Author: Georges Stavracas

  • GNOME Music is fast again

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    Yo GNOMErs! It’s been a while, huh? Yesterday I was with a very strong headache, and I couldn’t sleep. So I decided to listen to some classical music and see if I could relax a little bit. What a great chance to try GNOME Music again! Well, it wasn’t such a please. My music collection…

  • The new Keyboard panel

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    After implementing the new redesigned Shell of GNOME Control Center, it’s now time to move the panels to a bright new future. And the Keyboard panel just walked this step. After Allan give his usual show with new mockups (didn’t you see? Check it here), . Check this out: Working on this panel had me…

  • GNOME Calendar supports alarms

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    In another of my (appearently common) insomnia nights, I decided to add a cool new to my pet application – Calendar. Something fast enough to be done in one night, but still useful. So, this just happened:   A small video demonstrating the new feature is also available:   And life goes on 🙂

  • CSS blend modes in Gtk+

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    As part of my work on Endless, I have to maintain and adapt GNOME applications to better suit our needs. This usually includes fixing bugs, working around limitations of the toolkit, and sometimes implementing new features. Some time ago, I was asked by multiple designers about the CSS blending modes. This is a well-known feature…

  • Bad news: I’m not attending GUADEC

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    … not this year. A few minutes before finishing my sponsorship email, I received a very annoying and sad news: my University appearently decided – without even asking my schedule – that I’ll make a presentation between August 14-18, otherwise they’ll kick me out. I was already looking for paçocas (if you’re not aware, they…

  • An update on the Control Center

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    Following my previous post about the GNOME Control Center, here’s a quick n’ dirty update on the current status: As many of you requested, it now uses symbolic icons (and looks very neat!) The panels are now grouped, following the discussion we had and based on Allan’s mockup The old UI still works just as…