1 Major changes in 2.22.1 are:
2 * Fix crashes and leaks
3 * Fix emblem display in property page
4 * Fix mime choosing to not always create application/x-ext-<extension> type
5 * Actually mount location in external connect to server dialog
6 * Fix thumbnail size limit checks
7 * Fix "show hidden" to also show backup files
8 (was broken in some situations)
9 * Verify that tracker is running before using it
10 * Fix desktop file icon handling with absolute filenames
11 * Use GDesktopAppInfos to launch desktop files
12 * Don't follow symlinks for deep file count
13 * Fix audio preview with later gstreamer
14 * Make "move file over directory" overwrite case work
15 * Sometimes we failed to ask for overwrite when move
16 operations falled back to copy + delete
17 * Make sure we correctly transcode filenames when merging
18 directories if the directory is on another filesystem.
19 * Some moves were reported as copies, not moves in the ui
20 which could cause not up-to-date directory displays
21 * Don't center file progress dialog if its already displayed
23 Major changes in 2.22.0 are:
26 * Use a better icon for the progress dialog
27 * Have a mount menu for mountable files, not an unmount one
28 * Handle broken bookmark files bette
29 * Sniff x-content type asynchronously
30 * Don't look for autorun stuff on non-local files
31 * Allow setting permissions on remote shares
32 * Fix "delete all" button in delete dialog
33 * Show custom icons at right size
34 * Fix some performance issues on nonlocal mounts
36 Major changes in 2.21.92 are:
38 * Fix crashes and leaks
39 * Fix handling of desktop file launchers
40 * Better handling of desktop file icons
41 * Semitransparent DnD icon support (when composited)
42 * Avoid showing progress info when dialogs are shown
43 * Allow minimize of progress window
44 * Handle beagle >= 0.3.0
45 * Close properties dialog on escape
46 * Make custom icons work again
48 * Duplicate file if copies to the source directory
49 * Support open with dialog for multiple selected files
50 * Ressurect connect to server dialog
51 * Allow theming of free diskspace chart colors
53 Major changes in 2.21.91 are:
55 * Inhibit autorun for things we mount ourselves
56 * Fix crashes and leaks
57 * Only show selinux context if selinux detected
58 * Default to move, not copy when dragging from trash
59 * Don't autorun/automount non-local mounts
60 * Fix case where we could run out of file descriptors
61 * Handle drop of files on the desktop
62 * Fix sensitiveness of delete from trash menu item
63 * Fix open with context menu in always-use-browser mode
65 Major changes in 2.21.90 are:
66 * Use thousand separators in all numbers (if used by locale)
68 * Performance improvements
69 * Update to latest glib APIs
70 * Fix bug that lost metadata from older versions
72 * Enable paste into folder for desktop icons
73 * Better finding of autorun files on case sensitive media
75 Major changes in 2.21.6 are:
76 * Regenerate thumbnails when files change
78 * New autorun and automount support
79 * Allow unmount of current location if its a mountpoint
81 Major changes in 2.21.5 are:
82 * Add autorun/automount feature
83 * Better handling of sensitivity of delete menu items
84 * Better handling of mount/unmount/eject in many places
85 * Fix for extensions with submenus
87 * Updated some icons to the Tango look
88 * Fix some portability issues
90 Major changes in 2.21.2 are:
91 * Update pkg-config files with new extensions dir
92 * Add some gio features to extension API
93 * Handle dnd of desktop icons
94 * Update to latest gvfs/gio API
95 * Implement some missing unmount/eject operations
97 Major changes in 2.21.1 are:
98 * Totally replaced gnome-vfs use with gio
99 * New implementation of file operations like copy/move with
100 a shared progress dialog
103 Major changes in 2.20.0 are:
104 * Load thumbnails asynchronously
105 * Support direct save DnD (XDS)
106 * Fix up octal permission display
107 * Store window keep-above and stickines state across sessions
109 Major changes in 2.19.91 are:
110 * Be more robust against broken extensions
111 * Set current working directory right on desktop when running scripts
112 * Fix crash on file:///#
113 * Update to cope with the new size of emblem icons
115 Major changes in 2.19.90 are:
116 * Auto-size list view filename column again
117 * New message for service unavailable error
118 * UI terminology consistency fix
121 Major changes in 2.19.6 are:
122 * Fixes to UI manager usage
123 * Better string ellipsation
124 * Consistent focus behaviour for toolbar buttons
125 * Support for XMP image metadata
126 * Improved keyboard handling in connect to server dialog
127 * I18n fixes and string clarifications
128 * Add more tooltips and use new gtk+ tootips API
129 * Better handling of unreadable directories during search
130 * Fix various crashes
