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Andy

More options Nov 23 2007, 6:48 am

From: Andy <andrew_m...@email.com>

Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:48:06 -0800 (PST)

Local: Fri, Nov 23 2007 6:48 am

Subject: Re: Picasa 2.7 Release Candidate available

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I'm really happy with this release candidate. I'm on Ubuntu 7.10 and
had the previous Linux Picasa installed, with 28K photos in hundreds
of folders. The new version picked everything up and Web Albums
working fine. I had to adjust my Compiz Fusion "Open" Animation
(previously set to "Glide") because the Picasa menus looked very
strange when clicked as they seem to be treated as windows. The Fade
animation looks Ok. I'm sure there is a way to configure the Fusion
settings so that they ignore Wine menus, but not sure how - its
something to do with the Window Type and Name....

On 21 Nov, 21:18, Michael <mtmm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Even in balmy Los Angeles, summer is finally over. Time for a new
> Picasa!

> The first Picasa 2.7 for Linux public release candidate is now
> available.
> To get it, visithttp://picasa.google.com/linux/download.html
> and scroll down to the Beta section.

> RELEASE NOTES:

> This release includes the same new features as in Picasa 2.7 for
> Windows
> including, particularly, Picasaweb integration.
> (Seehttp://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=53209. )

> It also includes the following Linux-specific changes:

> * Added amd64 Debian packages.
> * New standard Linux folder name for My Photos
> * Non-English language support enabled
> * New Picasa Font Settings tool (for e.g. Asian users who need to
> override
> * Backup and Gift CD features now enabled, and create .iso files for
> you to burn
> * Lots of bug fixes

> Known issues:

> - Slideshow and Timeline still don't display full-screen unless your
> display is set to 16 bits instead of the usual 24 or 32.

> - Embedded web browser (used by e.g. the BlogThis! button) gives
> some users trouble. We expect this will improve when we update to
> the latest Wine. (No ETA on that yet, but we're already working on
> it.)

> - Video is still not supported.

> - Running under Compiz or Beryl might not work well. If you run
> into trouble, please disable Compiz / Beryl when running Picasa.
> This isn't a big surprise - Compiz is still fairly new - and we expect
> it to improve with future releases of Compiz and/or Picasa.

> - The Loki installer is no longer supported, but you can still
> install in your home directory and/or without using a package
> manager;
> seehttp://www.google.com/picasa/linux/faq.html#44
> for instructions.

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