GNOME has published article 90 since they started the TWIG initiative, from English "This Week In GNOME". What is included in it is what happened from March 31 to April 7 around his project, and all that is mentioned are new versions of applications. The only thing that doesn't look like it is a new version of flatpak-github-actions, a software with which to create applications in flatpak format using GitHub actions, but it also is.
In the News list there are many usual suspects, such as Loupe, an image viewer that is in the GNOME incubator and is expected to become part of the project's official applications shortly, or Tube Converter, a frontend for yt-dlp that is becoming increasingly popular. more powerful in its task of downloading videos from dozens of platforms.
This week in GNOME
- Loupe has arrived on Flathub as a preview. Since the last update, we have included:
- Now uses mipmaps in rendering, avoiding rendering artifacts.
- They have merged HighDPI support.
- They have added an algorithm that detects if a zoom or rotate gesture is being performed. A rather complicated task, but necessary for the touch gestures to work correctly. However, more work is still needed on the rotate gestures.
- Now uses an algorithm that detects if a transparent image will be too dark to be visible against the default background. In that case, Loupe will choose a lighter background.
- Fixed a lot of issues.
- Mousai v0.7 has arrived with many new features, including a new elegant and intuitive user interface, fuzzy history search, derecognition, and MPRIS support. You can also now easily copy the title and artist of any song from the interface, remove individual songs from history, and search in the player. Also, they've fixed a bunch of bugs and improved overall stability, along with a complete rewrite of Rust.
- Improvements have been made to Curtail, but the most notable are the following:
- Ported to GTK4 and Libadwaita.
- SVG support.
- More modern results page.
- Interface freezes no longer when compressing.
- Configurable compression timeout.
- Dependency updates (From OptiPNG to Oxipng).
- Chess Clock v0.5 greatly improves the time control selection screen making it simpler. Now there is only one button to start the game and the presets set the time in manual time entry.
- Gaphor It is already 4% GTK100 on all supported platforms. Plus, it now includes:
- You now have a graphical resolution of merge conflicts.
- Diagrams can be added to diagrams.
- Diagram mouse middle click scrolling has been enabled.
- The language used in the model can be changed independently of the system language.
- Many bugs have been fixed and interface improvements have been made.
- New version of flatpak-vscode, with improvements such as:
- Mount source directories.
- Support for running inside a container like toolbox.
- Expose the session accessibility bus.
- Fix remote development support.
- New version of flatpak-github-actions with several new configuration options.
- Resonance, a simple and intuitive music player written in Rust and Python, was released this week. Among its features:
- The user interface updates to reflect the colors of the artwork of the track that is playing.
- Creation and modification of playlists.
- Player control via MPRIS.
- Integration with Discord Rich Presence.
- Search on Last.fm.
- Time Switch update, a small app to perform a task after a countdown. This version includes:
- Added the ability to create presets to save and restore settings.
- New shortcuts have been added to make it easier to use the application with the keyboard.
- When running in the background, the app displays timer information in GNOME 44.
- The app will now remember the size of the window and the notification text.
- Minor UI improvements.
- Tube Converter v2023.4.0 has introduced these new features:
- Added the ability to run downloads in the background (disabled by default).
- Fixed an issue where extra escape characters were added to video titles.
- The user experience when adding a download has been improved.
- Updated translations.
- Denaro v2023.4.0-beta1:
- Added the ability to customize the decimal and group separators used per account.
- Added the ability to password protect a PDF file.
- Added a preference option to automatically back up account files to a specific folder.
- Fixed an issue that prevented OFX files from being imported safely.
- Fixed an issue that prevented QIF files from being imported on non-English systems.
- Fixed an issue where editing a transaction with a receipt would crash the app.
- It has been updated to the GNOME 44 platform and many GTK crashes that users were experiencing have been fixed.
- The user interface is now built using blueprint.
- Updated translations.
- GNOME Crosswords 0.3.8 includes:
- New puzzle» for the editor.
- Totally customizable size. The puzzles will shrink to fit the available space.
- Fixed bugs at the end of the game where the puzzle could still be edited.
- Use of tags instead of tags for puzzle metainfo.
- Fixed enumeration rendering.
- Various bug fixes.
- Cartridges was released just a week ago, and it's already received a big update:
- Skins can now be downloaded from SteamGridDB automatically.
- Two new sources: Lutris and itch.
- There is now better feedback when launching and hiding games.
And that's been it for this week at GNOME.
Images and content, TWIG.