131 * Translation updates
133 Major changes in 2.19.5 are:
137 * Improved JPEG metadata handling
138 * Fix information sidebar layout
139 * Translation updates
141 Major changes in 2.19.4 are:
142 * Allow activating the zoom context menu by keyboard
143 * Allow renaming of the network servers icons
144 * Use new desktop capplet
145 * Better handling of unicode search terms
146 * Fix program name in about dialog
147 * Fix keyboard shortcuts in preferences dialog
148 * Fix leak in zoom context menu
149 * Fix typos in error and warning messages
150 * Fix crash in properties dialog
152 Major changes in 2.19.3 are:
153 * Added support for xdg-user-dirs
154 * A11y fix in the file properties dialog
156 * Don't show folder handler in menu editor
157 * Added alpha support for icon frames
158 * Updated thumbnail frame
160 Major changes in 2.19.2 are:
161 * Fix crashes and leaks
162 * Add open in place sidebar context menu
163 * Make default icon sizes match xdg icon sizes better
164 * Fix hang with recursive symlinks
165 * Make name column wider
166 * Add trash to places sidebar
167 * Support for thumbnail icon size preference
168 * Disk free pie chart in properties dialog
170 Major changes in 2.18.0.1 are:
171 * Reverted accidental commit
173 Major changes in 2.18.0 are:
174 * Fix up desktop file categories
175 * Some sparse code cleanups
176 * Don't make filename column expand
178 Major changes in 2.17.92 are:
179 * Don't display homedir as "desktop" in pathbar when in home-as-desktop mode
180 * Use GtkLabel ellipsizing
181 * Ellipsize filename column in list view
182 * Don't show unsupported methods in connect-to-server dialog
185 Major changes in 2.17.91 are:
186 * Change file management capplet category
187 * Avoid showing "empty" in the tree while loading directory
188 * Prompt for empty trash on unmount
189 * Capitalize lin" in "Link to ..." names
190 * Fix crashes and memory leaks
192 Major changes in 2.17.90 are:
193 * Add nautilus_file_info_get_activation_uri for extensions
194 * Zero-pad seconds in progress display
195 * Fix permissions of files created from templates
196 * Support multimedia keys
200 Major changes in 2.17.1 are:
201 * Empty trash button in trash
202 * New menu icons for new document/folder/window
203 * Ring buffer for debugging
205 * Open location dialog on desktop defaults to home
206 * Remove metadata on external delete events
207 * Draw text selection rectangle using cairo
208 * Jump to selection on sort order change
209 * Fix gsequence crash
210 * Freeze icon view while renaming
211 * New theming features for icon view
212 * New icon in about dialog
213 * Handle scroll button while rubberbanding
214 * Ellipsize menu button at 16 chars
216 Major changes in 2.16.3 are:
217 * Revert a patch that caused icons to move around
218 * Fix crash introduced in 2.16.2
220 Major changes in 2.16.2 are:
221 * Fix a lot of crashes
222 * Handle throbbers with different sizes
223 * Don't add a newline when pasting filenames
224 * Better a11y relationships betweeen widgets
225 * Make nautilus --quit not be restarted by session
226 * Fix occasional stuck grabs when rubberband selecting
227 * Don't timeout typeahead when scrolling with mouse wheel
228 * Add X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version to desktop files
229 * Fix desktop icon overlap problem
231 Major changes in 2.16.1 are:
232 * Default to search in current directory for non-indexed search
233 * Fix clash with symbol names in gtk+
235 Major changes in 2.16.0 are:
236 * Handle enter activation when using typeahead search
237 * Avoid using gnome_vfs_is_local in wrong places
240 Major changes in 2.15.92.1 are:
241 * Fix crash on startup
243 Major changes in 2.15.92 are:
244 * Fix crash on changing owner/group of file
246 * Make sure all strings are displayed translated
248 Major changes in 2.15.91 are:
249 * Use gtk recent files code
250 * Fix file change notification regression
251 * Don't display raw form of selinux contexts
252 * Import lates EggSequence with bugfixes
254 * Read .hidden symlinks
255 * Fix down navigation in last column, next to last row
257 Major changes in 2.15.90 are:
258 * Submenu support for extensions
259 * Improved beagle daemon detection
260 * Enable D'n'D reordering in the places sidebar
261 * New icons for trash operations
262 * Add a button/text toggle button to the location bar
265 Major changes in 2.15.4 are:
266 * New permission dialog with recursion and selinx support
267 * Improve extension interface
268 * Add complete session management
269 * Handle removal of the displayed location more elegantly
270 * Use proper nautilus-cd-burner icon
271 * Support dropping uris, urls and text to subfolders
272 * Fix leaks and warnings
274 Major changes in 2.15.2 are:
275 * Don't allow formating of mounted floppies
277 * Don't use deprecated eel features
278 * Use less memory when thumbnailing
