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For the first major iteration of the Ubuntu Maverick development cycle, the DX Team is delivering a set of new features.

Part of those are related to our new netbook environment (called Unity), while the other part is meant to work on netbooks and across desktops as well, including the Gnome and KDE desktops.

Feature list

Cross-desktop single menubar

Unity-Menubar.png

Meant to optimize vertical space usage on Netbooks, the single menubar hosts application menus directly on the top panel.

Modules are available to transparently support GTK+ applications and QT applications as well. This way, no special code is required and standard applications can be used. Some important applications are using custom toolkits however, and for example Firefox or OpenOffice are not supported for this cycle.

The Unity panel supports the feature by default. But Gnome or KDE users can also use a special applet to display menubars on their favorite panels too.

More details on how to enable the feature by default and how to report bugs at DesktopExperienceTeam/ApplicationMenu.

Unity Files Place

Unity-Search.png

Improved Unity interface

  • (panel, launcher, etc.)

Unity-Launcher.png

Sound menu v2

  • - player control

Prototype Network Menu, based on Connman

Network-Menu-Prototype.png

Upcoming features

  • early alpha 3 in fact: [ ARGB support in GTK+ ]

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