Nate Graham, QA developer for the KDE project, has published another report on the development of KDE and presented a new edition of the KDE Human Interface Guidelines (HIG). The document defines general templates and rules for the design of the interface of KDE applications, allowing developers to unify the appearance of their applications with the general design of the KDE platform and achieve its harmonious combination with other applications.
This tutorial reflects the current state of KDE development and focuses on using the Kirigami framework based on Qt Quick, which allows you to create universal interfaces suitable for both desktops and mobile devices. It is noted that the old HIG has long lost its meaning, as it described outdated design concepts from which the project has long moved away (for example, the “hamburger” menu and flat panels are now actively used), and was also confusing and verbose. The new document is free of fluff and philosophizing, has a simple structure and is aimed at providing concise, practical development recommendations. The document is not final and is designed for constant development, addition and adaptation to changing realities. The guide is in Markdown format and is available for submission of additions and changes.
In terms of KDE development over the past week, work has largely focused on finalizing KDE Plasma 6.1 for its June 18th release. Among the innovations created over the past week for Plasma 6.2 are:
- An option has been added to the graphics tablet configurator to configure the method for mapping the drawing area on the tablet to the area on the screen (flip to the entire screen, flip taking into account the aspect ratio, and flip to part of the screen).
- A mode has been added for testing drawing on a graphics tablet, allowing you to try out the settings.
- The widget for displaying the weather forecast has been transferred to the new API of the NOAA service that provides weather information, which made it possible to include night-time weather information in the widget.
- It is possible to wake up the screen from standby mode when moving the stylus.
- The effect of morphing pop-up dialogs has been removed from KWin due to the abundance of problems and the presence of visual artifacts during operation.
- Improved memory efficiency when displaying notifications containing images.
Source: opennet.ru
