Amarok 2.3.0 "Clear Light" released

[Tyler Aviss]

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:34 PM, Michael Lauzon <mlauzon-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> From the web site:
>
> "Team Amarok is proud to announce Amarok 2.3.0. It contains many
> improvements and bugfixes over Amarok 2.2.2 as well as many new
> features. Areas such as podcast support and saved playlists have seen
> huge improvements, as has the support for USB mass storage devices
> (including generic MP3 players).
>
> "With large parts of Amarok 2 becoming quite mature, it was also time
> to start looking forward again. Therefore, this release also contains
> a number of new features of a slightly more experimental nature. These
> include a new main toolbar and a rewritten and much simpler file
> browser. These parts are brand new and based on user feedback, and
> they will change and improve over the next few releases. The old slim
> toolbar is still available should you prefer that, but we encourage
> you to try out the new toolbar and tell us what you think. The file
> browser's look and feel now aligns more closely with the rest of
> Amarok with improvements such as breadcrumb navigation, and it is now
> focused on being a way to find and play music instead of being a
> multi-purpose file manager.
>
> "The context menu of tracks in your playlist now offers a "show in
> media sources" option, making it easier to find the same track again
> in the collection browser for editing, moving or deleting the file.
>
> "Podcasts have received a configuration dialog allowing you to change
> the update interval as well as the location to store new downloaded
> episodes. Podcasts and saved playlists are now also grouped by source,
> and a merged view is available just like in your local collection -
> perfect for those that don't care where their music is coming from but
> simply want to listen to it. Now, when a new source of playlists or
> podcasts becomes available, Amarok will switch off merged view and
> show a collapsible list of your new listening sources.
>
> "The Wikipedia applet now looks better and links have been fixed.
> Internal links to other pages on Wikipedia will display in the applet,
> and external links open a browser window.
>
> "In short, Team Amarok has been focusing hard on furthering our
> long-term goal: making Amarok the best tool for immersing yourself in
> music, no matter where it comes from."
>
> http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.3.0
>
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
> Michael Lauzon
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Maybe I'm just old fashioned, but for the life of me I can't figure
out why I'd need a wikipedia applet inside my music player. Was there
a request for this?

-- 
Tyler Aviss
Systems Support
LPIC/LPIC-2/CLA

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