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[James Gifford <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

First, I have to say that this is a *very* impressive and long list of
features - I'd just like to take a minute and thank you and Georgi for
what you've done so far.

I'm now getting *really* excited about 0.94!!!

Again, thanks guys,
James Gifford



On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 5:26 PM, Conscious User <conscioususer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Me and Georgi have been receiving a lot of casual requests lately, so this
> might be a good moment to list some of the things I am planning for 0.94.
> The main point of this release is the port to GTK3, but I'm taking the
> opportunity to refactor and reorganize several parts of the code. Overall,
> this is what you can expect:
>
> - significant reduction in memory usage thanks to the port to
> GObject-introspection
>
> - ability to overwrite theme settings with Polly's own CSS file (I don't
> really plan to announce this with fireworks, it's just a natural consequence
> of moving to GTK3 that will be available to interested advanced users)
>
> - complete proxy support, including authentication... in fact, all proxy
> settings are being moved to a separate dialog
> (http://twitpic.com/8f9cjq)
>
> - ability to change tweet font
> - ability to mark unread items and mentions
> (http://consciouslyusing.blogspot.com/2012/02/design-rethinking-style-preferences.html)
>
> - appindicator and unity launcher support
>
> - fine grained control of indicators and notifications
>
> - better support for DEs where bubbles accept actions (like GNOME-Shell)
>
> - toolbar will now be a proper GtkToolbar, which means it will now be
> draggable and support the nice gradients of Adwaita, Ambiance and Radiance,
> for example.
>
> - nicer keyboard focus indicator for buttons, taken directly from the theme
>
> - better accessibility support
> (http://consciouslyusing.blogspot.com/2012/01/acessibility-contrast-colors-and-fonts.html)
>
> - better control of column widths
>
> - install iconsets by drag 'n' drop
>
> - no more horizontal scrolling: the columns will intelligently adapt and a
> "half-column" will never be shown. The scrollbar will be replaced by buttons
> to discretely move between columns.
>
> - refinement of keyboard navigation
>
> Polish, polish, polish! And then, after 0.94, it's finally time to go back
> to features! ;)
>
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