280 Major changes in 2.15.1 are:
281 * Improve startup performance
283 * Fix selection box width calculation
284 * Improve file permission handling
285 * Add volume operations to the file menu, tree and places sidebar
286 * New po/LINGUAS handling
287 * Smarter date handling for images
290 * Fix about dialog to work with current gtk+
292 * Show network volumes in the places sidebar
293 * Fix progress dialog showing the wrong file
296 Major changes in 2.14.1 are:
297 * Translation updates
299 * Use --no-desktop option for all desktop files
300 * Startup performance improvements
301 * Make files copied from read-only source writeable
302 * Don't allow bookmarking x-desktop:///
303 * Add help buttons to several dialogs
304 * Fix SVG file identification
305 * Properly break down URIs for connect to server ui
306 * Don't reposition icons on reload
307 * Show unmounted but user-visible drives in the places sidebar
308 * Display more info in the progress dialog when preparing
309 * Smarter DnD target selection
310 * Smaller close icon in the sidebar title
311 * GnomeGoals: Use po/LINGUAS
313 Major changes in 2.14.0 are:
314 * Fix deadlock when dragging over list view in some conditions
315 * Fix keynav details in text beside icon mode
316 * Don't show folder count for smb shares
317 * Fix crash on middle click of file
318 * Fix a crash when leaving a directory
319 * Close window when folder moves to trash
320 * Fix deep count in properties dialog in some cases
321 * Avoid calculating mime lists for activation
322 * Fix text drawing in RTL mode when using text besides icons
323 * Remove blank error dialog on mount when using gnome-mount
325 Major changes in 2.13.92 are:
326 * Better filename linebreaking at punctuation marks.
327 * List view: If a rename moves the file in the view, scroll to the new position
328 * Better handling of broken filename encoding for link targets
329 * Some desktop icon positioning fixes
330 * Browser mode: don't close window on up if current directory has been removed
331 * Pass original files, not target files to property page providers.
332 This allows property page extensions to look at desktop files and symlinks.
333 * Various small optimizations
337 Major changes in 2.13.91 are:
338 * Fix a desktop icon positioning bug
339 * Fix opening saved searches file from outside nautilus
341 Major changes in 2.13.90 are:
342 * Add option to always use the location bar to the preferences dialog
343 * Enable the icons in the places sidebar as drop targets
344 * Fix for desktop volume icon positioning
345 * Show detailed file size in the properties dialog
346 * HIG fix for the delete from trash dialog
347 * Fix icon scaling for images with extreme ratios
348 * Fix leaks & crashes
350 Major changes in 2.13.4 are:
351 * Open modules with BIND_LOCAL
352 * Disable network icon on desktop by default
353 * Add Network to places menu
356 * Add support for searching for custom mime type
357 * store custom icons for folders as relative patch if in folder
358 * Much better activation of multiple files
359 * Bumped the default image size thumbnailing limit
360 * Handle new background image zooming mode
361 * Add optional support for Tracker indexer
362 * Fix leaks & crashes
364 Major changes in 2.13.3 are:
365 * Added initial support for search
367 * Don't frame thumbnails with alpha channel
368 * Better handling of opening multiple files
369 * New resize knob icon
370 * View update optimizations
371 * No titles for alert dialogs
372 * Add network desktop icon
373 * Use access() to determine permissions
375 Major changes in 2.13.2 are:
376 * Fix mime list problem introduced with sort change
378 * Keyboard support for icon stretching
379 * Finally fix tree sidebar crash
380 * ctrl-shift-g goes backwards in typeahead
381 * Add Skip all button in copy/move conflict dialog
382 * Position new files/folders correctly in manual layout mode
383 * Nicer UI for setting custom file icons
384 * Fix CD icon positioning on desktop
385 * Fix desktop redraw issues on non-100% zoom levels
386 * Use the same home icon always
388 Major changes in 2.13.1 are:
389 * Adds volume/drive api for modules
390 * Better sizes of stock icons in many places
391 * GtkTreeView style typeahead
392 * '/' opens location dialog/entry
393 * middle click in browser mode opens new window
394 * Handle cancellation of authentication better
395 * Add format menu item for floppy drives
397 Major changes in 2.12.1 are:
398 * Pass all selected files to menu extensions, not only one per mimetype
399 * Use much fewer file monitors
400 * Fix text size on startup with non-standard default zoom size
401 * Some fixes to trash handling and unmount
402 * Fix some desktop icon positioning details
403 * Copy thumbnails when copying files
404 * Autofill connect to server dialog when possible
405 * Always show deep counts in properties page
