====== News ====== The following information is mostly obsolete. Please check out the [[http://git.xfce.org/?s=idle|git repository]] to keep track of the latest changes. ===== Old News ===== This page hasn't been taken care of for quite a while, much development has been going on that hasn't been mentioned here (e.g. the last-mentioned power-manager has already become version 1.0.1 three months ago). We will try to keep you up-to-date a bit more in the future, for reference always feel free to check out the [[http://git.xfce.org/?s=idle|git repository]] in order to keep track of the latest changes. ===== WMdock plugin 0.6.0 released ===== The WMdock plugin is a compatibility layer for running WindowMaker dockapps on the XFCE desktop. It integrates the dockapps into a panel, closely resembling the look and feel of the WindowMaker dock or clip, respectively. Get [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-wmdock-plugin| xfce4-wmdock-plugin]]. Please report bugs and unexpected crashes. --- //[[andre@ellguth.com|Andre Ellguth]] 2013/10/20 23:41// ===== WMdock plugin 0.3.4 released ===== The WMdock plugin is a compatibility layer for running WindowMaker dockapps on the XFCE desktop. It integrates the dockapps into a panel, closely resembling the look and feel of the WindowMaker dock or clip, respectively. Get [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-wmdock-plugin| xfce4-wmdock-plugin]]. Please report bugs and unexpected crashes. --- //[[ellguth@ibh.de|Andre Ellguth]] 2011/04/28 23:01// ===== Xfce Power Manager 0.8.1 released ===== Maintenance release with minor modifications of the Xfce power manager , for more information check this page [[http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-power-manager]]. --- //[[aliov@xfce.org|Ali]] 2009/07/03 . // ===== Xfce Power Manager 0.8.0 released ===== Version 0.8.0 of the Xfce power manager with numerous improvements, for more information check this page [[http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-power-manager]]. --- //[[aliov@xfce.org|Ali]] 2009/06/09 . // ===== Gigolo 0.3.2 released ===== This is another small release of Gigolo mainly to fix problems when browsing the network for Samba/Windows shares with newer GVfs versions which don't auto-mount network resources on demand. More details and downloads can be found on http://www.uvena.de/gigolo/ --- //[[enrico.troeger@uvena.de|enrico]] 2009/04/18 17:06 // ===== Xfce Power Manager 0.6.2 released ===== This is a bug fix version of the stable 0.6.0 release of the Xfce power manager, for more information [[projects:applications:xfce4-power-manager|visit the website]]. --- //[[aliov@xfce.org|Ali]] 2009/02/19 18:05 // ===== Xfce Power Manager 0.6.1 released ===== This is a bug fix version of the stable 0.6.0 release of the Xfce power manager, for more information [[projects:applications:xfce4-power-manager|visit the website]]. --- //[[aliov@xfce.org|Ali]] 2009/02/06 16:30 // ===== Sion has been renamed to Gigolo ===== Gigolo is a frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems using GIO/GVfs. The whole application has been renamed to [[projects/applications/Gigolo]]. --- //[[enrico.troeger@uvena.de|enrico]] 2009/01/31 18:15// ===== Xfce Power Manager 0.6.0 released ===== This is the first stable release of the Xfce power manager, for more information [[projects:applications:xfce4-power-manager|visit the website]]. --- //[[aliov@xfce.org|Ali]] 2009/01/26 15:30 // ===== WMdock plugin 0.3.2 released ===== The WMdock plugin is a compatibility layer for running WindowMaker dockapps on the XFCE desktop. It integrates the dockapps into a panel, closely resembling the look and feel of the WindowMaker dock or clip, respectively. Get [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-wmdock-plugin| xfce4-wmdock-plugin]]. Please report bugs and unexpected crashes. --- //[[ellguth@ibh.de|Andre Ellguth]] 2009/01/25 20:58// ===== Xfce4 Screenshooter 1.5.0 released ===== This new release features a region screenshot mode, copy to clipboard, improved user interface and a new documentation. For more information see [[projects:applications:xfce4-screenshooter|Xfce4 Screenshooter's page]]. ===== Sion 0.1.0 released ===== Sion is a frontend to easily manage connections to remote filesystems using GIO/GVFS. This is the first public release. For more information see [[projects:applications:sion|the Sion page]]. --- //[[enrico.troeger@uvena.de|enrico]] 2009/01/02 20:29// ===== Announcing xfce4-playercontrol-plugin ===== This will be the successor to the xfce4-xmms-plugin. It now supports XMMS, Audacious (all versions) and MPD. You can find a link to the first (beta) release on the [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-xmms-plugin|xmms plugin page]]. ===== Midori 