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Timestamp:: Sep 1, 2024, 1:16:37 AM (3 weeks ago)
Author:: jscipione
Comment:: A few more UI, USB and network updates

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 '''User Interface:'''
 * Assisted color theme configuration in Appearance preferences for more intuitive customization.
+* Assisted color theme configuration in Appearance preferences.
 * Improved dark mode support, adjustments to logos in AboutSystem.
 * Consistent font usage across DeskBar menus for a unified look and feel.
 * Icon-O-Matic Enhancements: Significant updates to Icon-O-Matic: new features like perspective transformations, enabling users to apply complex 3D-like transformations to vector icons. This functionality enhances the tool's versatility and creativity. Additional improvements were made to the handling of icons and shapes, along with bug fixes and performance enhancements. These updates were part of the '''GSoC 2023''' project focused on enhancing this key application.
 * PowerStatus improvements: new battery status notifications for low and critical levels, automatic integration into DeskBar, improved recognition of not charging states, and persistent performance mode settings across reboots.
+* Consistent font usage across Tracker and Deskbar menus for a unified look and feel.
+* Icon-O-Matic Enhancements: Significant updates to Icon-O-Matic: new features like perspective transformations enabling users to apply complex 3D-like transformations to vector icons. This functionality enhances the tool's versatility and creativity. Additional improvements were made to the handling of icons and shapes, along with bug fixes and performance enhancements. These updates were part of the '''GSoC 2023''' project focused on enhancing this key application.
+* PowerStatus improvements: new battery status notifications for low and critical levels, automatic integration into Deskbar, improved recognition of not charging states, and persistent performance mode settings across reboots.
 * Localization improvements with BNumberFormat, ensuring consistent numerical formatting across applications.
 * Tracker file manager enhancements: better handling of read-only folders and improved media rating displays with half star symbols.
 * DeskBar improvements: increase the Twitcher team icon size from 32 to 48 pixels, make twitcher font sensitive. New other workspace window icons.
+* Tracker enhancements: better handling of read-only folders, enabling/disabling menu items, improved Find window and improved media rating displays with half star symbols.
+* Deskbar improvements: increase the Twitcher team icon size from 32 to 48 pixels, make twitcher font sensitive. New other workspace window icons.
 * Consolidated AboutSystem information removing inaccessible memory.
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 * Enhanced BMessageRunner to support intervals shorter than 50ms improving application responsiveness.
 * Proper size management of recent applications and document lists in the registrar.
 * BMenu improvements, keyboard navigation.
+* BMenu improvements, improved keyboard navigation.
 * Enhanced BSpinner control now sends accurate messages upon value changes, fixing a previous issue.
 * RGB color brightness calculation updated to use a perceptual brightness algorithm better color accuracy.
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 * DNS resolver synchronized with NetBSD.
 * Various network stack improvements: TCP optimizations, finalized SACK implementation, and window sizing fixes. Reduced buffer copies between drivers and the stack for better efficiency.
+* Various network stack improvements: TCP optimizations, finalized SACK implementation and window sizing fixes. Reduced buffer copies between drivers and the stack for better efficiency.
 * Kernel Debugger Land (KDL) event loop now uses the PAUSE instruction, reducing power usage during debugging sessions.
 * Kernel page allocator improved to maintain free pages in order, enabling larger contiguous memory blocks for more efficient DMA transfers.
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 '''Sound:'''
 * New USB Audio driver added, expanding support for more audio devices.
+* New USB audio driver added expanding support for more audio devices.
 * Refactored PCI audio drivers to share more code.
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 '''Network:'''
+* New USB wireless drivers added expanding support for more network devices.
 * Synchronized FreeBSD network drivers with the latest FreeBSD release supporting more network hardware.
 * Integrated OpenBSD drivers to expand support for additional network devices.
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 * Added support for virtio_gpu for better graphics capabilities in virtualized environments.
+* Support brightness control in newer Intel chipset graphics device.
 '''Debugging Tools:'''