Schedules/KDE4/4.4 Release Goals: Difference between revisions
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= Plasma Workspace = | |||
== | == basic functionality == | ||
* Storage devices can now automatically be mounted | * Storage devices can now automatically be mounted | ||
* Networkmanager frontend (knetworkmanager) | * Networkmanager frontend (knetworkmanager) | ||
** Experimental network-manager plasma widget | ** Experimental network-manager plasma widget | ||
* Improved layout for the battery widget's popup | * Improved layout for the battery widget's popup | ||
* OpenGL accelerated popup animation | * OpenGL accelerated popup animation | ||
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* Workflow and layout improvements in the device manager widget | * Workflow and layout improvements in the device manager widget | ||
* Improved KMix OSD | * Improved KMix OSD | ||
== Window & Compositing Manager == | == Window & Compositing Manager == | ||
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* Alt+Tab window switching improvements | * Alt+Tab window switching improvements | ||
* Improvements in present windows, flip switch, logout effect | * Improvements in present windows, flip switch, logout effect | ||
== Other widgets and addons == | |||
* Bookmark runner now also supports Firefox' bookmarks | |||
= KDE Development Platform = | |||
* KAuth: Authorization framework, harnesses PolicyKit, used in | |||
** Font installer | |||
** System Activity | |||
* Nepomuk: | |||
** New Virtuoso backend, much faster, more scalable | |||
** Nepomuk: KIO slave for querying Nepomuk resources | |||
** Nepomuk is now able to search on non-mounted media | |||
* 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 | |||
* KDE integration of QtWebKit (cookies, proxies, etc. but not KPart) | |||
* Thumbnail previews for Comicbook format | |||
* Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian. | |||
= KDE Applications = | = KDE Applications = | ||
== Basic == | |||
* Dolphin: integrated searching | |||
== 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 | |||
== Educational & Games == | |||
* KStars: Observation plan manager | * KStars: Observation plan manager | ||
* KAlgebra | * KAlgebra | ||
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== Network == | == Network == | ||
* Kopete: Create avatars from a webcam | * Kopete: Create avatars from a webcam | ||
* KRDC: | * KRDC: | ||
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** Assistant to create metalinks | ** Assistant to create metalinks | ||
= | == Utilities == | ||
* Okteta Hex Editor: | * Okteta Hex Editor: | ||
** Improved selecting mechanism | ** Improved selecting mechanism | ||
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** Split views | ** Split views | ||
** Storing of bookmarks | ** Storing of bookmarks | ||
== non-SC Applications == | |||
* Digikam (stable KDE4 release in December) | |||
* Amarok | |||
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Revision as of 16:56, 1 December 2009
Plasma Workspace
basic functionality
- Storage devices can now automatically be mounted
- Networkmanager frontend (knetworkmanager)
- Experimental network-manager plasma widget
- 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
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
Other widgets and addons
- Bookmark runner now also supports Firefox' bookmarks
KDE Development Platform
- KAuth: Authorization framework, harnesses PolicyKit, used in
- Font installer
- System Activity
- Nepomuk:
- New Virtuoso backend, much faster, more scalable
- Nepomuk: KIO slave for querying Nepomuk resources
- Nepomuk is now able to search on non-mounted media
- 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
- KDE integration of QtWebKit (cookies, proxies, etc. but not KPart)
- Thumbnail previews for Comicbook format
- Add new calendar systems: Indian Civil (Saka), Pure Julian, Pure Gregorian.
KDE Applications
Basic
- Dolphin: integrated searching
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
Educational & Games
- 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
Utilities
- Okteta Hex Editor:
- Improved selecting mechanism
- Base64 encoding
- Split views
- Storing of bookmarks
non-SC Applications
- Digikam (stable KDE4 release in December)
- Amarok