0.1.1. released ===== Midori is a lightweight web browser. See the ChangeLog of the current release: * Reimplement page holder as an extension * Introduce a C extension interface * Introduce unit tests for automated testing * Implement history based location completion * Support the Web Inspector in new WebKit versions * Bookmarkbar properly reflects changes * Improve overall OS X integration * Add a Text Editor Preference * Add a Compat sidebar Preference * Add an Open external pages in Preference * Implement source view and cached favicons with libsoup Get [[projects:applications:midori| Midori]]. --- //kalikiana 2008/12/01 09:39// ===== Verve Plugin 0.3.6. released ===== I'm glad to announce the release of xfce4-verve-plugin 0.3.6. This is mostly a maintainance release. Important changes include: * The plugin has been renamed from "verve-plugin" to "xfce4-verve-plugin". * The plugin now depends on Xfce libraries from the Xfce 4.4 release and the pcre dependency has changed to 5.0. * The plugin no longer crashes when the user enters a command before the command completion is initialized. * The default history size is 50 commands now. A number of new translations have been added and others have been updated: * Albanian (Besnik Bleta) * Arabic (Mohamed Magdy) * Brazilian Portuguese (Nuno Miguel, Vladimir Melo) * British (Jeff Bailes) * Catalan (Ivà Burgos) * Czech (Michal Várady) * Danish (Jens Hyllegaard, Lars Nielsen) * Galican (Leandro Regueiro) * Indonesian (Andhika Padmawan) * Italian (Roberto Pariset) * Japanese (Masato Hasimoto) * Latvian (Rihard Priedītis) * Norwegian Bokmal (Terje Uriansrud) * Spanish (Abel Martín) * Russian (Nikita Belobrov) * Ukrainian (Dimitry Nikitin) * Urdu (Muhammed Ali Makki) Download it from the [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-verve-plugin|plugin website]]. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2008/11/23 16:01// ===== Midori 0.0.20 released ===== Midori is a lightweight web browser. See the ChangeLog of the current release: * Single instance support using Unique * Make it clear that WAF is preferred * Provide an 'extension' icon * Load user styles from ~/.local/share/midori/styles * Use Ctrl+Shift+T for Undo Close Tab * Add "open-tabs-next-to-current" preference * Use rsvg-convert instead of imagemagick's convert * @name in the meta data of userscripts is recognized * Remove "small-toolbar" preference Get [[projects:applications:midori| Midori]]. --- //kalikiana 2008/08/24 23:18// ===== xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 1.3.2 released ===== This is the last summer release, unless some obvious critical bug is found, which I hope won't happen... It contains the following improvements: * BUGFIX: plug some stupid leaks. * BUGFIX: when the active window is the desktop, instead of returning a corrupted snapshot of the background image, return the whole desktop view. * Code cleanup using libgdk functions. * Use tooltips for panel plugin when compiled with gtk >= 2.12. * Fix all compiler warnings. * Comment the code and make it more readable. * IMPROVEMENT: now, the name of the screenshot is updated while browsing in the file chooser to set its save location. Jérôme Download this release: http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin-1.3.2.tar.gz Changelog: http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin/ChangeLog Project website: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin/ ===== xfce4-linelight-plugin 0.1.0 released ===== The goal of linelight is to have a frontend for the locate search which is similar to Mac's Spotlight. This is the first release of xfce4-linelight-plugin hence it is far from perfect but overall it is usable and I hope some might find it a handy plugin. Visit the [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-linelight-plugin|xfce4-linelight-plugin website]] for more information --- //[[m_pfeuti@students.unibe.ch|Michael Pfeuti]] 03/07/2008// ===== xfce4-screenshooter-plugin 1.1.0 released ===== In this release, the panel plugin has been cleaned, it can now take a screenshot of the whole desktop or of the active window, with a delay that the user can set. This release also contains an executable that allows to take screenshots from the command line, which makes possible to bind the PrtScreen key to the screenshooter. I would like to thank Gauvain Pocentek, Stephan Arts, Mike Massonnet, Mario Danic, Og Maciel and Moritz Heiber for their advises and translations. Please report bugs and wishlists to http://bugzilla.xfce.org/ Download this release: http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin-1.1.0.tar.gz Changelog: http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-screenshooter-plugin/ChangeLog --- //[[jerome.guelfucci@gmail.com|Jérôme