406 * Fix leaks and crashes
407 * Correctly escape filenames for display in progress dialog
409 Major changes in 2.12.0 are:
410 * Fix icon layout in text-beside-icons mode in some cases
411 * Fix template creation on volumes other than the same as /tmp
412 * Expand file uris correctly on desktop when passing to scripts
413 * Workaround crash on audio preview in burn:
414 * Fix handling of global show hidden files preference
415 * Fix crash caused by earlier memleak fix
416 * Don't redraw windows/desktop on focus in/out
418 Major changes in 2.11.92 are:
419 * Enable emblem dropping to the list view
420 * Disallow deleting special locations from the location button popup
421 * Don't show "Open Folder" as application option in context menus
422 * Disallow custom icons for the trash
423 * Cleanups & Leak fixed
425 Major changes in 2.11.91 are:
426 * Don't allow renaming of the desktop folder
427 * Make moves within burn:// possible
428 * Fixes to property browser drag and drop code
429 * Add Explorer-style keybindings
430 * Add timestamps to metafiles
431 * Make ESC switch back to the pathbar
432 * Use saner check for mime mismatching
433 * Make progress dialog minimizable
436 Major changes in 2.11.90 are:
437 * Handle dnd more efficently
438 * Use file-manager icon for browser windows
439 * Use hover underline and cursor for single click mode
440 * Make labels selectable in the sidebar
441 * Improve sound preview process handling
442 * UI fixes to path- and sidebar
444 Major changes in 2.11.4 are:
445 * Allow dnd of text on view to create a new file
446 * show hostname in progress dialogs
447 * use pathbar in location toolbar
448 * busy curson when loading folder in browser mode too
450 Major changes in 2.11.3 are:
451 * Turn the list view into a tree
452 * No dnd drop rect on the desktop
453 * Use gtk bookmars as bookmark source
454 * Add bookmarks to spatial mode
456 * better sort order for filenames with numbers in them
458 * Better handling of font sizes wrt zoom in icon view
461 Major changes in 2.11.2 are:
462 * Fix sort order for size/count/time
463 * ctrl+scrollwheel changes zoom, ctrl-= zooms in
464 * better handling of cut and paste in notes text view
465 * Add smb domain field in connect to server dialog
466 * nicer handling of drops from mozilla
467 * no properties menu item for desktop context menu
468 * shift-f2 renames with the whole name initially selected
469 * sort by emblem only looks at user-set emblems
470 * scroll to icon when selected and partially visible
472 Major changes in 2.11.1 are:
473 * Use authentication in external connect to server app
475 * Allow DnD of location button icon.
476 * Context menus on location button and location label in browser
479 * Speed up delete in list view
480 * Fix rename in list view breaking when there was a file change
481 * Removed "new terminal" from desktop context menu
482 If you want this, install the nautilus-open-terminal extension,
483 its much better than this feature ever was.
484 * Don't thumbnail files constantly if they're changing
485 * Fixed a loop that could happen on remote locations when removing
487 * Add properties of the current folder menu item to background
489 * Use --no-desktop in default folder handler to avoid taking over
490 the desktop if you don't run gnome.
492 Major changes in 2.10.1 are:
493 * Use less memory for desktop background
494 * Make authentication work for the external connect-to-server dialog
496 * Redraw less in the list view when deleting
498 Major changes in 2.10.0 are:
499 * Some fixes for startup notification to avoid focus-stealing
500 * Center the file management prefs dialog
502 Major changes in 2.9.92 are:
503 * Avoid doing i/o to tree root nodes before they are used.
504 This means we don't get authentication callbacks.
505 * Correct handling of startup notification
506 * Fix crashers in desktop icon context menus when unmounting volumes
507 * Make property page for home icon on desktop show the right size
508 * Prevent the progress dialog from displaying strange ETAs
509 * Make backspace key open parent folder in list view
511 Major changes in 2.9.91 are:
513 * Don't pop up mozilla dnd ask dialog under windows
514 * Change the look of the path button to make it easier to find
515 * Some changes to the look/text of the progress dialog
516 * Fix panel size detection on 64bit machines
517 * Allow open with menu on folders
519 Major changes in 2.9.90 are:
520 * Better window titles for browser windows
521 * Better icons for burn: & computer: in the ui
522 * Allow eject of unmounted devices
523 * Better handling of DnD from mozilla
524 * Make connect to server dialog available as separate app
527 Major changes in 2.9.2 are:
528 * Use the new mime API
529 * Fixed bug in finding empty spots on the desktop
530 * Handle drags to special desktop icons (trash...)
