighted people. The KDE Text-to-Speech system is new in KDE
> 3.4 and allows applications, like KSayIt, an application that reads out
> longer texts, speech output. Not only does this mean better support for
> visually-impaired and speech-impaired users, but the new features should
> also prove for a fun desktop experience overall.
> 
> As the team of people working on KDE is international there are currently
> 79 translations of KDE 3.4 available. No other desktop can compete with
> that many translations, and so KDE 3.4 serves best the needs of today's
> world wide Linux community.
> 
> 
> 
> Highlights At A Glance
> 
> KDE Text-to-Speech System (ktts)
> important additions to KMouth
> KPDF now supports PDF 1.5
> KPDF hat xpdf 3.0 rendering engine
> KPDF Support for password protected PDFs
> KPDF Extraction of Pictures and text out of PDF Files
> Completely redesigned, more flexible trash system.
> Support for Exchange 2000, OpenGroupware, Kolab 1 and 2, SLOX, Groupwise
> und eGroupware
> better synchronization between 2 PCs
> Kopete supports Novell Groupwise and Lotus Sametime
> Kopete gets integrated into Kontact
> NetMeeting-Plug-In allows to start a chat out of any application.
> drag and drop of files and contacts
> The RSS Reader Akregator is new in KDE Pim
> Support for album covers in JuK
> KMail now supports KWallet
> Password dialog gives feedback on the relative strength of new passwords.
> Kicker with improved look and feel
> KHTML plug-ins are now configurable, so the user can selectively disable
> ones that are not used. This does not include Netscape-style plug-ins.
> Netscape plug-in in CPU usage can be manually lowered, and plug-ins are
> more stable.
> more than $bugsfixed have been fixed
> more than $ffwishes wishes have been fullfilled
> 
> 
> Getting KDE 3.4
> 
> As KDE is free software it is available at no cost. You can get it trough
> various methods. Most likely you want to download
> the ready for use packages for your distribution. Just have a look on
> download.kde.org. The source code is also available there. KDE 3.4 will
> also be featured in future releases of many Linux and UNIX operating
> systems and can be purchased on CD-ROM.
> If you want to build the packages from source you could check out Konstruct
> (http://developer.kde.org/build/konstruct/index.html), a tool that helps
> you with downloading, configuring, building and installing KDE 3.4.
> 
> You can download other free KDE programs from KDE-Apps
> (http://www.kde-apps.org)
> 
> 
> Supporting KDE
> 
> KDE is an open source project that lives from the help of volunteers. You
> can do more than you maybe think you can. All contribution is appreciated,
> no matter if you contribute time, money or anything else. Read through the
> Supporting KDE page (http://www.kde.org/support/) for further information.
> We look forward to hearing from you soon!
 
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