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Awn Extras 0.2.4 Released!
Written for Awn Extras by Mark Lee on 2008-02-19
After months of development, Awn Extras 0.2.4 has been released! The most user-visible change is that there are a lot more applets. Please see the release page (linked below) for more details.
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Awn 0.2.4 released!
Written for Awn by Mark Lee on 2008-02-19
After months of development, Awn 0.2.4 has been released! This version of one of the most popular open source docks includes non-Gnome desktop environment support, an updated Awn Manager UI, and support for writing applets in Vala, the C#-like language for GObjects.
New applets in trunk
Written for Awn Extras by Julien Lavergne on 2008-01-10
Since the 0.2.1 release, new applets have been uploaded to the trunk. There is a quick summary :
* MiMenu : new menu applets, more like the standart GNOME menu
* PyClock : a simple clock, written in Python
* aRSS : a reader for RSS feeds
* awnterm : to always have a terminal ready
* cairo-menu : a fast and little menu applet
* calendar : a clock and calendar applet with integration with Evolution
* comic : a viewer for several comics websites
* DigitalClock : a clock in a digital format
* last-fm : listen your last-fm channel
* places : display your different places (folder, devices ...)
* shiny-switcher : a replacement for the switcher with preview of the workspace/viewport
* tsclient : an applet to manager tsclient
To test it, follow the wiki instruction : http://
Or try the new testing branch : http://
Awn extra applets 0.2.1 : First official release
Written for Awn Extras by Julien Lavergne on 2007-12-11
The first release of awn extras applet is available for download : https:/
Awn extras applets provide some usefull extensions (or "applets") for the dock bar avant-window-
Available applets are :
* main-menu: Display a list of all the applications on your computer
* separator: Display a white line to separate applets.
* trash: Display and empty your trash. Like the gnome panel trash applet.
* awnsystemmonitor: Display CPU activity and system stats on click
* BlingSwitcher: Replacement for the simple Switcher. It draws the background and the windows of every viewport.
* media-control: Display album art and allow to control your media players
* media-icons: Allow to add media icons like play, pause, and next/back and control media players
* battery-applet: Display computer current power status
* gmail: Allows to receive notification when new mail arrives into a GMail inbox
* quit-applet: A simple gnome-quit launcher
* showdesktop: Hides/shows all of the windows of the current viewport
* stack: A stacks applet. Provides a convenient location to place commonly used files
* volume-control: A fancy volume changing applet that works much like the gnome panel version
* weather: downloads and displays the current weather conditions and weather
* awn-notificatio
* filebrowser: Displays the content of a directory in a nice dialog window. You can navigate in the directories like in a file manager.
* notification-area: Replaces the gnome-panel notification area. Not transparent. Can't be launch with the notification gnome-panel applet.
* trasher: A replacement for the trash applet
* plugger: Display plugged devices like USB memory stick. Need stack applet.
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