KDE 2.2alpha2 is Out

[ Thanks to Navindra
Umanee for this link. ]

The KDE project has released KDE 2.2alpha2. Use the primary
download
page, or a
mirror.

dot.kde.org has some
additional info, and here’s the general overview of changes
between 2.1 and 2.2:

KDE Libraries

• Classes KTipDialog and KTipDatabase added, for the “tips of the
  day” feature

aRts

• Endianness fixes for big endian platforms such as
  Solaris/SPARC
• “out-of-the-box” Solaris support
• Threading support via libmcop-mt
• MIDI timing improvements
• New artsd -s option that allows setting the
  auto-suspend time
• artsshell status now displays all of the server audio
  parameters
• New artsshell autosuspend option to change
  auto-suspend time
• New artsd -m option that passes reporting of sound
  server errors to an external program
• New artsmessage program which displays artsd
  errors using a KDE dialog
• KDE sound control panel now allows setting the auto-suspend
  timeout and the message display program. The artsmessage
  command is enabled by default.
• New artsd -N and -w options for setting
  larger network buffers

Kant

• …

Kdict

• Kdict, a dictionary program, has been added to kdenetwork.
• Kdict is a graphical client for the DICT protocol. It enables
  you to search through dictionary-like databases for a word or
  phrase, then displays suitable definitions. Kdict has support for
  all protocol features, a separate list of matching words for
  advanced queries, configurable database sets, a browser-like user
  interface, convenient interaction with the X-clipboard,
  configurable HTML output and printing.

KMail

• IMAP support
• Non-blocking sending
• Only the selected part of a mail will be quoted on reply
• Delete old messages from the trash folder on exit
• Collapsable threads
• Multiple PGP identities
• Bind an SMTP server to an identity
• Better procmail support via the local account
• Searching for messages is much faster

KNode

• New scoring system:
  • User definable scoring rules with conditions based on the
    overview data and configurable actions (currently score value
    adjustment and notification)
  • Full-fledged regular expressions which can be used in scoring
    and filter conditions.
• Reduced memory consumption. Its now configurable how much RAM
  is used to cache article bodies and headers.
• Improved article handling:
  • User-defined folders
  • DnD between folders and groups
  • Convenient mbox-folder import/export
  • Nice in-place renaming of accounts, folders and groups
  • New menu option that expires all groups of the current account
    and a option that compacts all folders on demand.
  • New expire-feature: delete article headers that aren’t
    available on the server
  • Implemented “Smart Scrolling” (TM) in the listviews and in the
    groupbrowser
• Reading news articles:
  • Proper handling of crossposted articles, they are marked as
    read simutaneously in all groups.
  • Added option to retreive the article source
  • New menu option: fetch an article by message-id
  • Added option to retreive an article from groups.google.com if
    it’s unavailable on the local server
  • Trailing empty lines can be stripped from incoming
    articles
  • Highlighting of “news:” and “mailto:” urls, all email-addresses
    and msgids
  • It’s now configurable what characters are recognized as quote
    signs
  • It’s now possible to disable the fancy header decorations,
    saves space on small displays
  • The word wrap behaviour of the article widget is now
    configurable
• Enhancements of the article composer
  • Optional integration of KMail and other external mail
    programs
  • Full support for the Mail-Copies-To header
  • Added placeholder for the group name in the attribution
    line
  • Support for dynamically generated signatures
  • Added option to place the cursor below the attribution line,
    not above the signature (off by default)
  • Implemented forwarding of articles with attachments
  • Files can now be attached to an article with Drag&Drop
• Improved article filters and search function:
  • Filter rules for numerical values are more flexible now, its
    possible to filter something like “x < value” or “x > value”,
    not just ranges.
  • Its now possible to filter on the message-id and references
    header
  • The search function can show complete threads now
    (optionally)
• Network related improvements:
  • Articles are no fetched via article number instead of
    article-id to avoid problems with broken newsservers
  • Enhanced dupe protection, utilizing the “recommended id”
    feature of newer inn’s
  • Shows a password-dialog when the server requests
    authentication
  • Support for IPv6 and SOCKS-proxies

Konqueror

• Properties dialog now shows free disk space on current
  partition, e.g. “39.7MB/968.3MB (90% used)”
• New configuration for whether to start a new process for new
  windows or reuse an existing one
• New configuration for user-defined CSS stylesheets
• Proxy support re-engineered, socks and IPv6 support added (in
  kdelibs)
• Save toolbar layout in profile
• Fixes for full-screen mode
• Fixes for reload, detects mimetype changes
• “Enter” button in the toolbar
• KHTML: …
• Javascript: Support for history navigation
  (back/forward/go…)
• Javascript: Garbage collector fixes

KSirc

• New xchat-like MDI Mode added

KScreensaver

• Added libkscreensaver to ease development of KDE
  screensavers

KBattleship

• KBattelship, the KDE implementation of the famous “battle ship”
  board game, has been moved to kdegames. You can play it via network
  or internet.

Kooka + libkscan (kdegraphics)

• KDE wide scanner support added
• Kooka – Scanning Application added

Kandy

• Kandy is a new application, which has been added to the kdepim
  module.
• Synchronizes phonebook data from mobile phones with the KDE
  address book.
• Provides a terminal application for communication with the
  mobile phone.
• Supports phones with GSM compatible modem

KOrganizer

• “What’s next” view
• Journal feature
• Switch to iCalendar as default file format
• Active remote calendar
• Sending events via KMail
• Tip of the Day
• HTML export of month view
• Experimental project view (Gantt diagram)
• “Percent Completed” setting for todos

KPilot

• Synchronization of address book