531 * Fix crash in clipboard code
532 * Fix crash with non-unique volume filenames
533 * Better handling of sizes for image-file-as-icon
534 * Fill in ctrl-l dialog correctly for desktop
535 * Fix crash in bookmark dialog if parent window goes away
537 Major changes since 2.8.2 are:
538 * Bonobo not used for nautilus views
539 * GtkUIManager used for the ui, not BonoboUI
541 Major changes since 2.8.1 are:
542 * On mime mismatch, allow open with default app as open with
543 * On dnd of mozilla link, create desktop file with .desktop ending
544 * Delay activation when keyboard navigating in tree sidebar
545 * Add open new window menu item in browser mode
546 * Fix race condition that made up not alway select the folder
547 * Better error message when there is no handler for a file
548 * Fix throbber right-alignment with latest bonoboui
549 * Alt-up selects the directory you came from
550 * Display a frame on DnD hover if accepting
551 * Fix off-by-one bug in icon positioning on DnD
552 * Make creating new files in list view auto-rename
553 * Add the icon text to the DnD icon
554 * Add eject to volumes in free sidebar
555 * Don't close browser window when the showed path is unmounted
556 * Save browser window geometry
557 * Handle the new env vars for filesystem charset
559 Major changes since 2.8.0 are:
560 * Update to latest egg-recent
562 * Clear clipboard after a cut file is pasted
563 * Properly escape uris created by connect to server dialog
564 * Better alignment of icon labels
565 * Allow move (not copy) of a file to another filesystem
566 * Fix reordering of selection when a listview is resorted
567 * Allow keynav on desktop
568 * Fix crash in sort-by-emblems mode
569 * Performance fixes when selecting files
570 * Performance increase in folder load
571 * Allow pasting files as text
572 * Fix nautilus extensions such as file-roller menus
573 * Made select by pattern work in trash
574 * Fixed cut/paste of text when renaming in listview
575 * Always use homedir icon for homedir
577 Major changes since 2.7.92 are:
578 * Destroy metadata hashtable in right way, fixes crash
579 * Fix crash in list view when changing views
580 * Translation updates
582 Major changes since 2.7.4 are:
583 * Fix crash when transfer rate near zero
584 * Fix crash when renaming in list view and changing directory
585 * Fix double call of eel_preferences_remove_callback on shutdown
586 * Use default folder view from gconf instead of now broken gnome-vfs mime setting
587 * Some fixes to the handling of open with
588 * Faster way to get the group list for a user
589 * Don't make progress dialog on copy to desktop appear on all workspaces
590 * Fix sort by size in computer view
592 Major changes since 2.7.2 are:
594 * Fix remaining time reporting in progress dialog
595 * Nicer connect to server dialog
596 * Various bugfixes and memleak fixes
598 Major changes since 2.7.1 are:
600 * Added spatial/browser pref to the prefs dialog
601 * Use ctrl+q to add all windows
602 * On shift-double-click on a non-folder, close the window after.
604 * Show estimated time remaining in the progress dialog.
605 * per-window show hidden files setting
606 * Don't warn about mime-type mismatches if the handler is the same
608 * Date formatting improvements
610 * Changed to use the new mime spec and UI
612 Major changes since 2.6.2 are:
613 * Desktop file editior property page
614 * Display server name in window title for remote URIs
615 * Add setting to not show volumes on desktop
616 * Prevents read-only emblem from being shown on desktop icons
617 when user is in root group
618 * Fix dnd start coordinates when zoomed
619 * Start apps in the directory they are launched from
620 * Add close all windows to spatial window menu
622 Major changes since 2.6.1 are:
623 * Accessibility/keynav/theming fixes
625 * .desktop file updates
626 * Fixed help buttons in the preferences dialog
628 * Use initial click position to anchor icon dnd
629 * Crash fix in the file properties dialog
630 * Don't overlap the close icon and text label when the sidepane
633 Major changes since 2.6.0 are:
634 * Fix various crashes and leaks
635 * Use correct icon for filesystem in treeview
636 * Place unplaced windows over the parent window
637 * Fix non-ascii typeahead
638 * Faster property dialog for operations on many files
640 * Fill open location dialog with initial path
641 * Add down arrow to location button
642 * Make shift close window behind in more places
643 * Allow smaller spatial windows
644 * Allow svg backgrounds
645 * Fix ignore kde trash directory hack
646 * By default set per-folder background in spatial mode
648 Major changes since 2.5.91 are:
649 * Translation updates
651 Major changes since 2.5.90 are:
652 * Handle failures when opening new window better (don't loop)
653 * visiting and accept modifiers were reversed in list view
656 Major changes since 2.5.8 are:
657 * Beter typeahead in list view
658 * "browse" context menu item in more places
659 * Added go -> cd burner in browser mode
660 * Fallback to normal icon view if there is a problem launching another view
661 * Close windows on unmounted directories
663 * Longer delay until cancel open dialog opens
665 Major changes since 2.5.7 are:
667 * Nicer names for toplevel uris
668 * Browse folder works in more places
669 * Added preference to always use browser windows
670 * Warn when sniffed/extension-matched mime type disagrees
671 * Show applications for both sniffed and extension-matched
672 mimetype in the open with menu
674 Major changes since 2.5.6 are:
675 * Fix icon lookup crash
676 * Fix property page crash
678 * Use new background capplet name
679 * Fix rename keyfocus issue
680 * Scroll to icon after rename
682 * Some HIG rephrasing of strings
683 * Fix crash on rename of empty selection
684 * Update help userguide links
685 * Paste menu sensitivity fix
686 * Rename selection keynav now behaves better from the start
688 Major changes since 2.5.5 are:
691 * distribute nautilus-list-view-ui.xml
692 * New mimetype detection approach
694 * non-modal open with other dialog
695 * Don't show small svgs as themseleves (always thumbnail)
698 Major changes since 2.5.4 are:
699 * Extension system for emblem, property page, menu item, and
700 list view column plugins.
