ANNOUNCE: parole 0.5.90 released

Sean Davis smd.seandavis at gmail.com
Sat Oct 19 16:23:26 CEST 2013


parole 0.5.90 is now available for download from
  
  http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2
  http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2.md5
  http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2.sha1
  http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/parole/0.5/parole-0.5.90.tar.bz2.sha256


What is parole?
===============

Parole is a modern simple media player based on the GStreamer framework
and written to fit well in the Xfce desktop.

Website: 
  http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/parole


Release notes for 0.5.90
========================
=== Development Release 0.5.90 ===
This is the first development release for Parole 0.6.0.  Please
contribute your testing and translation efforts, as there is a lot of
new stuff for this release.

* Completed port to GTK+3
  - Remove deprecated GTK+2 items
  - Use GtkOverlay for player controls
  - Use symbolic icons for menus, plugins
* Improved window maximization
  - Window dimensions are no longer saved when maximizing
  - Added "window-maximized" setting to xfconf to keep maximization
across sessions
* Rearranged and improved menubar
  - Renamed "Edit" menu to "Playback"
  - Renamed "Languages" menu item to "Audio Track"
  - Added Tools menu
  - Moved Plugins and Preferences to Tools menu
  - Added DVD menu (visible only when a DVD or DVD ISO is being played)
  - Added "Save Playlist" item to Media menu
  - Added "Report Bug" item to Help menu
* Improved playlist
  - Use symbolic icons in an inline toolbar
  - Removed redundant settings button
  - Added Move Up/Down buttons
* Updated/improved included plugins
  - Added Previous/Next Track menu items to Tray plugin
  - Added Previous/Next Track menu items to Notification plugin
* Other improvements
  - Updated artwork (background image, icons)
  - Fixed GStreamer 1.0 support
  - Added ability to play DVD ISOs from the Open dialog
  - Plugins now correctly report when they fail to load
* Bugs fixed
  - missing option to open DVD from iso (bug #10300)
  - Allow a playlist to be sorted and/or items to be moved (bug #10066)
  - Remember playlist option in GUI not working (bug #10269)
  - Parole show irritating edge (bug #10081)


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