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This is nautilus 2.8.2, the file manager for the Gnome 2 desktop.

Major changes since 2.8.1 are:
* On mime mismatch, allow open with default app as open with
* On dnd of mozilla link, create desktop file with .desktop ending
* Delay activation when keyboard navigating in tree sidebar
* Add open new window menu item in browser mode
* Fix race condition that made up not alway select the folder
* Better error message when there is no handler for a file
* Fix throbber right-alignment with latest bonoboui
* Alt-up selects the directory you came from
* Display a frame on DnD hover if accepting
* Fix off-by-one bug in icon positioning on DnD
* Make creating new files in list view auto-rename
* Add the icon text to the DnD icon
* Add eject to volumes in free sidebar
* Don't close browser window when the showed path is unmounted
* Save browser window geometry
* Handle the new env vars for filesystem charset

Major changes since 2.8.0 are:
* Update to latest egg-recent
* Fix memory leaks
* Clear clipboard after a cut file is pasted
* Properly escape uris created by connect to server dialog
* Better alignment of icon labels
* Allow move (not copy) of a file to another filesystem
* Fix reordering of selection when a listview is resorted
* Allow keynav on desktop
* Fix crash in sort-by-emblems mode
* Performance fixes when selecting files
* Performance increase in folder load
* Allow pasting files as text
* Fix nautilus extensions such as file-roller menus
* Made select by pattern work in trash
* Fixed cut/paste of text when renaming in listview
* Always use homedir icon for homedir

Major changes since 2.7.92 are:
* Destroy metadata hashtable in right way, fixes crash
* Fix crash in list view when changing views
* Translation updates

Major changes since 2.7.4 are:
* Fix crash when transfer rate near zero
* Fix crash when renaming in list view and changing directory
* Fix double call of eel_preferences_remove_callback on shutdown
* Use default folder view from gconf instead of now broken gnome-vfs mime setting
* Some fixes to the handling of open with
* Faster way to get the group list for a user
* Don't make progress dialog on copy to desktop appear on all workspaces
* Fix sort by size in computer view

Major changes since 2.7.2 are:

* Fix remaining time reporting in progress dialog
* Nicer connect to server dialog
* Various bugfixes and memleak fixes

Major changes since 2.7.1 are:

* Added spatial/browser pref to the prefs dialog
* Use ctrl+q to add all windows
* On shift-double-click on a non-folder, close the window after.
* Bug fixes
* Show estimated time remaining in the progress dialog.
* per-window show hidden files setting
* Don't warn about mime-type mismatches if the handler is the same 
  for both mime-types.
* Date formatting improvements
* Killed start-here
* Changed to use the new mime spec and UI

Major changes since 2.6.2 are:
* Desktop file editior property page
* Display server name in window title for remote URIs
* Add setting to not show volumes on desktop
* Prevents read-only emblem from being shown on desktop icons
  when user is in root group
* Fix dnd start coordinates when zoomed
* Start apps in the directory they are launched from
* Add close all windows to spatial window menu  

Major changes since 2.6.1 are:
* Accessibility/keynav/theming fixes
* Leak fixes
* .desktop file updates
* Fixed help buttons in the preferences dialog 
* Portability fix
* Use initial click position to anchor icon dnd
* Crash fix in the file properties dialog
* Don't overlap the close icon and text label when the sidepane
  is very small.

Major changes since 2.6.0 are:
* Fix various crashes and leaks
* Use correct icon for filesystem in treeview
* Place unplaced windows over the parent window
* Fix non-ascii typeahead
* Faster property dialog for operations on many files
* Faster list view
* Fill open location dialog with initial path
* Add down arrow to location button
* Make shift close window behind in more places
* Allow smaller spatial windows
* Allow svg backgrounds
* Fix ignore kde trash directory hack
* By default set per-folder background in spatial mode

Major changes since 2.5.91 are:
* Translation updates

Major changes since 2.5.90 are:
* Handle failures when opening new window better (don't loop)
* visiting and accept modifiers were reversed in list view
* Build fixes

Major changes since 2.5.8 are:
* Beter typeahead in list view
* "browse" context menu item in more places
* Added go -> cd burner in browser mode
* Fallback to normal icon view if there is a problem launching another view
* Close windows on unmounted directories
* Fix crashes
* Longer delay until cancel open dialog opens