701 * Editable list view columns
702 * Don't expand symlinks when following them.
703 * Busy cursor in loading spatial windows
704 * Icon-view style typeahead in the list view.
705 * Emblems in the list view
706 * Added a location button to spatial windows
707 * Removed tab icon nav from the icon view
708 * Add a context menu to the tree side pane.
709 * Pop up folder menu in list view background
710 * Turn on home icon on the desktop by default
711 * Added status bar info when no files are selected
712 * Got rid of unnecessary EelGenerousBin/EelInputEventBox usage
716 Major changes since 2.5.3 are:
717 * Use GtkIconTheme instead of GnomeIconTheme
718 * Show visited folders differently
719 * Better mouse/keynav in icon and list view
720 * Save window geometry on window close
721 * HIG message dialogs
722 * File templates support
724 Major changes since 2.5.2 are:
725 * Accessibility fixes
726 * Better initial size of navigation window
727 * Close all parents closes all parents
728 * Focus the next item after delete in list view
730 Major changes since 2.5.1.1 are:
731 * Don't do unnecessary i/o on remote locations
732 * handle broken symlinks that go unbroken
734 * some accessibility fixes
736 Major changes since 2.5.1 are:
738 * Fixed a NautilusFile leak
739 * DISABLE_DEPRECATED fixes.
741 Major changes since 2.5.0 are:
743 * Start of new volume handling system
748 Major changes since 2.4.0 are:
750 * Spatial / Navigational split
752 * Themed icon for desktop window
754 * Exif image properties
756 * Fixes for query-drags
758 * Don't allow renames to "" in list view
760 * Expand treeview rows on double click
762 * Change desktop grid size
764 * Don't disable deprecated API
768 * No incremental display of files
772 Major changes since 2.3.90 are:
774 * don't migrate .gnome-desktop if it is a symlink
776 * Fix messed up home/trash icons for new users
778 * Handle xpm icons correctly in desktop files
780 * Handle non-utf8 user names
782 Major changes since 2.3.9 are:
784 * Fix warning on theme changes
786 * Sometimes the home and trash icons became blank and unusable
788 * Auto-hide KDE trash directory in desktop directory.
790 Major changes since 2.3.8 are:
792 * Fix history sidepane crash
794 * Add keynav rectangle selection
796 * Better error string for missing proxy hostnames
798 * Handle arrow keys on numerical keypad
800 Major changes since 2.3.7 are:
802 * Handle write protected gconf keys better
804 * Make "Write to CD" button higher priority
808 Major changes since 2.3.6 are:
810 * Fixed zoom-to-fit in the zoom control.
812 * Selected files are colorized with the selection color.
814 * Doesn't create new windows when mounting CD-ROMS.
816 * Improved the gutter-on-the-right problem.
818 * Updates the disks menu when fstab changes
820 * Performance enhancements for icon layout.
822 * Added support for total size and total count for multi-file property dialogs.
826 * Added documentation on nautilus internals
830 Major changes since 2.3.5 are:
832 * .hidden file support
834 * Improved context menus
836 * Speed improvements in the list and tree views
838 * Multi-rooted tree view
840 * Update emblems list after adding custom emblems
842 * Prefer existing windows from the command line in open-in-new-window
845 Major changes since 2.3.4 are:
847 * Startup notification support when launching files.
