Sneak Peeks/KDE Draft 11.1

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This was the draft page for the KDE Sneak Peek article

Previous KDE Sneak Peek articles: 11.0, 10.3
More screenshots of KDE 4.1
Screenshots of KDE 3.5

Topics

Here are some topics to cover in the article:

• KDE 3.5.10 (on DVD) with Kickoff start menu, sysinfo:/, ...
• Qt 4.4.3, Konqueror webkit-part available
• KDE 4.1.3 (on installable Live-CD and DVD):
  • Upstream Goodness (4.1 release announcement)
    • The KDE-PIM suite (Kontact & Co) is officially back
    • Plasma matures: Folder View plasmoid, panel settings mode (position, size, content order) with direct visual feedback
    • Many new and improved applications and frameworks
      • Dolphin: new tree view, support for tabs, single-click selection
      • Gwenview: new full screen view, a thumbnail bar for easy access to other photos, a smart Undo system and support for rating images
      • Konqueror: support for re-opening already closed windows and tabs, smooth scrolling through webpages
      • Marble: OpenStreetMap integration
      • KWin: new desktop effects like desktop grid, cover switch and wobbly windows
  • openSUSE Enhancements
    • Desktop Effects
      • KWin compositing enabled by default if hardware supports it, backported cube/cylinder/sphere effects (blog)
      • Compiz KDE configuration module (simple-ccsm-kde)
    • Plasma desktop shell
      • By default no desktop toolbox (blog)
      • Backported tooltip manager for taskbar thumbnails and other tooltips
      • Hiding of panel and windows covering panel possible (blog)
      • Kickoff start menu: points out recently installed applications, "Save Session" option
      • More advanced Folder View plasmoid, able to run as desktop background
      • System tray: multi-row if made big enough, ability to hide icons
      • Quick Access, Quick Launcher and Keyboard State plasmoids (blog)
    • Power management with Powerdevil (blog)
    • Konsole with session management and shortcuts for direct tab switching
    • "Super User Mode" menu entries for Dolphin and Konsole
• Updates via PackageKit and PolicyKit (blog), KPackageKit available

• Amarok 1.4.10 and 2.0 Final
• Digikam 0.9.4 and 0.10 Beta 6
• K3b 1.0.5
• Kaffeine 0.8.7
• KDevelop 3.5.3
• Konversation 1.1
• KTorrent 3.1.5

BTW, the article shouldn't be in this particular order ;-)