Releases
Article that describes the main features of the releases in 2014-15.
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GNOME is known for its predictable release schedules, with a new version being released every six months. This pattern continued in 2014, with the release of GNOME 3.12 in March and 3.14 in September. These releases included over 60,000 changes by more than a thousand contributors around the world, ranging from major new features to small bug fixes.
3.12
New features in 3.12 included faster startup times, a new application folders feature, enhanced high-resolution display support, and redesigned Videos and gedit applications. GNOME's initial setup assistant was also revamped, based on results of user testing conducted by Intel's Open Source Technology Center.
Software, which provides an "app store" experience for installing applications and other software, had numerous refinements with the addition of screenshots, ratings, and the ability to install downloaded packages as well as repositories.
3.14
3.14 arrived with its own list of new features: new animations in the Activities Overview, better handling of Wi-Fi hotspots, multi-touch gestures on touchscreens, redesigned Help and Evince applications, and support for browsing Google pictures and home media servers (via DLNA) in Photos.
Boxes, the GNOME application for virtual and remote machines, had a long list of enhancements in 3.14, including virtual machine snapshots, automatic downloading of operating system images, express installation for Debian, and a collection of user interface improvements.
Developer Experience
The two 2014 releases also included significant enhancements for developers. 3.12 introduced a raft of new GTK+ widgets, including popovers and action bars, as well as new APIs for notifications and process launching.
GNOME 3.14 introduced GTK+ Inspector, which allows inspection of running GTK+ applications, as well as live editing of properties, settings, and CSS. Other improvements included the ability to use and style SVG assets using GTK+ CSS themes, a new default GTK+ theme, and the release of comprehensive design guidelines (called Human Interface Guidelines) for GTK+ and GNOME 3.
3.12 and 3.14 both featured major progress in our ongoing efforts towards Wayland adoption.
Find Out More
The 2014 GNOME releases contained many more features than it is possible to review here. If you want to find out more, the release notes for both versions are available online. 3.12 and 3.14 were also accompanied by release videos, which give a great overview of each version. These can be viewed on the GNOME YouTube channel.
Images
For each image, please list: Image licence.
3.12 screenshot pack - https://people.gnome.org/~engagement/screenshots/gnome-3.12-screenshots.zip
3.14 screenshot pack - https://people.gnome.org/~engagement/screenshots/gnome-3-14-screenshots.zip
3.14 screenshots - https://cloud.gnome.org/index.php/s/a81395e61fd9e241ae97449649d13b8d?path=%2FScreenshots%2F3.14
See Also
Relevant release notes:
Editor/Reviewer Notes
Comments
Would strike "The 2014 GNOME releases contained many more features than it is possible to review here." -OliverPropst
Proofread by RosannaYuen on 9/7/15
Proofread by NuritziSanchez on 9/9/15
= Next Steps = Proofreading Complete. Need to integrate the screenshots. Ready for integration into the report.