14 DAY TRIAL // Canonical's Bill Filler and David Planella sent their regular reports to the Ubuntu Touch mailing list informing users about the new features that have been implemented in the mobile operating system for Ubuntu phones.
It looks like there are many new features added to the Browser app of Ubuntu Touch, such as bookmark folders, find in page, prototype desktop tabs, as well as keyboard shortcuts, which landed in the Wily Werewolf branch.
The Address Book also received some improvements, such as in-line editing of contacts and the ability to create contacts (these were also added to the Dialer and Messaging). Also, the expansion from the contact list component has been removed from the Address Book. These landed in both Vivid Vervet and Wily Werewolf channels
"Hi Everyone, the system apps team completed our sprint 6 today. Below are the details of what we accomplished, and what is planned for the next sprint 7, starting Monday," says Bill Filler.
The Content Hub component got a file browser prototype for legacy apps, which allows users to transfer files between Click apps and sandoxed legacy apps that run in a container. The new project can be found at https://launchpad.net/files-app.
Additionally, support for registering for type ALL has been added to the Content Hub, a functionality that is need for legacy apps. Last but not least, the presage and skeyer suggestions have been merged.
The Reminders app has been renamed to Notes
Moreover, the Reminders app has been renamed to Notes, which got a lot of improvements, the Calendar app has been greatly enhanced, and important updates for the Terminal, Calculator, Notes, and Clock apps have been pushed to users via the Ubuntu Store.
Last but not least, ‘web hooks’ have been enabled at Evernote to support ‘push-notification’-like testing in the Notes app, which will notify users when their notes, notebooks, and reminders are being modified elsewhere. Unity 8 has been tested in LXC session and core apps.
Update: We've updated the article with new information from David Planella's report sent to the Ubuntu Touch mailing list on June 19. The new information can be found on the second part of the article, after the headline.