Major changes since 2.5.7 are:
* Fix crash
* Nicer names for toplevel uris
* Browse folder works in more places
* Added preference to always use browser windows
* Warn when sniffed/extension-matched mime type disagrees
* Show applications for both sniffed and extension-matched
  mimetype in the open with menu

Major changes since 2.5.6 are:
* Fix icon lookup crash
* Fix property page crash
* Some a11y fixes
* Use new background capplet name
* Fix rename keyfocus issue
* Scroll to icon after rename
* Fix ogg previewing
* Some HIG rephrasing of strings
* Fix crash on rename of empty selection
* Update help userguide links
* Paste menu sensitivity fix
* Rename selection keynav now behaves better from the start

Major changes since 2.5.5 are:
* hig/ui tweaks
* ngettext support
* distribute nautilus-list-view-ui.xml
* New mimetype detection approach
* performance fixes
* non-modal open with other dialog
* Don't show small svgs as themseleves (always thumbnail)
* update egg-recent

Major changes since 2.5.4 are:
* Extension system for emblem, property page, menu item, and 
  list view column plugins.
* Editable list view columns
* Don't expand symlinks when following them.
* Busy cursor in loading spatial windows
* Icon-view style typeahead in the list view.
* Emblems in the list view
* Added a location button to spatial windows
* Removed tab icon nav from the icon view
* Add a context menu to the tree side pane. 
* Pop up folder menu in list view background
* Turn on home icon on the desktop by default
* Added status bar info when no files are selected
* Got rid of unnecessary EelGenerousBin/EelInputEventBox usage
* HIG fixes
* Bugfixes

Major changes since 2.5.3 are:
* Use GtkIconTheme instead of GnomeIconTheme
* Show visited folders differently
* Better mouse/keynav in icon and list view
* Save window geometry on window close
* HIG message dialogs
* File templates support

Major changes since 2.5.2 are:
* Accessibility fixes
* Better initial size of navigation window
* Close all parents closes all parents
* Focus the next item after delete in list view 

Major changes since 2.5.1.1 are:
* Don't do unnecessary i/o on remote locations
* handle broken symlinks that go unbroken
* various bug fixes
* some accessibility fixes

Major changes since 2.5.1 are:

* Fixed a NautilusFile leak
* DISABLE_DEPRECATED fixes.

Major changes since 2.5.0 are:

* Start of new volume handling system
* deprecaton clean
* fixed leaks
* performance fixes

Major changes since 2.4.0 are:

* Spatial / Navigational split

* Themed icon for desktop window

* Exif image properties

* Fixes for query-drags

* Don't allow renames to "" in list view

* Expand treeview rows on double click

* Change desktop grid size

* Don't disable deprecated API

* Pattern selection

* No incremental display of files

* Various bug fixes

Major changes since 2.3.90 are:

* don't migrate .gnome-desktop if it is a symlink

* Fix messed up home/trash icons for new users

* Handle xpm icons correctly in desktop files

* Handle non-utf8 user names

Major changes since 2.3.9 are:

* Fix warning on theme changes

* Sometimes the home and trash icons became blank and unusable

* Auto-hide KDE trash directory in desktop directory.

Major changes since 2.3.8 are:

* Fix history sidepane crash

* Add keynav rectangle selection

* Better error string for missing proxy hostnames

* Handle arrow keys on numerical keypad

Major changes since 2.3.7 are:

* Handle write protected gconf keys better

* Make "Write to CD" button higher priority

* Small bugfixes

Major changes since 2.3.6 are:

* Fixed zoom-to-fit in the zoom control.

* Selected files are colorized with the selection color.

* Doesn't create new windows when mounting CD-ROMS.

* Improved the gutter-on-the-right problem. 

* Updates the disks menu when fstab changes

* Performance enhancements for icon layout.

* Added support for total size and total count for multi-file property dialogs.

* String fixes

* Added documentation on nautilus internals

* Various fixes

Major changes since 2.3.5 are:

* .hidden file support

* Improved context menus

* Speed improvements in the list and tree views

* Multi-rooted tree view

* Update emblems list after adding custom emblems

* Prefer existing windows from the command line in open-in-new-window 
  mode

Major changes since 2.3.4 are:

* Startup notification support when launching files.

