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    <link type="guide" xref="shell-overview#desktop" />

    <revision pkgversion="3.8.0" version="0.4" date="2013-04-23" status="outdated"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-11-02" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>GNOME Documentation Project</name>
      <email its:translate="no">gnome-doc-list@gnome.org</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Michael Hill</name>
      <email its:translate="no">mdhillca@gmail.com</email>
    </credit>
    <credit type="editor">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email its:translate="no">kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
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    <desc>An overview of terms used to describe different parts of the desktop.</desc>
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  <title>Activities, dash, top bar… What are they?</title>

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  <terms>
    <item>
      <title><gui>Activities</gui> overview</title>
      <p if:test="!platform:gnome-classic">The <em><gui>Activities</gui>
      overview</em> is the screen that is displayed when you click
      <gui>Activities</gui> at the top left of the screen.</p>
      <p if:test="platform:gnome-classic">The <em><gui>Activities</gui>
      overview</em> is the screen that is displayed when you select
      <gui>Activities Overview</gui> in the <gui>Applications</gui> menu at the
      top left of the screen.</p>
    </item>
    <item if:test="platform:gnome-classic">
      <title>Applications menu</title>
      <p>You can find the <gui>Applications</gui> menu at the at the top left
      of the screen. It gives you access to applications organized into
      categories. The <em>activities overview</em> is available by selecting
      the <gui>Activities Overview</gui> item from the menu.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Super-Tab window switcher</title>
      <p>When you hold down the <key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key> key
      and then press <key>Tab</key>, a <em>window switcher</em> appears. This
      shows the applications that are currently open.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dash</title>
      <p>The <em>dash</em> is the list of your favorite applications that is
      shown on the left-hand side of the <gui>Activities</gui> overview.
      Applications that are currently running are also shown here. The dash is
      sometimes referred to as the <em>dock</em>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Hot corner</title>
      <p>The <em>hot corner</em> is the corner at the top left of the screen.
      When you move the pointer to this corner, the <gui>Activities</gui>
      overview opens.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Lock screen</title>
      <p>The <em>lock screen</em> displays an image on the screen while your
      computer is locked. It provides useful information about what has been
      happening while you have been away, and allows you to control media
      playback without having to unlock.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Notifications</title>
      <p><em>Notifications</em> are messages that pop up at the bottom of the
      screen, telling you that something just happened. For example, when
      someone chatting with you sends a message, a notification will pop up to
      tell you. If you don't want to deal with a message right now, it is
      hidden in your message tray. Move your mouse to the bottom of the screen
      (or press
      <keyseq><key xref="keyboard-key-super">Super</key><key>M</key></keyseq>)
      to see your message tray.</p>
    </item>
    <item if:test="platform:gnome-classic">
      <title>Places menu</title>
      <p>The <em>places menu</em> is opened when you click <gui>Places</gui>
      on the <gui>top bar</gui>. It gives you quick access to important
      folders, for example <gui>Downloads</gui> or <gui>Pictures</gui>.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Settings</title>
      <p>The <em>settings</em> are where you can change preferences and so on,
      similar to the Control Panel in Windows or the System Preferences in Mac
      OS. Click the system menu on the right side of the top bar and press the
      <gui>Settings</gui> button to access them. Alternatively, you can open
      the <gui>Activities</gui> overview and start typing <gui>Settings</gui>,
      then select the <gui>Settings</gui> panel.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>System menu</title>
      <p>The <em>system menu</em> is on the right side of the top bar. You can
      update some of your settings, find information about your
      <gui>Wi-Fi</gui> connection, switch user, log out and turn off your
      computer from this menu.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Top bar</title>
      <p if:test="!platform:gnome-classic">The <em>top bar</em> is the bar that
      runs along the very top of the screen. The <gui>Activities</gui> link is
      on one end of the top bar and the system menu is on the other.</p>
      <p if:test="platform:gnome-classic">The <em>top bar</em> is the bar that
      runs along the very top of the screen. The <gui>Applications</gui> menu
      is on one end of the top bar and the system menu is on the other.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Workspace</title>
      <p>You can put windows on different <em>workspaces</em>. They are a
      convenient way of grouping and separating windows.</p>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Workspace selector</title>
      <p>The <em>workspace selector</em> is the list of workspaces that is
      shown on the right-hand side of the <gui>Windows</gui> view in the
      <gui>Activities</gui> overview.</p>
    </item>
    <item if:test="platform:gnome-classic">
      <title>Window list</title>
      <p>The <em>window list</em> is the bar at the very bottom of the screen,
      which shows buttons for all your open windows.</p>
    </item>
  </terms>

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