新版Compiz Fusion 0.7.2 发布了，它有哪些令人期待的新特性呢？
以下是来自compiz-fusion官方网站的消息：（本人翻译，如有谬误请指正）I'm pleased to announce the release of Compiz Fusion 0.7.2.
（很高兴宣布Compiz Fusion 0.7.2的发布）

This is the first development release of Compiz Fusion 0.7 series, which will
be the basis for the stable 0.8.0 release. This release is based on Compiz 0.7.2
and requires some features that weren't in Compiz 0.7.0.
（这是0.7系列的首个开发版本，为0.8.0稳定版打基础的。此版本基于Compiz 0.7.2，用到了Compiz 0.7.0中没有的一些特性）

Please note that we decided to skip 0.7.0 to keep in sync with Compiz version
numbers to reduce confusion as much as possible.
（注意：我们决定跳过0.7.0，以便保持与Compiz版本号的同步，减少用户的疑惑）

The Compiz Fusion 0.7.2 tarballs are available at
http://releases.compiz-fusion.org/0.7.2/ . You can verify these tarballs
using the sha1sums in
http://releases.compiz-fusion.org/0.7.2/compiz-fusion-0.7.2.sha1 , which are
signed by Compiz Fusion Release Team GPG key (C2B8F46E) at
http://releases.compiz-fusion.org/0.7.2/compiz-fusion-0.7.2.sha1.asc . The
matching Compiz Core tarball is available in the compiz/ subdirectory.

We've added a lot of new features and fixed a lot of bugs, but it's too much
to write everything down here.
（大量新特性的添加和bug修正，写都写不完）

New Plugins:（新插件）
compiz-fusion-plugins-main:
- session: Communicates with session manager to save/restore window state
（与会话管理器通讯，保存、还原窗口状态）
- bs: Change window brightness and saturation with key/button bindings
（通过键鼠控制窗口亮度和饱和度）
- mousepoll: Provides a generic system for other plugins to get the current
mouse position
（为其他插件提供一套通用的、用于获取鼠标位置的系统）
- mag: Provides a magnifying glass under the mouse pointer with 3 different
display modes (simple/image overlay/fisheye)
（放大镜，包含三种效果：简单、图片叠加、鱼眼）

compiz-fusion-plugins-extra:
- 3d: Adds depth to your desktop by raising windows in layers off the cube
（将窗口从桌面立方体上脱离，为桌面增加深浅效果）
- loginout: Provides a simple system to implement login and logout animations
（更容易实现登录和注销的动画效果）
- maximumize: Resizes a window to fit within the available empty screen space
（改变窗口大小以匹配屏幕空白区域）
- notification: Displays error messages on the screen with libnotify
（用libnotify显示错误信息）
- shelf: Shrinks a window to a preset size for monitoring many windows at once
（将窗口缩到预设大小，以便同时查看多个窗口）
- showmouse: Paints particle emitters that orbit the mouse pointer to make it
more visible
（粒子发射器围绕鼠标指针转动，以突出显示指针）

compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported:
- atlantis: Renders an aquarium inside of the transparent cube
（透明立方体里面有个水族馆）

Configuration manager changes:
ccsm:
- Action settings were split into button, key, and edge settings, each using
its own widget.
- Match settings can be edited with a simple editor that supports easy
grabbing of window properties
- Advanced Search page was improved
- New icons for some plugins
- Minor adaptations and fixes

simple-ccsm:
New settings manager focused on simplicity and aimed at end users

Compiz Fusion is entirely developed as a volunteer project, and we'd like
to thank everyone who contributed to this release. Translators, testers,
the support team and developers: thank you, your continuous contributions
made it all possible.

We hope you will enjoy using Compiz Fusion as much as we enjoyed writing it!

- - The Compiz Fusion Team

原文地址：
http://lists.compiz-fusion.org/pipermail/community/2008-March/000168.html