851 * Crash fix in the properties dialog
853 * Icon theme changes in the tree view fixed
855 * gcc 3.3 build fixes
857 * Desktop icon bug fixes
859 * Panel transparency fix
861 Major changes since 2.3.3 are:
863 * Added a "text beside icons" pref to the icon view
865 * Use the authentication manager in the adapter component
867 * Bonobo context menus can supply an icon
869 * Zoom control uses stock widgets
871 * The property dialog can edit multiple files
873 * HIG-compliance improvements
875 Major changes since 2.3.2 are:
877 * Made the throbber themable using icon themes
878 (requires gnome-icon-theme 1.0.4)
880 * Get manager selection for desktop
882 * Fix some bugs in new desktop code
884 * fixed icon position for DnD in the listview
886 * Fixed spacing in dialogs to comply better with the HIG
888 * Use the authentication manager from libgnomeui instead
891 * Fix keynav bug with space in listview
894 Major changes since 2.3.1 are:
896 * Disabled the limit on the number of files in a directory.
898 * Change desktop directory to ~/Desktop
900 * Major change to how desktop icons are handled
902 * Some accessibility fixes
904 Major changes since 2.2.3 are:
906 * Performance increases on directory loads.
908 * Integrate nautilus-cd-burner
910 * "Keep Aligned" mode on desktop
914 * Uses new gnome_vfs_show_url API to activate files
916 * Better bookmarks UI
918 * Change in how attributes are stored internally.
920 Major changes since 2.2.2 are:
922 * Lots of fixes to the list view keyboard and mouse handling
924 * Lots of fixes to the icon view keyboard and mouse handling
926 * Automatic notes emblem (requires gnome-icon-theme 1.0.2)
928 * Correctly scale icons in list view
930 * No more tearing when zooming the icon view
932 * Don't select the extension for rename in the list view
934 * Easier to trigger auto scrolling during drag and drop in the icon
937 * Much better thumbnail queue handling. Visible thumbnails are
940 * Scroll to previous position on directory reload
942 * Show volume and free space in the property dialog for directories
944 * Clean up by name doesn't leave icons outside the screen anymore
946 * Fix show backup/hidden files and some default view preferences
948 * Set the Nautilus application name used when grouping in the task
951 * Converted NautilusFile to a GObject
953 * Make the thumbnail size prefs not affect external thumbnailers, as
954 it makes little sense for e.g. videos.
956 * Allow you to exit nautilus-file-management-properties
958 * Fix crash when droping from other app to Nautilus
960 * Use startup notification when launching Nautilus
962 * Don't save window geometry when maximized
964 * Added code to migrate Nautilus 1.0.x scripts
966 * Added some docs about keyboard and mouse navigation in nautilus views.
968 * Better accessibility support in the icon view
970 * Some other small bugfixes and polish
972 Major changes since 2.2.1 are:
974 * Going back/forwards scrolls to the position you left
976 * Better support for Gtk+ themes on the toolbar and location bar
978 * Disable the "switch to manual layout" dialog
980 * Ctrl-dragging on a selected file doesn't de-select it
982 * Save the current active side pane
984 * Now easier to hit icons, since you can also click on the transparent
987 * Select the directory name for renaming when creating a new directory
989 * Select the base name (not extension) when renaming a file
991 * List view smaller zoomlevel by default
993 * Text view has copy to clipboard functionallity
995 * Padding and alignment changes in the preferences dialog
997 * Performance enhancement for embedded text
999 * The delete key now works on the desktop
1001 * Added back the "erase" emblem to the Backgrounds & emblems dialog
1003 * Better accessibility support for the icon view
1005 * Refresh listview when icon theme changes
1007 * Correct font size when renaming and not 100% zoomed view
1009 * Remove all usage of deprecated APIs
1011 * Use monospace font in text view
1013 * Added 1 gigabyte pref tor max thumbnailing size
1015 * Handle floppies and cdroms mounted outside /mnt
1017 * Fix duplicated entries in context menu.
1019 * Don't session manage NautilusViews
1021 * Multi-head fixes for the preference dialog
1025 * Fix bonobo-activation forkbomb
1028 Major changes since 2.2.0.2 are:
1030 * Fix name collisions in trash
1032 * fix image properties crash
1036 * allow .svgz rendering
1038 * correct icons dor zip disks
1040 * fix button ordering for transfer error dialogs
1042 * memory leaks fixed
1044 * "slow context menu" fixed
1046 * Fixed smb passwords getting "stuck".
1048 Major changes since 2.2.0.1 are:
1050 * Background crash fix
1054 Major changes since 2.2.0 are:
1056 * NautilusView refcounting fix
1060 Major changes since 2.1.91 are:
1066 * Reverted the symlink change. Now resolves symlinks when following
1069 * Context menu corba usage fix
1071 * Reload thumbnails when files changes
1075 Major changes since 2.1.6 are:
1077 * No flicker on startup.
