Announcing KDE 3.2
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Highlights At A Glance
Some of the highlights in KDE 3.2 are listed below. .
- Increased performance and standards compliance
- Lowered start up times for applications and hundreds of optimizations make KDE 3.2 the fastest KDE ever!
- Working in concert with Apple Computer Inc.'s Safari web browser team, KDE's web support has seen huge performance boosts as well as increased compliance with widely accepted web standards
- Increased support for FreeDesktop.org standards in KDE 3.2 strengthens interoperability with other Linux and UNIX software.
- New applications
- JuK: a jukebox-style music player
- Kopete: an instant messenger with support for AOL Instant Messenger, MSN, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Gadu-Gadu, Jabber, IRC, SMS and WinPopup
- KWallet: providing integrated, secure storage of passwords and web form data
- Kontact: a unified interface that draws KDE's email, calendaring, address book, notes and other PIM features together into a familiar configuration
- KGpg: providing an easy-to-use KDE interface to industry-standard encryption tools
- KIG: an interactive geometry program
- KSVG: a viewer for SVG files
- KMag, KMouseTool and KMouth: accessibility tools for KDE
- KGoldRunner: a new riff on a classic game
- ... and many more!
- Thousands of incremental improvements and bug fixes
- During the development of KDE 3.2 nearly 10,000 bug reports were processed via the KDE Bug Tracking System
- Approximately 2,000 feature requests were also processed, with hundreds of requested features added to KDE applications and components
- An improved configuration system that opens the door to new installation management possibilities, improved roaming support and many improvements to the "KDE Kiosk" environment management system
- Inline spell checking for web forms and emails
- Improved email and calendaring support
- Powerful tabbed interface for the Konqueror file manager and web browser
- Support for Microsoft Windows desktop sharing protocol (RDP)
- Improved Usability
- Reduced clutter in many menus and toolbars
- Many applications, dialogs and control panels reworked for clarity and utility
- Enhanced appearance
- Plastik, a tastefully understated new look, debuts in KDE 3.2
- Hundreds of new icons improve the consistency and beauty of KDE
- Tweaks to the default look including new splash screens, (optionally) animated progress bars, styled panels and more!
- New Tools for Software Developers
- Comprehensive API documentation extended for 3.2
- Language bindings for ECMAScript (aka Javascript), Python, Java and Ruby
- New versions of the powerful KDevelop IDE and Quanta web development suite
- Umbrello brings UML modeling for 11 different languages including C++, Java, SQL, PHP, Python and Perl to KDE
For a more detailed list of improvements since the KDE 3.1 release, please refer to the KDE 3.2 Changelog .
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