this is the stuff that has been done in the past development cycles and has been removed from the main page -- EmmanueleBassi

1. 2.13 development cycle (obsolete)

1.1. Done stuff

Added a tree view in the side pane that groups logs by their directories (e.g. all logs in /var/log/ are grouped together, etc).
Default to monitor opened logs. This is now done by relying on gnome-vfs to monitor logs. The log monitoring is also now done in a much saner way, by simply adding new log lines at the end of the displayed log. New lines are displayed in bold for 5 seconds so the user can see what's going on.
Now all logs are actively monitored (ie not only the displayed log). When a log is updated, it is shown in bold in the log list until selected.
Memory reduction : don't use fixed-size buffers for strings. Cut memory use by ~30%
Massive display speed up. The Log Viewer is now usable with logs with more than 20k lines. With a 2.9MB log (more than 25k lines), the opening went from 42s in 2.12.1 to 3s in 2.13.
Session management is back and better than ever (it was busted in 2.12).
Bug Fixes : gnomebug:318609 gnomebug:318689 gnomebug:156507 gnomebug:316738 gnomebug:317208 gnomebug:318095 gnomebug:156507

Complete rewrite of the code base: now it's maintainable, much cleaner and expandible than ever.
Separation of the application and the dictionary source querying using libgdict.
New dictionary source definition: Dictionary supports choosing between multiple dictionary sources, defined using the Preferences dialog or just by special .desktop files dropped inside $HOME/.gnome2/gnome-dictionary.
Reworked the User Interface, now more HIG compliant.
Better printing support.
It's possible to save a copy of the definitions to a text file.
Reworked the User Interface of the panel applet: now, it opens a single window bound to the panel (like Seth Nickell's gnome-blog applet).
Many leaks plugged and crasher fixed.
Better error descriptions and handling.
Removed the speller.
Removed the web search.
The application now remembers its size and state across sessions.