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“Plasma Workspaces has seen quite a revamp. Here are some of the
highlights:

* The notification area in the panel has been cleaned up
visually. Monochromatic icons give visual clarity, and more
consistent user interactions improve usability. Download tracking
and indicators for other long-running operations, which are
centralized in the notification area, are now handled by a visual
progress indication in the widget itself. Likewise, the display,
categorization and queueing of application notifications has been
reworked. Notifications from shared Plasma widgets on remote
systems may now be displayed as well as local events.”


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