Notices by Tobias Bernard (tbernard@mastodon.social)

🎅🐼 Save the date 🐼🎅

We're having a release event for the new @p2panda stack, and a hackfest to start working on a new native GTK local-first collaborative text editor!

Join us December 7-8 in Berlin (location and details TBA)

#p2panda #p2p #localfirst #gnome #gtk #berlin

Update: Here's a quick draft for a pre-review checklist https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Circle/-/merge_requests/116

I've been trying to do more Circle reviews lately, and I've noticed that a lot of apps have very similar papercuts. Some of the classics are:

- Not using the standard keyboard shortcuts (e.g. Ctrl+, for opening preferences) https://developer.gnome.org/hig/reference/keyboard.html
- Missing a11y labels on buttons
- Longer blocks of text not being screen reader accessible
- Focus borders being weirdly shaped/glitchy

Maybe having a little checklist for app devs to do themselves before applying could catch some of these?

@bragefuglseth Do it, that's a great idea! Happy to look over drafts :)

That said, I was thinking maybe we could also just include a few of these things in the actual issue template for applying?

@forteller We've had mockups for this for like 5 years, just needs someone to implement the plumbing for scoped, global app actions 😅

Manuel is working hard on a new version of Apostrophe! It's the long-awaited port to GTK4, Libadwaita, and the other awesome new stuff ✨

The new version is a significant overhaul, so testing and filing bugs is appreciated!

Install the beta by adding the Flathub Beta repo:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo

And then install the app:

flatpak install flathub-beta org.gnome.gitlab.somas.Apostrophe

#gnome #circle #adwaita #flathub

Some impressions from the GNOME 46 release party at @offline yesterday. Thanks everyone for joining, it was great 🫶

New GNOME realease cooking 🍲

Announcing the program for the GNOME release party on March 30+31 🥳️

On Saturday we're trying something different from previous editions with cooking, talks, etc. It will be a bit of an experiment, but I think it's going to be a lot of fun 🧑🍳️🍲️🥕️

To make up for it we're meeting on Sunday specifically for hacking though :)

If you already know you're coming please add your name to the list on the Hedgedoc: https://hedgedoc.gnome.org/gnome46-berlin-event

#gnome #gnome46 #berlin

@martijnbraam My goto is just looking stuff up directly in Workbench these days, it has examples for pretty much anything :)

@martijnbraam I'm sure issues/MRs would be appreciated :)

@martijnbraam I mean it's a community project, stuff gets done if people show up and do it

The GNOME 46 release is coming up, and so is our Berlin release party!

Come join us on March 30th at @offline in Neukölln for hacking, talks, and all-around celebration of the new release 🥳

More details coming soon!

#gnome #gnome46 #berlin

Icon for @tchx84's new game authoring environment 🕹️

https://flathub.org/apps/dev.tchx84.Gameeky

🌈 TONIGHT! 🌈

Let's build native apps that work offline but can sync when you have a network connection! The GNOME Berlin crew is teaming up with @p2panda for a workshop to explore the technology together and work on prototypes.

To avoid having to download and install SDKs at the workshop set up your computer in advance: https://hedgedoc.gnome.org/gnome-p2panda-workshop

📍️ Where? Offline, Lichtenraderstr. 49 (Berlin)

🕕️ When? Monday Nov 20th, 18:00

#gnome2panda #localfirst #p2panda #gnome #berlin

The new GTK4 version of Foliate by John Factotum is finally out, and it's gorgeous ✨

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.

https://flathub.org/apps/com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate

Updated @allanday's Disks mockups to a split view layout. Always surprising how much of a difference this small change makes visually :)

The last few user-facing changes for 45 have landed in GNOME OS Nightly 🎉

Try it here: https://os.gnome.org

This includes the Activities indicator, and the the split view port for Files and Settings.

Thanks to @alice, @brainblasted, @felipeborges et al for making the latter happen at the last minute (and the release team for granting the freeze break) :)

@aral I opened the apps, why would I be confused about what app I'm in?

If this was a fundamental landmark people would be using it as such, which is not what we've found in practice...

@aral What we've found across a number of research exercises over the years is that:

- Basically nobody uses the app menu, either as a menu or as a focus indicator
- New people are often confused by the app menu, thinking that it's a taskbar/app switcher
- The app menu makes it harder for people to find Activities, because it's right next to it and visually more prominent

Try it for a few days, most people very quickly forget the app menu ever existed :)