nautilus/NEWS
Alexander Larsson e94c66c0f6 Update to 2.1.91. Require eel 2.1.91.
2003-01-13  Alexander Larsson  <alexl@redhat.com>

	* NEWS:
	* configure.in:
	Update to 2.1.91.
	Require eel 2.1.91.
2003-01-13 19:59:29 +00:00

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This is nautilus 2.1.91. The file manager for the Gnome 2 desktop.
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.