This Week has arrived GNOME 44 in what has become the present of the project and its entire circle. Now it's time to do two things, or three: for those who can't use it yet, wait; for those who are using it, enjoy it; and both, find out about all the news that they are preparing for GNOME 45, which will be available after the summer. Everything they are preparing will be published on TWIG, and we will echo it with weekly articles.
Most of the changes that have been presented today are application updates, whether they are from GNOME, which are going to become part of the project (those that are currently in the incubator) or from their circle, which are not official but are supported by GNOME. . The first change tells us that AdwAboutWindow (Libadwaita) now has a constructor new_from_appdata which allows the creation of AdwAboutWindow from valid AppStream metadata. the rest of the News list is what you have below.
This week in GNOME
- Loupe now supports displaying animated GIFs, PNGs and WebPs. The HEIC (x265 codec) image format can now be separated into an extension that loads automatically if available. This is mainly due to pending software patents that may apply in some countries. Last but not least, image format detection has been unified. Loupe will now, in many situations, be able to load images with the wrong extension and display the actual format of the image in the properties.
- Share Preview 0.3.0 has arrived with:
- New scraping log feature.
- Remember the last selected social platform.
- Design improvements.
- Updated to use the latest libadwaita features.
- Many small bug fixes.
- Updated translations.
- Identity v0.5 has come with an option to compare videos and images “head to head”. Images and videos can be arranged in columns or rows, and their position and zoom are kept fully in sync. Gestures for zooming, drag-and-drop and others have also been improved, taking inspiration from Loupe.
- Dialect has added new features, such as the preferences window has been slightly redesigned. Now you can choose between different text-to-speech providers, currently between Google and Lingva. They have also added translation providers Bing and Yandex.
- Commit 4.0 introduces:
- gnomes 44.
- Ask for confirmation before discarding the changes.
- Show the name of the repository in the title bar.
- Prevent shortcut from saving empty commits.
- Improve tooltips.
- Design improvements.
- Fixes in Contrast, AppIconPreview and Icon Library.
- HBud 0.4.2 now available. It's a simple media player, and it hasn't reached its final form yet, but many issues that were present have been fixed in this version.
- New version of Geopard, the Gemini client:
- Updated to the latest libadwaita and GTK for improved performance and compatibility, including use of the new Adw.TabOverview widget to improve tab management on small screens.
- Added support for opening gemini files and mime types from the command line.
- Added a tab history menu on right-click arrows for easier navigation.
- Fixed non-blank links issue.
- Scrollbar offset to the edge of the window for a cleaner UI.
- Tooltips have been added to header bar elements to provide more information to users.
- More information has been added to the "About" window for users to get to know the project better.
- Various fixes and refactorings.
- Login Manager Settings v3.beta.0 has been released:
- The flatpak runtimes have been upgraded to version 44.
- Fixed a bug where the app might not open on PureOS.
- Code improvements.
- Cawbird can now display and flag pinned posts on a user's detail page. Mastodon is mentioned in the capture, and it is assumed that Twitter no longer allows unofficial clients.
- With the official release of Libadwaita 1.3, the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines have been updated to include guidance on the new banner widget. This replaces the guidance on information bars, which have been deprecated.
- Auto Activities has received important improvements, such as:
- Add preference to ignore last workspace.
- The Hide New Window option is enabled by default.
- Refresh preferences window.
And that has been all this week in GNOME. To also see the news related to the foundation, we recommend visiting the original article at TWIG.