Wrapping up a very productive GNOME design call… about accent colors! We addressed every single blocking topic and have a clear way forward. I don’t want to promise anything specific (especially timelines), buuuut it’s looking good to me.
I might write up a blog post to summarize the direction once we sort some of the little details out. But there’s a pretty good consensus across half a dozen or so people doing the work—harder than it sounds. 😅
There’s renewed interest around the #Music app in #GNOME, which excites me. I use a music streaming service for discovery and while I really like that and don’t think there’s a good way to replicate that with the way the music industry is structured, there is also a lot more we could do to encourage and lean into local music collections.
A big part of that conversation, imho, should be how buying music from an artist usually supports them far more then streaming their music a ton.
What are some other ways a local music app could be more useful in a world where so many lean on streaming services? What would make you consider using a local player more, if anything?
I’d love to integrate with a music store directly where you could purchase music, but I just don’t see it happening. Maybe we could link out to known-good sources where people can buy music to get started, though?
I really want accent colors to ship in GNOME, and we’re approaching the beginning of the GNOME 47 cycle, so… what’s blocking it? The short answer: design consensus.
The longer answer: there are outstanding—but imho not insurmountable—concerns and a lot of design work to do around it. 🧵
Spent a little time revving it to address feedback re: calls to action and too many buttons. Idk what I'm doing at this point, but anyone is welcome to steal or throw this away. :D
I've been talking a bit with folks working on GNOME about the state of the System Monitor app and its handful of community-made alternatives, then I had a thought:
Is it a wild idea to just... not have the app?
Wait wait, put away your pitchforks! We could do something better!
What if the reasons people actually use System Monitor were just exposed more contextually in the OS, for everyone? 🤔
GNOME users, I have some questions for you! This won’t single-handedly drive the design of GNOME (I’m not that influential… yet 😉 ), but anecdata is always nice to help unstick design discussions or just gather insights.
(Polls will follow posts as I can’t share an image and a poll, sadly.)
If you use GNOME, do you use the “Recent” view in the file chooser, e.g. when opening a file in an app? Note this is NOT the same as when browsing in the Files app.
If you use GNOME, do you use the “Recent” view in the file chooser, e.g. when opening a file in an app? Note this is NOT the same as when browsing in the Files app.
(See previous post for a screenshot, reply for context.)