1079 * Faster expose of the desktop
1081 * Don't resolve symlinks when follow them
1085 Major changes since 2.1.6 are:
1089 * Fixed delete-in-rename-deletes-file bug
1091 * UI review improvements
1093 * Resolved the conflict between Edit and Empty Trash that was causing
1094 the desktop to be badly stuck.
1098 Major changes since 2.1.5 are:
1100 * Don't depend on libgnomecanvas
1102 * Don't put icons under panel
1104 * Use new icons for start-here
1106 * Better window titles for e.g. fonts:///
1108 * Handle thumbnail preferences
1111 Major changes since 2.1.4 are:
1113 * Handle icon theme changes better
1115 * Query drag with middle button instead of right-click.
1116 This allows faster context menus.
1120 Major changes since 2.1.2 are:
1122 * Remove unused code.
1124 * Lots of smalll bugfixes.
1126 * Make bonobo property pages regular controls instead of NautilusViews.
1128 * Mimetype-sensitive context menu plugins
1130 * Restructure the cut-and-paste code.
1132 Major changes since 2.1.1 are:
1134 * New preferences dialog and capplet.
1136 * Pluggable file property pages.
1138 * New Image properties page.
1140 * Emblem sidebar work.
1142 * Handle rootwindow drops.
1144 * Background drag and drop changes
1146 * The music view has been removed.
1148 Major changes since 2.1.0 are:
1154 * Emblems handled with icon themes
1156 * Uses new pango wrap mode in icon view
1158 * Work on exterminating Nautilus themes
1160 * Recent files support
1162 Major changes since 2.0.7 are:
1164 * Nautilus now uses the system icon theme.
1166 * The sidebar tabs have been replaced with a new widget.
1168 * The icon container uses the new eel canvas.
1174 Major changes since 2.0.6 are:
1176 * Fixed the assertion failure on startup
1178 * CD handling updates
1180 Major changes since 2.0.5 are:
1182 * Fixed volume handling bug with thrash that made it impossible
1183 to unmount removable media while using fam.
1185 Major changes since 2.0.4 are:
1187 * Follow thumbnailing prefs for svgs too
1189 * Correctly handle old non-utf8 trash and home links
1191 * Fix the "icons stacked in top left corner" bug
1193 * Various small bugfixes.
1195 Major changes since 2.0.3 are:
1197 * Don't show progress dialog for fast operations
1199 * Mime handling fixes
1203 * small performance enhancements
1208 Major changes since 2.0.2 are:
1210 * Drag and drop has been implemented in the list view.
1212 * Performance enhancements in the icon factory.
1217 Major changes since 2.0.1 are:
1219 * List view doesn't hang anymore.
1221 * Reflect changes in the eel background api.
1223 * Fix for crash when invoking "nautilus -q".
1226 Major changes since 2.0.0 are:
1228 * Various UI cleanups from the ui review
1232 * The Gnome Nautilus theme now follows the gtk+ theme better
1234 * Window geometry is stored even in open-directories-in-same-window mode
1236 * All executable bonobo components moved into libexec.
1238 * Some performance improvements
1240 * Accessibility fixes
1242 * Add support for kernel supermount patch
1244 * Read desktop file icons according to the icon theme specification
1246 * New throbber for the gnome theme
1248 * large version of trash icon
1250 * Better handling of disk ejecting
1252 * Proper handling of launching desktop files according to the spec
1256 Major changes since 1.0.x are:
1258 * Port to Gtk+ 2 and the Gnome 2 platform.
1260 * Major performance improvements.
1262 * Userlevels are removed.
1264 * Lots of small UI changes in order to comply with the Gnome 2 Human
1265 Interface Guidelines.
1267 * Preferences dialog has been trimmed down.
1269 * Anti-aliased mode has been removed. If you want anti-aliased text,
1270 you need to use the Gtk+ 2 anti-aliased text mode.
1272 * New emblems added to the default set of emblems.
1274 * Support for editing vfolder menus using nautilus.
1276 * Made most normal component in-process.
1278 * Accessibility support.
1280 * Drop support for public metadata.
1282 * The news was sidebar disabled/removed
1284 * Image view component removed, we now use Eye of Gnome.
1291 * Drop-shadow for text on the desktop
1293 * Alt-drag image and pick set-as-background
1295 * New progress dialog window-icon shows progress visually.
1297 * You can use Alt-left/right/up/down to navigate the icon view using
1300 * Ability to easily create launchers on the desktop.