GNOME Shell 3.1.4 released | Linux Today

GNOME Shell 3.1.4 released

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 29, 2011

“GNOME Shell provides core user interface functions for the
GNOME 3 desktop, like switching to windows and launching
applications. GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of
modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface
concepts to provide a visually attractive and easy to use
experience.

News ====
* Take over inserted media handling and autorun from gnome-session
[Cosimo]
* Message Tray
– Display a count of unread notifications on icons [Jasper,
Guillaume; #649356, #654139]
– Only remove icons when the sender quits from D-Bus, not when it
closes its last window [Neha, Marina; #645764]
– Solve problems switching chats between shell and Empathy
[Guillaume; #654237]
– Fix handling of bad GMarkup in messages [Dan; #650298]
– Never show notifications when the screensaver is active [Dan;
#654550]
* Telepathy integrationpp
– Implement Telepathy Debug interface to enable empathy-debugger
[Guillaume; #652816]
– Allow approving room invitations, and audio/video calls
[Guillaume; #653740 #653939]
– Send typing notifications [Jonny; #650196]
* Fix selection highlighting for light-on-dark entries [Jasper;
#643768]


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