Xfce splash screen crash course
Here's a very brief introduction to the way splash screens work in Xfce 4.2.0 and above:
Continue readingThunar Firefox-like location bar (the 2nd skin)
Just came up with a better idea for the location bar layout:
Continue readingTerminal 0.2.4 released
So I finally released the next version of Terminal after nearly 3 months since 0.2.2. And since everybody likes cute new features - as long as they don't blow up things too much - this new version finally includes support for helper applications (yes, that means clicking on URLs/email addresses is possible now):
Continue reading4.2.1(.1) is doomed
I'm the new wimp of the day, as I accidently uploaded the wrong installer binary for 4.2.1.1 (I uploaded 4.2.1 with the panel bug again). I updated the mirrors now (except for www.us.xfce.org, www.xfce.org redirects to this mirror so don't download from xfce.org now, which will be updated during the next 3-4 hours) with the correct 4.2.1.1 binary, and everybody who installed 4.2.1.1 from the installer should refetch the binary and reinstall. Sorry for the inconvenience caused by this doomed 4.2.1(.1) releases.
Continue readingXfce 4.2.1.1 available
Since 4.2.1 contained this critical panel bug, we did a quick 4.2.1.1 release yesterday, which fixes the panel issue. All users of Xfce 4.2.1 should upgrade to 4.2.1.1. Updated installers are available from Xfce installers website.
Continue readingThunar Firefox-like location bar
So I added the firefox-like location bar to Thunar today (Brian Schott came up with that idea yesterday) and after playing around with it for some time, I'm pretty sure that this is the solution to the location bar problem we've been trying to find during the last weeks.
Continue readingReleasing bugs...
Funny, right after the 4.2.1 release is finally done - well, except for Olivier's ChangeLog/NEWS - somebody files a critical bugreport against xfce4-session 4.2.0: xfce4-session - the simple and balou engines to be exact - crashes on startup with new freetype2 2.1.10cvs (well, not surprising that mice doesn't crash, as it doesn't render any text). Looks like a 4.2.2 release is not far away...
New Panel Design
Jasper decided to open the design process for the new panel for general discussion. He's using the Xfce Wiki for this purpose. The most important part is the Panel Plugin API. So, in case you are a panel plugin writer or plan to write a plugin in the future, I suggest you enter the discussion.
Continue readingEmbedded Xfce
os-cillation now offers an embedded linux platform with Xfce as graphical interface for control units, appliances and other embedded applications. The system boots from a flash file system, which can be customized to fit the customers needs. The system itself offers 4 RS232 ports, 4 USB ports, 1 IrDA port and up to 16 GPIO pins, which makes it well suited for system control in the industry.
Continue readingThunar Open Location Ideas
Brian Schott came up with a new - actually borrowed from ROX - idea for an Open Location control in the GtkFileChooser-like UI:
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