What's New in MeeGo Touch Homescreen

0.22.3

Bugs fixed

• Screen rotation was possible during switcher mode change

0.22.2

Bugs fixed

• The home screen used a lot of CPU time after vigorous installing

0.22.1

Bugs fixed

• Object names used to change style for progress indicators were incorrect
• Launcher progress indicator spinner kept spinning even after the application had started
• Homescreen updated the display when touched even if nothing happened

0.22.0

New

• MeeGo Touch Home now follows the MeeGo component naming convention

0.21.18

New

• Switching between Switcher overview and detailview modes can be performed by pinching
• The search client can be opened by typing on the hardware keyboard
• The call UI can be opened by typing numbers on the hardware keyboard
• Showing installation and update progress of application in launcher and quicklaunchbar

0.21.17

Bugs fixed

• Closing a window thumbnail in Switcher took the user to the last page

0.21.16

Bugs fixed

• Switcher ends up on the correct page after minimizing an application
• Background of homescreen set to black

0.21.15

New

• The switcher now supports transient windows

Bugs fixed

• The launcher page indicator did not show the correct page when the launcher was opened
• Shortcut icons on the quick launch bar were not properly aligned
• The launcher closed when the screen dimmed

0.21.14

New

• The desktop background is blurred and dimmed if there is content on the desktop (in the switcher or in the launcher)

Bugs fixed

• Shaded out background wallpaper was not dark enough

0.21.13

New

• Switcher detail view is usable again (if enabled)

Bugs fixed

• Minimize/maximize animation ended/began at the edge of the screen

0.21.12

New

• It is much easier to close the tasks from the switcher
• Launcher shows a progress indicator when an application is being started

Bugs fixed

• Launcher buttons were not placed in their expected positions

0.21.11

Bugs fixed

• Launcher was passing the substitution variables in the Exec field of the .desktop field as parameters when there was no substitution to be done
• Applications did not get _NET_ACTIVE_WINDOW event

0.21.10

New

• Support for absolute icon paths in .desktop entry files.
• Home screen provides the corrent UI flow.
• New switcher buttons are added after a slight delay to speed up application startup.

Bugs fixed

• Too large background images crashed the home screen

0.21.9

New

• Support to open launcher at a page where launcher item with certain application icon is displayed using com.meego.core.HomeScreen dbus service.
• Switcher overview mode changed to have only four buttons per page.
• Support for -prestart parameter. With this parameter the window doesn't appear until the application receives a dbus signal.

Bugs fixed

• System modal dialogs appeared in the switcher

0.21.8

New

• Disabled the Applet Space

0.21.7

New

• Switcher thumbnail title changes when the window title changes

0.21.6

Bugs fixed

• The home screen crashed when the wallpaper was changed

0.21.5

Bugs fixed

• The Applet Library is more readable now
• The desktop wallpaper appeared white if the theme daemon did not manage to load it in time

0.21.4

Bugs fixed

• There was an unnecessary delay before an application was launched after a launcher button was tapped
• The launcher and switcher position indicators were not always updated correctly

0.21.3

Bugs fixed

• Opening the launcher took a long time

0.21.2

New

• Possibility to change the wallpaper of homescreen
• Blurring effect on wallpaper when switcher thumbnails are on
• Move the rendering of status bar to shared pixmap

Bugs fixed

• After rotating the device thumbnails were arranged in a wrong place
• SystemSettings Option was missing from the launcher
• Switcher buttons were not properly centered

0.21.0

New

• Adapted to libdui 0.20.0 API changes and renaming libdui to libmeegotouch

Bugs fixed

• Launcher panning in portrait mode didn't work properly
• Switcher thumbnails didn't display how the applications really look like
• Close applet space icon was missing
• Launcher was not always on the same page after rotating the device
• Application thumbnails were updated even when the switcher was not visible

0.20.2

New

• The launcher is closed when a launcher button is clicked

0.20.1

Bugs fixed

• Launcher button was drawn as a red square
• The home screen window's type was incorrect

0.20.0

New

• First version of the new UI simplified launcher, no edit mode implemented yet.
• Notifications are now in the Status Indicator Menu

0.19.3

New

• First version of Quick Launch Bar

0.19.2

New

• Switcher now shows the applications in the overview mode

0.19.1

Bugs fixed

• Installed applications were not shown in the Launcher when compiled with testability enabled

0.19.0

New

• Status bar visible in all applications
• New status bar layout
• Operator name shown in home view
• Means to close windows from the new switcher
• Immediate feedback of launching application from the main menu
• Ability to specify absolute path to image in notifications

Bugs fixed

• X applications icons are not shown after minimization
• duihome does not provide feedback for application startup
• "App Matrix" maintains landscape layout unless rotated intentionally
• Having dui applications running before duihome crashes duihome on startup

0.18.2

Bugs fixed

• Command line option parsing robustness fixed

0.18.1

Bugs fixed

• Unit tests fixed
• Plugin packaging fixed

0.18.0

New

• Possibility to spawn a system notifications
• Switcher is on the home screen instead of in the main menu
• During video recording notification system does not play any sounds or visual notifications
• Home sends a DESKTOP_READY signal after it is ready for operation

Bugs fixed

• homescreen doesnt get required x events passed to it when running on with software and wm is present
• Icon geometry does not get updated when windows are initially minimized and when homescreen is rotated
• Desktop load ready signal is missing