[Kde-extra-gear] Gwenview 1.4.0

[Aurelien Gateau]

So here is a new stable release of Gwenview: 1.4.0.

If you are a user of the latest development release (1.3.91), the only change 
is the support for the video duration in slideshows.

If on the other hand, you are still using latest stable release (1.3.1), here 
is a summary of the most important changes between 1.3.1 and 1.4.0:

- SVG and video support has been added.

- The toolbars have been reworked: only the most important items are in the 
main toolbar. Actions specific to the current image have been moved to an 
image view toolbar.

- A filter bar has been added to the file view. It lets you filter files by 
type, name pattern and date.

- The file view from the folder KPart now features the same toolbar as in the 
application.

- To get faster startup times and reduce the memory usage, KIPI plugins are 
not loaded until the "Plugins" menu is opened.

- A new delete dialog has been added, borrowing some code from Amarok and Juk.

- When available, Gwenview now uses the shooting date instead of the file 
date.

- The list of supported archive formats is no longer hard coded, so you can 
for example add support for rar archives by installing kio_rar.

- Zoom has been improved: you can now zoom to width or height, and a zoom 
combobox has been added to the application and KPart toolbars.

- The slideshow now starts directly. Slideshow options like timing or 
fullscreen can be set from the configuration dialog.

- Quite a few bugs have been fixed.

You will find all these demonstrated in the [screenshot gallery][1].

Tarballs are waiting for you on the [download page][2].

Please note that the 1.4.x serie is the last serie for KDE3. There will 
probably be a 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 version fixing bugs, but work will now focus on 
porting Gwenview to KDE4.

Regards,
  Aurélien

[1]: http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/screenshots.php?action=list&album=/1.4
[2]: http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/download