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 6 months later, and with about 150 apps now meeting the Flathub metadata guidelines I'm a bit confused that it's still overwhelmingly GTK apps (>90%). Like, do people developing on other stacks not care about their app listing? Do they primarily use channels other than Flathub? Have they not made new releases in the past year? Have we just been particularly good at mobilizing people to care about this from the GNOME side? Playing with the new version of Shortwave by @haeckerfelix. Looking dope with the new split view layout โจ The latest development version of Papers is looking hot ๐ฅ Huge kudos to @pabloyoyoista, Qiu Wenbo, @camelCaseNick, and everyone else involved for their work on this! @tbernard Lools really, really good! Great job! If I could be so bold to add a wee feature request: docx support.  As part of the GNOME @sovtechfund project we've been working on improving notifications in GNOME (and the wider free desktop) ๐โจ In this blog post @jsparber gives an update on the current state, what's already landed in 46, and what's coming in the near future! https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2024/04/23/notifications-46-and-beyond Very cool to see an unmaintained GTK3 app ported to GTK4 and the latest widgets, kudos to @FineFindus ๐ @tbernard @FineFindus That's awesome news, I've actually been writing a lot of LaTeX since I started univerity, but I've always relied on an online tool because the old app was so outdated. @tbernard Thanks for the great design! @tbernard the dog in our flatshare was ahead of our time: (RIP Mira, wuff) It's 2024 and Gitlab still has 10+ useless color options but no way to follow the system dark mode preference ๐๏ธ  @tbernard Personally I prefer a non-GTK application that follows the dark style system preference, than a GTK application that does not follow the dark style system preference, and there are some. The new GTK4 version of Foliate by John Factotum is finally out, and it's gorgeous โจ This is one of the most polished, most useful third party apps out there, so it's really cool to see it updated to the latest version of the platform. It now also works on mobile, has a better library and navigation, and uses the standard Libadwaita preferences patterns, among other things. People: How dare GNOME developers not add these 900 options I want! Same people: I can't switch away, GNOME is the only usable desktop Wonder if there's a connection there... nah probably not.  @tbernard that's what I always wonder. KDE Plasma is such a nice desktop and provides lots and lots of features. There is literally no need for GNOME to go that route too. @tbernard Love Gnome because it's a very solid base to build from. The opinionated, but consistent design is so nice in comparison to the random jumble everywhere else. While we didn't quite manage to get all core apps ported to the new Adwaita 1.4 widgets in time for 45 (Looking at you, Software), the adoption among third party apps has been phenomenal! Once the new Flatpak runtime is out (next week?) and people can start making releases everything's going to look sooo slick โจ
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@tbernard we really need to redo those devel stripes now that titlebars are flat  The activities indicator has landed ๐ Thanks to @verdre for the prototype extension, Georges for implementing it in a clean way, and @fmuellner for timely reviews! https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/merge_requests/2902 A bit of history, as a curiosity: We've long wanted to replace the Activities button with something nicer, but finding a good replacement proved difficult given the constraints (e.g. needs wide enough to be clickable and generic enough to stand for searching, switching, launching, etc). This old issue has a bunch of random ideas for alternatives: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell/-/issues/3590 Look, I like memory safety as much as the next guy but a 2 minute build every time I change one line in the UI file is not the future we were promised ๐ As mentioned in the design talk, we have a testing extension for the Activities button refresh. Try it out and let us know what you think! https://discourse.gnome.org/t/activities-button-call-for-testing/16407
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@tbernard I am missing workspace names, similar to what space-bar gnome extension does. The problem if you don't have workspace names is that it's hard to remember which workspace you put something on. It's a minor thing that would make workspaces much more useful ๐ https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5090/space-bar/ It's weird how bad the dark style on many major websites/apps still is. No real differences in background colors, no depth/shadows, white borders everywhere. Feels like looking at a spreadsheet. Kudos to @alice for doing a much better job with this in libadwaita! @tbernard well, it was kinda similar in 1.0, since gtk4 default had very low contrast in dark, so we changed all borders to light, then started toning them down - and only finished by 1.2. @tbernard@mastodon.social @alice@crab.garden is it bad that I kinda like both?... Since I've done quite a few Circle reviews lately, here's some advice if you're applying: Reviewers mostly just follow the "App Criteria" checklist. Already doing this before applying can save a ton of time during review https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Releng/AppOrganization/-/blob/main/AppCriteria.md In particular, test your app with a11y options such as large text and high contrast, and try using it with just the keyboard by tabbing through controls. Some friends and I were discussing why we do free software even though it often means doing tons of work for little or no money. I think for me some major factors are the personal agency you have over the work (independent from employers/investors) and the potential for longevity that comes with having your work be part of the commons (projects can't be acquired and killed). That kind of unalienated relationship to your creative output is very rare outside of maybe fine arts or entertainment. Part 3 of my series on post-collapse computing is out: https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2022/10/22/post-collapse-computing-3 This time: Concrete directions and ideas for how we could make our software more resilient. Some hightlights ๐งต Software should be local-first, i.e. the network is fully optional. Everything works without any connection, but when you have a connection collaboration and other fancy features are possible. Playing with Jonas' latest WIP mobile shell branch. It's honestly more fluid than my Android phone with Lineage, super impressive given the much weaker hardware โจ๏ธ
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 @tbernard @tbernard can't wait to try this, Gnome's applications screen is something I'm very much missing on Phosh. 12
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@tbernard the #Fedora #flatpak repo has a fair deal of #Plasma packages in it, and that's probably because the Fedora community has been porting desktop apps over to it.
I have a cynical take though. I believe that #designers and #UX experts gravitate more towards #Gtk/ #Adwaita because it is more modern. Plasma/ #Origami has come a long way, but is still not as enticing as Gtk/Adwaita. This becomes a little barrier to entry in of it self, IMHO. It also means there is more Gtk #abandonware.