Výhled na GNOME 3.4

The next release in the GNOME 3 series is scheduled for April 2012. Many new features and enhancements are planned for 3.4.

7.1. User-visible changes

  • Continued work on evolving GNOME 3, for instance by improving ‚focus follows mouse‘, making it easier to start multiple applications at the same time, and more.
  • Better installing, enabling and disabling of GNOME Shell extensions, which can provide tweaks, adjustments and enhanced functionality.
  • Easier input of certain characters and symbols that are not directly supported by the keyboard via better integration of IBus.
  • Social network integration via libsocialweb.
  • A new design for the Call user interface of Empathy that allows users to select the webcam and microphone used during the call, to move the video preview around, and might also include support for video effects.
  • Automatic multi-seat support using systemd.
  • Improved rendering of HTML messages in Evolution by using WebKit instead of GtkHtml.

7.2. Accessibility changes

  • An extensive set of Symbolic and High Contrast icons is being worked on. These icons will enable brand new accessible and complete High Contrast and High Contrast Inverse themes.
  • Further enhancements to GNOME Shell Magnifier, including caret and focus tracking along with additional options for customizing brightness and contrast.
  • Continued work on GNOME Shell’s accessibility and the tools used to access it.

7.3. Developer-related changes

  • Continued cleanup of the platform (for example moving from dbus-glib and libunique to GDBus/G(tk)Application, and migration of Evolution-Data-Server's storage backend from Gconf to GSettings).
  • Source code tarballs will only be made available using the .xz compression method.