* Selection fixes

* Crash fix in the properties dialog

* Icon theme changes in the tree view fixed

* gcc 3.3 build fixes

* Desktop icon bug fixes

* Panel transparency fix

Major changes since 2.3.3 are:

* Added a "text beside icons" pref to the icon view

* Use the authentication manager in the adapter component

* Bonobo context menus can supply an icon

* Zoom control uses stock widgets

* The property dialog can edit multiple files

* HIG-compliance improvements

Major changes since 2.3.2 are:

* Made the throbber themable using icon themes
  (requires gnome-icon-theme 1.0.4)
  
* Get manager selection for desktop

* Fix some bugs in new desktop code

* fixed icon position for DnD in the listview

* Fixed spacing in dialogs to comply better with the HIG

* Use the authentication manager from libgnomeui instead
  of our own.

* Fix keynav bug with space in listview


Major changes since 2.3.1 are:

* Disabled the limit on the number of files in a directory.

* Change desktop directory to ~/Desktop

* Major change to how desktop icons are handled

* Some accessibility fixes

Major changes since 2.2.3 are:

* Performance increases on directory loads.

* Integrate nautilus-cd-burner

* "Keep Aligned" mode on desktop

* Cygwin & AIX port

* Uses new gnome_vfs_show_url API to activate files

* Better bookmarks UI

* Change in how attributes are stored internally.

Major changes since 2.2.2 are:

* Lots of fixes to the list view keyboard and mouse handling

* Lots of fixes to the icon view keyboard and mouse handling

* Automatic notes emblem (requires gnome-icon-theme 1.0.2)

* Correctly scale icons in list view

* No more tearing when zooming the icon view

* Don't select the extension for rename in the list view

* Easier to trigger auto scrolling during drag and drop in the icon
  view 

* Much better thumbnail queue handling. Visible thumbnails are
  prioritized.
  
* Scroll to previous position on directory reload

* Show volume and free space in the property dialog for directories

* Clean up by name doesn't leave icons outside the screen anymore

* Fix show backup/hidden files and some default view preferences

* Set the Nautilus application name used when grouping in the task
  list.

* Converted NautilusFile to a GObject

* Make the thumbnail size prefs not affect external thumbnailers, as
  it makes little sense for e.g. videos.

* Allow you to exit nautilus-file-management-properties

* Fix crash when droping from other app to Nautilus

* Use startup notification when launching Nautilus

* Don't save window geometry when maximized

* Added code to migrate Nautilus 1.0.x scripts

* Added some docs about keyboard and mouse navigation in nautilus views.

* Better accessibility support in the icon view

* Some other small bugfixes and polish

Major changes since 2.2.1 are:

* Going back/forwards scrolls to the position you left

* Better support for Gtk+ themes on the toolbar and location bar

* Disable the "switch to manual layout" dialog

* Ctrl-dragging on a selected file doesn't de-select it

* Save the current active side pane

* Now easier to hit icons, since you can also click on the transparent
  parts.

* Select the directory name for renaming when creating a new directory

* Select the base name (not extension) when renaming a file

* List view smaller zoomlevel by default

* Text view has copy to clipboard functionallity

* Padding and alignment changes in the preferences dialog

* Performance enhancement for embedded text

* The delete key now works on the desktop

* Added back the "erase" emblem to the Backgrounds & emblems dialog

* Better accessibility support for the icon view

* Refresh listview when icon theme changes

* Correct font size when renaming and not 100% zoomed view

* Remove all usage of deprecated APIs

* Use monospace font in text view

* Added 1 gigabyte pref tor max thumbnailing size

* Handle floppies and cdroms mounted outside /mnt

* Fix duplicated entries in context menu.

* Don't session manage NautilusViews

* Multi-head fixes for the preference dialog

* Leak fixes

* Fix bonobo-activation forkbomb


Major changes since 2.2.0.2 are:

* Fix name collisions in trash

* fix image properties crash

* multihead fixes

* allow .svgz rendering

* correct icons dor zip disks

* fix button ordering for transfer error dialogs

* memory leaks fixed

* "slow context menu" fixed

* Fixed smb passwords getting "stuck".

Major changes since 2.2.0.1 are:

* Background crash fix

* Embedded text fix

Major changes since 2.2.0 are:

* NautilusView refcounting fix

* New translations

Major changes since 2.1.91 are:

* i18n fixes

* List view fixes

* Reverted the symlink change.  Now resolves symlinks when following
  them.

