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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Beta 2 announcement
From:       "Tobias G. Pfeiffer" <tgpfeiffer () web ! de>
Date:       2007-09-03 23:37:08
Message-ID: 200709040137.14491.tgpfeiffer () web ! de
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Hi!

Some comments from my side:

On Monday 03 September 2007, 19:37, Steve Tose wrote:
> Long time KDE developer Daniel M. Duley (aka. Mosfet) joined us again.
> He developed Blitz, a graphics !!!<LIBRARIES>!!! designed to fill the

"library"?

> gap for the KDE libraries !!!<WHILE>!!! we wait for Zack Russin's

It's "Rusin", not "Russin".

> ...
> Meanwhile, several developers threw themselves at the better support
> for BSD and Sun in KDE!!!<PERIOD>!!! Strigi now has XSESAM support and

"XESAM".

> ...
> Sebastian Pipping !!!<SPENT>!!! a lot of time on Kate, KDE's advanced
> text editor (or lightweight Development Environment). He improved the
> way search works in Kate, both making it more powerfull and easier to

"powerful"

> ...
> A big, visible bulk of application and infrastructural work was added
> to KDE when the Google Summer of Code students added their work. We
> will go through some of these additions, but if you want to read more
> we !!!<RECOMMEND>!!! the dot article about the KOffice SoC results and
> the excellent interview series with Summer of Code students on People
> Behind KDE, starting here.

"Bertjan Broeksema has spenT"

> ...
> Urs Wolfer's work on KRDC, the KDE Remote Desktop Client is finished
> as well. Making use of libraries ensures the application's
> maintainability in the long run. Coupled with new features like a
> tabbed interface and much improved configuration, users can count on a
> greatly improved remote desktop experience in KDE 4.0 !!!<SUGGEST 2
> DASHES>!!! and beyond, as Urs is comitted to continue working on it!
> Juan González Aguilera also !!!<SPENT>!!! time !!!<REMOVED 'ON'>!!!
> getting some older tools freshened up, !!!<FOCUSING>!!! on Bluetooth
> support in KDE.

"Nick Shaforostoff developed KAider, a tool to help the KDE translation teams 
to quickly and efficiently translate KDE in the many languages we support."

After what I read on kde-devel KAider won't be in 4.0, right? So maybe mention 
this?

> ...
> Along with KDE 4.0 Beta 1, KOffice releases its third alpha version.
> This version is released as a technology preview to let the public
> catch a gleam of what is coming in KOffice version 2.0. It does not
> have the same level of maturity as the rest of KDE 4.0 Beta 1. The
> infrastructural changes are enormous. KOffice version 2 series will
> take full advantage of the improved Qt 4, giving it new features like
> text directionality and !!!<AN IMPROVED LAYOUT>!!!
> ..."

"It is also extremely simple to create new shapes, something that is 
demonstrated by the Google-sponsored Summer of Code project Music Notation 
flake, in which a student creates a music notation plugin in just 6 weeks."

-> "created"

Great work otherwise, Jos!

Bye
Tobias

-- 
follow the penguin...

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