Guelfucci]] 17/06/2008// ===== Timer plugin 0.6 released ===== This is mainly a bugfix release. A minor new feature is that the alarm list is saved permanently, that is, the settings are kept when the plugin is unloaded from the panel. You can get the file [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-timer-plugin/xfce4-timer-plugin-0.6.tar.bz2|here]]. --- //[[ilgar_eroglu@yahoo.com|Kemal Ilgar Eroglu]] 26/12/2007 00:35// ===== Verve 0.3.5 is out ===== As part of the current goodies release flow, I'm glad to announce another bugfix release of Verve. The following bugs were fixed: * check NULL pointers before unref'ing them (bug #2125) * remove several warnings (unused variables, dirty code) (bug #2175) * properly modify the foreground color while blinking (patch by Mike Massonnet) * protect the command completion more carefully (fixes several issues when the completion is not loaded yet) Some new features also made it into the release: * unhide the panel when verve grabs the focus * the number of command history items can now be configured A big thanks goes out to all the translators - keep it up! Visit the [[projects:panel-plugins:verve-plugin|Verve plugin website]] for details about this release. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2007/01/16 22:26// ===== dict plugin updated ===== Hi. I just released a new version of the xfce4-dict-plugin. Besides minor improvements, in 0.2.1 the GUI won't freeze anymore when querying a slow dictionary server. And now you can search dict.leo.org, too. --- //[[enrico.troeger@uvena.de|enrico]] 2007/01/16 15:33// ===== quicklauncher plugin updated ===== Hi everybody. Just wanna that i've released a new version of the xfce4-quicklauncher-plugin. The most visible change is the fact that this released takes now the backgound color from your gtk theme when displaying the launchers, so that it fits better whith it. Other changes are mainly bugfixes, espescially with netbsd and gcc 2.95 and lots of new translations. --- //[[masse.nicolas@gmail.com|bountykiller]] 28/09/2006 23:06// ===== Another New plugin in SVN ===== On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 Álvaro Lopes commit his forst version of the cellmodem plug-in into our SVN repository. It has still some issues (No full support to change orientation, Ask for PIN" callback is being called twice when the applet is launched, ...), but he hope it will be useful for others "as it is for me" he said on the mailing list. It also includes a "testing driver" which simulates a real cellular modem. --- //[[masse.nicolas@gmail.com|bountykiller]] 27/09/2006 22:04// ===== New Plugin ===== Here is a new plugin for the Xfce4 panel: xfce4-dict-plugin. It is a simple client program for any DICT servers. It can search for a word on a given Dict server and shows the results in a window. You can also select some text and drag in to the icon in the panel and the plugin will start to search. If you want to know more, take a look [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-dict-plugin| here]] The tarball is available at: http://files.uvena.de/xfce4-dict-plugin/xfce4-dict-plugin-0.1.0.tar.bz2 Please consider that this plugin has an alpha state, so don't complain (but please report) about bugs and unexpected crashes. --- //[[masse.nicolas@gmail.com|bountykiller]] 20/09/2006 23:04// ===== xfce4-battery-plugin 0.4.90.2 released ===== We're glad to announce the 0.4.90.2 release of the [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-battery-plugin|battery plugin]]. Nick Schermer applied several patches (which fixed - amongst others - bugs #1261 and #1475). He also implemented several minor improvements (such as using the new headed dialog). Be sure to grab the tarball from [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/xfce4-battery-plugin/xfce4-battery-plugin-0.4.90.2.tar.bz2|our download directory]]. --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2006/09/02 16:28// ===== xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin 0.4.2 released ===== A new version of the [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin | xfce4-smartbookmark-plugin ]] has been released. It's version 0.4.2 and features the option to hide the label. A dialog header was added to the properties and new translations (Hungarian and traditional Chinese) are now available. ===== xfce4-xmms-plugin 0.4.0 released ===== We're glad to announce this new release of the [[projects:panel-plugins:xfce4-xmms-plugin|xfce4-xmms-plugin]]. The most significant change is that the plugin is finally available for the Xfce 4.4 panel. In addition, several translations were added (Japanese, German, French). ===== Verve 0.3.4 released ===== Ok, this is just a fast bugfix release to make the