* Context menu corba usage fix

* Reload thumbnails when files changes

* Small fixes

Major changes since 2.1.6 are:

* No flicker on startup.

* Faster expose of the desktop

* Don't resolve symlinks when follow them

* Small bugfixes

Major changes since 2.1.6 are:

* Multihead fixes

* Fixed delete-in-rename-deletes-file bug

* UI review improvements

* Resolved the conflict between Edit and Empty Trash that was causing
  the desktop to be badly stuck.

* Small bugfixes

Major changes since 2.1.5 are:

* Don't depend on libgnomecanvas

* Don't put icons under panel

* Use new icons for start-here

* Better window titles for e.g. fonts:///

* Handle thumbnail preferences


Major changes since 2.1.4 are:

* Handle icon theme changes better

* Query drag with middle button instead of right-click.
  This allows faster context menus.

* Bugfixes

Major changes since 2.1.2 are:

* Remove unused code.

* Lots of smalll bugfixes.

* Make bonobo property pages regular controls instead of NautilusViews.

* Mimetype-sensitive context menu plugins

* Restructure the cut-and-paste code.

Major changes since 2.1.1 are:

* New preferences dialog and capplet.

* Pluggable file property pages.

* New Image properties page.

* Emblem sidebar work.

* Handle rootwindow drops.

* Background drag and drop changes

* The music view has been removed.

Major changes since 2.1.0 are:

* Multihead support

* Emblem sidebar

* Emblems handled with icon themes

* Uses new pango wrap mode in icon view

* Work on exterminating Nautilus themes

* Recent files support

Major changes since 2.0.7 are:

* Nautilus now uses the system icon theme.

* The sidebar tabs have been replaced with a new widget.

* The icon container uses the new eel canvas.

* UI cleanups.

* Various bugfixes.

Major changes since 2.0.6 are:

* Fixed the assertion failure on startup

* CD handling updates

Major changes since 2.0.5 are:

* Fixed volume handling bug with thrash that made it impossible
  to unmount removable media while using fam.

Major changes since 2.0.4 are:

* Follow thumbnailing prefs for svgs too

* Correctly handle old non-utf8 trash and home links

* Fix the "icons stacked in top left corner" bug

* Various small bugfixes.

Major changes since 2.0.3 are:

* Don't show progress dialog for fast operations

* Mime handling fixes

* crux theme tweak

* small performance enhancements

* Various bugfixes.


Major changes since 2.0.2 are:

* Drag and drop has been implemented in the list view.

* Performance enhancements in the icon factory.

* Various bugfixes.


Major changes since 2.0.1 are:

* List view doesn't hang anymore.

* Reflect changes in the eel background api.

* Fix for crash when invoking "nautilus -q".


Major changes since 2.0.0 are:

* Various UI cleanups from the ui review

* Various bugfixes

* The Gnome Nautilus theme now follows the gtk+ theme better

* Window geometry is stored even in open-directories-in-same-window mode

* All executable bonobo components moved into libexec.

* Some performance improvements

* Accessibility fixes

* Add support for kernel supermount patch

* Read desktop file icons according to the icon theme specification

* New throbber for the gnome theme

* large version of trash icon

* Better handling of disk ejecting

* Proper handling of launching desktop files according to the spec



Major changes since 1.0.x are:

* Port to Gtk+ 2 and the Gnome 2 platform.

* Major performance improvements.

* Userlevels are removed.

* Lots of small UI changes in order to comply with the Gnome 2 Human
  Interface Guidelines.

* Preferences dialog has been trimmed down.

* Anti-aliased mode has been removed. If you want anti-aliased text,
  you need to use the Gtk+ 2 anti-aliased text mode.

* New emblems added to the default set of emblems.

* Support for editing vfolder menus using nautilus.

* Made most normal component in-process.

* Accessibility support.

* Drop support for public metadata.

* The news was sidebar disabled/removed

* Image view component removed, we now use Eye of Gnome.

* Bugfixes


Minor new features:

* Drop-shadow for text on the desktop

* Alt-drag image and pick set-as-background

* New progress dialog window-icon shows progress visually.

* You can use Alt-left/right/up/down to navigate the icon view using
  the keyboard.

* Ability to easily create launchers on the desktop.