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* | = KDE Development Platform = | ||
* | * Nepomuk is now able to search on non-mounted media | ||
* | * Nepomuk: New Virtuoso backend, much faster, more scalable | ||
* | * Nepomuk: KIO slave for querying Nepomuk resources | ||
* libksane (scanner library): basic scanner support for Windows | |||
* improved exiv2 support in libkexiv2 | |||
* Add Odd/Even page selection and server-side page selection when using CUPS | |||
Move KDE integration of QtWebKit into kdelibs (but not KPart!) | |||
* Thumbnail previews for Comicbook format | |||
* KAuth: Authorization framework, harnesses PolicyKit, used in | |||
** Font installer | |||
** System Activity | |||
== Plasma Workspace and basic widgets == | |||
* Storage devices can now automatically be mounted | |||
* Networkmanager frontend (knetworkmanager) | |||
** Experimental network-manager plasma widget | |||
* Bookmark runner now also supports Firefox' bookmarks | |||
* Improved layout for the battery widget's popup | |||
* OpenGL accelerated popup animation | |||
* Support for Plasma widgets in the system tray | |||
* System tray items can now be automatically shown or hidden | |||
* Workflow and layout improvements in the device manager widget | |||
* Improved KMix OSD | |||
* Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian. | |||
== Other widgets and addons == | |||
== Window & Compositing Manager == | |||
* New: Window maximizing and tiling by snapping to the screen-edges ("Aero Snap") | |||
* Native window tabs: Arbitrary windows can be grouped in tabs | |||
* Window Management Plugin for KRunner | |||
* Subtle animations in the window decoration, and other options to customize the window behavior | |||
* Alt+Tab window switching improvements | |||
* Improvements in present windows, flip switch, logout effect | |||
= KDE Applications = | |||
* KStars: Observation plan manager | |||
* KAlgebra | |||
** support for lists | |||
** better MathML presentation support, lambda expressions, jump detections | |||
** new 2d parametric function plotting | |||
* New Edu app: Cantor | |||
* New Edu app: Rocs | |||
* New game: Granatier | |||
* New game: Palapeli | |||
== Network == | |||
* Kopete: Create avatars from a webcam | |||
* KRDC: | |||
** Telepathy Tubes support, | |||
** full screen switching | |||
* KGet: | |||
** better support for verification of downloaded files | |||
** Broken downloads can be repaired | |||
** Support for adding mirrors, moving and renaming files while downloading | |||
** Assistant to create metalinks | |||
= PIM / Groupware = | |||
* New: KAddressbook rewrite for Akonadi | |||
* KMail: | |||
** Archiving of emails | |||
** Improved recipient picker | |||
** searching by tag | |||
** Clickable HTML statusbar | |||
** Collapsible recipient fields | |||
** Error messages are now passive, less disturbant to workflow | |||
** Templating improvements | |||
== Utils == | |||
* Okteta Hex Editor: | |||
** Improved selecting mechanism | |||
** Base64 encoding | |||
** Split views | |||
** Storing of bookmarks | |||
Revision as of 16:50, 1 December 2009
KDE Development Platform
- Nepomuk is now able to search on non-mounted media
- Nepomuk: New Virtuoso backend, much faster, more scalable
- Nepomuk: KIO slave for querying Nepomuk resources
- libksane (scanner library): basic scanner support for Windows
- improved exiv2 support in libkexiv2
- Add Odd/Even page selection and server-side page selection when using CUPS
Move KDE integration of QtWebKit into kdelibs (but not KPart!)
- Thumbnail previews for Comicbook format
- KAuth: Authorization framework, harnesses PolicyKit, used in
- Font installer
- System Activity
Plasma Workspace and basic widgets
- Storage devices can now automatically be mounted
- Networkmanager frontend (knetworkmanager)
- Experimental network-manager plasma widget
- Bookmark runner now also supports Firefox' bookmarks
- Improved layout for the battery widget's popup
- OpenGL accelerated popup animation
- Support for Plasma widgets in the system tray
- System tray items can now be automatically shown or hidden
- Workflow and layout improvements in the device manager widget
- Improved KMix OSD
- Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian.
Other widgets and addons
Window & Compositing Manager
- New: Window maximizing and tiling by snapping to the screen-edges ("Aero Snap")
- Native window tabs: Arbitrary windows can be grouped in tabs
- Window Management Plugin for KRunner
- Subtle animations in the window decoration, and other options to customize the window behavior
- Alt+Tab window switching improvements
- Improvements in present windows, flip switch, logout effect
KDE Applications
- KStars: Observation plan manager
- KAlgebra
- support for lists
- better MathML presentation support, lambda expressions, jump detections
- new 2d parametric function plotting
- New Edu app: Cantor
- New Edu app: Rocs
- New game: Granatier
- New game: Palapeli
Network
- Kopete: Create avatars from a webcam
- KRDC:
- Telepathy Tubes support,
- full screen switching
- KGet:
- better support for verification of downloaded files
- Broken downloads can be repaired
- Support for adding mirrors, moving and renaming files while downloading
- Assistant to create metalinks
PIM / Groupware
- New: KAddressbook rewrite for Akonadi
- KMail:
- Archiving of emails
- Improved recipient picker
- searching by tag
- Clickable HTML statusbar
- Collapsible recipient fields
- Error messages are now passive, less disturbant to workflow
- Templating improvements
Utils
- Okteta Hex Editor:
- Improved selecting mechanism
- Base64 encoding
- Split views
- Storing of bookmarks