Archive for August, 2010

GNOME Activity Journal 0.5.0 (Development Release)

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
GNOME Activity Journal 0.5.0 – “Defying Gravity”
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The GAJ & Zeitgeist teams are proud to announce the 0.5.0 development
release of the GNOME Activity Journal codenamed “Defying Gravity”.
What is GNOME Activity Journal?
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GNOME Activity Journal is an Activity Browser, which lets you quickly
find what you did – with files, emails, and on the web. As opposed to
File Browsers, it mainly focuses on when you did something rather than
where the items you worked with are located. GAJ is powered by the
“awesome” Zeitgeist Framework.
Where?
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Downloads: http://edge.launchpad.net/gnome-activity-journal/0.5.0/0.5.0/+download/gnome-activity-journal-0.5.0.tar.gz
About Zeitgeist: http://zeitgeist-project.com
Wiki: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeActivityJournal
What is done so far:
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Since the last release we included some new features (but postponed others)
Alongside multiple bug fixes, major changes and features include:
* Improved start-up time
* Better support for Tomboy and websites
* An experimental toolbar providing
* Access to “MultiView”, “ThumbView”, and “TimelineView”
* Improved search tool (please let us know, what you think of it)
* Preferences (experimental Blacklists extension)
* Minor makeover of the visual appearance
What to expect with the next releases:
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* A highlighting of categories containing search results
*Category tooltip, so that users can peek into collapsed categories
* More tooltip previews
* Improved widget caching
* Search on all views
* Improved search experience
* More keyboard shortcuts
* Accessibility

The GAJ & Zeitgeist teams are proud to announce the 0.5.0 development release of the GNOME Activity Journal, codenamed “Defying Gravity”.

Special kudos for major contributions to HylkeRandySeif, and Siegfried!

What is GNOME Activity Journal?

GNOME Activity Journal is an Activity Browser, which lets you quickly find what you did – with files, emails, and on the web. As opposed to File Browsers, it mainly focuses on when you did something rather than where the items you worked with are located. GAJ is powered by the awesome Zeitgeist Framework.

Screenshots

The Columns View of the GNOME Activity Journal with a Preview Tooltip (top left), the Search Tool (top right), a Used-with collection (bottom left), and the Preferences dialog showing Plugins (bottom right):

Columns View of GNOME Activity Journal

The Intervals & Thumbs Views of GNOME Activity Journal:

Intervals & Thumbs Views of GNOME Activity Journal

Where?

This Release

Since the last release, we included some new features (but postponed others). Alongside multiple bug fixes, major changes and features include:

  • Improved start-up time
  • Better support for Tomboy and websites
  • An experimental toolbar (screenshots below) providing
    • Access to “MultiView”, “TimelineView”, and “ThumbView”
    • Improved search tool (please let us know, what you think of it)
    • Preferences (experimental Blacklists extension)
  • Makeover of the visual appearance

Next Releases

What to expect with the next releases:

  • A highlighting of categories containing search results
  • Category tooltip, so that users can peek into collapsed categories
  • More tooltip previews
  • Improved widget caching
  • Search on all views
  • Improved search experience
  • More keyboard shortcuts
  • Accessibility