verve-focus script working again. Be sure to get your copy of the tarball from [[projects:panel-plugins:verve-plugin|the project page]] ===== Verve 0.3.3 Released ===== I'm glad to announce the [[projects:panel-plugins:verve-plugin|Verve]] release [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/verve-plugin/verve-plugin-0.3.3.tar.bz2|version 0.3.3]]. It includes several bugfixes and a C replacement for the previous ''verve-focus'' Python script (which should please everyone as there is no Python dependency anymore). A list of changes is available in the [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/verve-plugin/ChangeLog|ChangeLog]]. ===== Thunar Media Tags 0.1.1 Released ===== [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/thunar-media-tags-plugin/thunar-media-tags-plugin-0.1.1.tar.bz2|Version 0.1.1]] of the [[projects:thunar-plugins:thunar-media-tags-plugin|Thunar Media Tags Plugin]] has just been released to the public. It's mainly a bugfix release (one major bug with non file:-URIs resolved). I can't really tell you when I released the first version of this [[http://thunar.xfce.org|Thunar]] plugin, but the most important updates happened to the translations. The following language codes are now supported, thanks to the help of our translators: ca de el eu fr hu ja pl ru zh_TW --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2006/08/02 20:16// ===== New version of xfce4-notes-plugin ===== A new version of the xfce4-notes plugin has been realised this monday. The first improvement is the support of the new panel api. But that's not all, since this version also feature with multiple notes support through a notebook. You can have a look [[ http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-notes-plugin| here]]. --- //written by bountykiller, on 25/07/2006 at 23h20,GMT+1// ===== Verve 0.3.2 released ===== I'm glad to announce another (mainly bugfix) release of my command line plugin today. Here's a list of what's new: * **$PATH** contents are loaded asynchronously now (faster startup) * **verve-focus** was missing in 0.3.1 - it's now shipped with Verve again * Italian translations were added * The new titled Xfce dialog is used now In addition, I finally managed to create some screenshots of Verve in action. I also wrote down some usage information. You can take a look at them on [[projects:panel-plugins:verve-plugin]]. The release tarball can be downloaded from [[http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/verve-plugin-0.3.2.tar.bz2|http://goodies.xfce.org/releases/verve-plugin-0.3.2.tar.bz2]] --- //[[jannis@xfce.org|Jannis Pohlmann]] 2006/07/19 12:37// ===== Thunar archive plugin got 0.2 ===== Yes, this thunar plugin was updated to a new version, wich seems to have lots of new stuff. Here what his author say about that: "This is a major release, which introduces a generic scripting interface for archivers, so the plugin can now be used with basicly every archive manager that supports the required command line parameters. Support for File Roller (the GNOME archive manager) and Ark (the KDE archive manager) is builtin. Xarchiver will include support for the archive plugin in the next release. It depends on Thunar 0.2.2 or above." --- //written by bountykiller, on 05/07/2006 at 22h01,GMT+1// ===== More, more ,more,.... ===== While the new website is being fill, another panel plugin was developped. This time, it's a mpd client plugin wich is being done. Here is the main features: * prev/next/stop/play buttons with gtk stock icons (your gtk-icon-theme may provide such icons.. Tango, Rodent and Nuvola does) * mousewheel to increase/decrease volume * current title shown as tooltip * configurable MPD host/port/password Code is [[http://gcu.info/~gaston/xfce4-mpc-plugin-0.1.0.tar.gz|here]] while a screenshot is available [[http://gcu.info/~gaston/mpc-plugin-demo.png|here]]. --- //written by bountykiller, on 18/06/2006 at 16h10,GMT+1// ===== Website moving ===== Hi everybody. I just wanna say that currently, xfce mainteners are moving all the goodies stuff from the Berlios servers to the xfce ones. This means that the files, but also the svn repository are being moved. Also, this web site will moved to a new doku wiki powered one, located at http://goodies.xfce.org. We hope it will offer us some easiness in maintening the site, so that it will stay up to date and give more information for everyone. --- //written by bountykiller, on 01/06/2006 at 23h30,GMT+1// ====== Staying Up To Date ====== In order to be notified of updates or releases, you can register to a lot of RSS feeds (there is one feed for each Wiki page). So if you want to be notified of goodie releases, all you have to do is to open the RSS feed on this page in your favourite news aggregator!