From 4d30d197f56285adef684a828a7994ab92e6f68e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darin Adler Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:41:26 +0000 Subject: Quick update. --- NEWS | 86 ++++++++------------------------------------------------------------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 77 deletions(-) (limited to 'NEWS') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index 60477807b..595d6bd3d 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,79 +1,11 @@ -We're working on the next Nautilus release right now. -It will most-likely be called Nautilus 1.0.3. +Nautilus 1.0.3 was released May 8. We have some speedups to do and +some other small problems to fix, and then perhaps we'll release a +Nautilus 1.0.4. We may also want to remove some Eazel-specific stuff +that doesn't make sense any more. -A lot of features have gone in since Nautilus 1.0.2. These include: +[To some extent, we are "coding without a net" now, because we don't +have a Tinderbox running any more.] - - don't allow desktop icons to be under the Panel - - cut, copy, and paste for moving or copying files (a la Windows) - - notice changes to files made outside Nautilus using the FAM - library if it's present - - icon in title of Notes sidebar panel if the location has notes - - Scripts menu to make it easy to run selected scripts on any - file; a new way to extend Nautilus - - a News sidebar panel that displays headlines from web sites - that use the RSS format - - - tree view is faster, and also doesn't run at all unless it's - opened, so it doesn't slow things down when you don't use it - - improved rubber-banding speed (in smooth mode) - - other small speed improvements - - faster JPEG thumbnailing (contributed by Alexander Larsson) - - - ~/.gnome-desktop directory is now used for the desktop instead - of ~/.nautilus/desktop. This change and others, done by Miguel, - were in the Nautilus from Ximian's GNOME 1.4 packages, and his - changes are now integrated into Nautilus 1.0.3. - - more icons and descriptions for more types of removable media - - xalf support in code that launches new programs; since there - are still many small problems with xalf, this is only on if - you set up a NAUTILUS_USE_XALF environment variable - - added a "--no-desktop" option for the command line that makes - desktop-related preferences disappear and prevents Nautilus - from trying to manage the desktop -- good for running under KDE - - - Preferences menu now named "Preferences" instead of icon - - preference to turn emacs keybindings on (for location field in - the location bar, and elsewhere) - - improved preferences for font and font size - - global view preferences, including global default zoom level - - preference to always sort folders first - - preference to add a "Delete" command that bypasses the trash - - icon caption setting moved into Preferences dialog - - Nautilus Themes setting moved into Preferences dialog - - support for HTTP proxies that require a user name and password - - preference for maximum image size for thumbnailing (and upped - default from 1 MB to 3 MB) - - preference for experts who want to use their home directory for - the desktop - - - add "View as" items to menu bar - - put ellipses ("...") in the middle of file names, not the - start (or end) - - made copy progress dialog hang around for a second even if - the copy is faster than 1 second - - list menu emblem column has a title and is after the file - name column - - select folder or file you came from when you do Up command - - sort tree view more like how we sort other views - - draw tree view icons smoothly when smooth mode is on - - less flicker in tree view display - - add a way to go to a specific location even when the location - bar is hidden that doubles as a way to set the keyboard focus - to the location in the location bar - - improved look of help on sidebar by using icons instead of - using slanted text - - new implementation of audio preview that is faster and better - - improved Open command, including a keyboard shortcut for the - Open in New Window command - - show target path in properties window for symlinks - - updated dragging code to use the same kind of slightly - broken URLs that gmc produces, which makes it compatible - with programs that previously worked with gmc and not Nautilus - - handle drags of URLs onto the desktop by making Nautilus links - - - nautilus code broken out into librsvg, eel, and trilobite - -and others. - -Also, a *ton* of bug fixes and internal improvements have been done -that I won't try to list here (see ChangeLog). +We won't be porting Nautilus to GNOME 2 until the library freeze date +(at the request of the library developers, Michael Meeks mainly) so +this is still a GNOME 1 source tree for now. -- cgit v1.2.1