Category: GNOME

  • The new Keyboard panel

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    Georges Stavracas
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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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    Georges Stavracas
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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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    Georges Stavracas
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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…

  • The Future of GNOME Control Center

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Hello, GNOMErs! As some of you may be aware, I’m working on porting our beloved GNOME Control Center to match the latest mockups. Not alone, however; we’re a Team. The Porting Team We’re short on human resources here, but we’re doing our best to make the new Control Center for 3.22 release. Meet the Team:…

  • GNOME Calendar and Drag n’ Drop

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    Georges Stavracas
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    One of the most intuitive ways to interact with an application is reproducing what we do in real life. Applications try to shorten the learning curve by using metaphores of real world objects. We all know what GNOME Calendar is: a virtual calendar application. As such, using real-life calendars as a reference for it’s UI…

  • The GNOME 3.20 release

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    Georges Stavracas
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    Time has passed and we finally made it: GNOME 3.20 just got released. I’m writing this post in a full GNOME 3.20 + Wayland session (thanks Arch folks, [gnome-unstable] is amazing). I’d like to take some time to reflect about this release, what happened and what didn’t happen. Calendar While this certainly wasn’t the biggest…