Looking Forward to GNOME 3.0

Development doesn't stop with GNOME 2.30. Work has already begun on GNOME 3.0, due to be released exactly six months after 2.30.

GNOME 3.0 will continue to provide the desktop platform and applications it always has, and will also feature a new user interface in GNOME Shell and the GNOME Activity Journal which easily helps you browse and find files on your computer. GNOME 3.0 also will include new features in accessibility, new user help and documentation, GNOME's first web service in Tomboy Online and more. For developers, GNOME 2.30 deprecates a number of old libraries.

A preview of GNOME Shell is available in 2.30 and is available for download. GNOME Shell features an innovative new user interface using the power of a composited desktop. GNOME Shell makes it easy to add additional workspaces, start frequently used applications, and access your most used files and documents.

Рисунок 6GNOME Shell

Журнал активности GNOME — это инструмент для поиска и просмотра файлов на вашем компьютере. Он хранит хронологический журнал активности всех файлов и поддерживает возможность установки меток и взаимосвязей между различными группами файлов. Журнал активности GNOME — это графический интерфейс к Zeitgeist, движку, который отслеживает все действия, связанные с рабочим столом, а также включающему в себя поддержку меток и закладок.

Рисунок 7GNOME Activity Journal

Tomboy Online is also scheduled for GNOME 3.0 and will allow users to sync and access their Tomboy Notes via the web.

For disabled users, the GNOME Accessibility team has a number of new features planned including a new GNOME Magnifier, Caribou, a new on-screen keyboard, and a new preferences user interface.

User help and documentation will see a new GNOME User Guide helping users who are new to GNOME. Yelp, the GNOME Help Browser, will include new features such as bookmarks and improved search capabilities.

GNOME's roadmap details the developers' plans for the next release cycle, the GNOME 3.0 release schedule was released earlier this year and is available on the GNOME wiki.