Get Involved/Design/Frequently Discussed Topics: Revision history

16 March 2024

• curprev 21:2521:25, 16 March 2024‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 31,880 bytes +2,123‎ →‎Why things are the way they are: Add a section explaining the challenges surrounding theming of Qt apps outside Plasma

4 March 2024

• curprev 21:1321:13, 4 March 2024‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 29,757 bytes +585‎ Add a section about the Media Player icon

23 February 2024

• curprev 12:5512:55, 23 February 2024‎ Ognarb talk contribs‎ m 29,172 bytes +142‎ Add clarification for CSD

21 February 2024

• curprev 00:0000:00, 21 February 2024‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 29,030 bytes +92‎ →‎New off-by-default features: Mention accessibility as another exception to this rule.

18 January 2024

• curprev 08:1308:13, 18 January 2024‎ Edip talk contribs‎ m 28,938 bytes 0‎ replace 2023 with 2024

17 October 2023

• curprev 18:5818:58, 17 October 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 28,938 bytes +81‎ No edit summary

14 September 2023

• curprev 16:3916:39, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 28,857 bytes +1,327‎ Add a new section about CSD headerbars
• curprev 16:2216:22, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,530 bytes −357‎ Overhaul first-run wizard section to reflect reality, including the fact that we have one now!
• curprev 16:1316:13, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,887 bytes +5‎ Add more whitespace between major sections
• curprev 16:1216:12, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,882 bytes +20‎ Add a new "Open Topics" section to told the flat vs raised button question
• curprev 16:0816:08, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,862 bytes +2‎ Move constant redesign proposals text into "Design Pitfalls" section
• curprev 16:0716:07, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,860 bytes +2‎ Move rounded window corners text into "Why things are the way they are" section
• curprev 16:0616:06, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,858 bytes +2‎ Move "Measuring between variable-size UI elements" into "Design Pitfalls" section, since it's a design pitfall
• curprev 16:0516:05, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,856 bytes +40‎ Add a new "why things are the way they are" section an move some things into it
• curprev 16:0316:03, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,816 bytes +38‎ Add a new "Design Pitfalls" section and move a bunch of stuff into it
• curprev 16:0016:00, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,778 bytes +2‎ Move the Control Center text into the section about copying other platforms
• curprev 15:5915:59, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,776 bytes +24‎ Consolidate "copying other platforms" content under a new section
• curprev 15:5615:56, 14 September 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,752 bytes +22‎ Consolidate the scroll-related text into a group. So much about scrolling!

23 August 2023

• curprev 18:4918:49, 23 August 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 27,730 bytes +969‎ →‎Pixel-alignment for SVG icons: Expand on this topic and mention the elephant in the room about fonts

3 August 2023

• curprev 15:4715:47, 3 August 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 26,761 bytes −1‎ →‎"Consistency" doesn't mean everything should look identical
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26 July 2023

• curprev 15:4015:40, 26 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 26,456 bytes +40‎ Fix heading sizes
• curprev 15:3815:38, 26 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 26,416 bytes +1,128‎ Add a section about rounded window corners
• curprev 15:0415:04, 26 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ m 25,288 bytes 0‎ Ngraham moved page Get Involved/Design/Lessons Learned to Get Involved/Design/Frequently Discussed Topics

22 July 2023

• curprev 16:1516:15, 22 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 25,288 bytes −18‎ Reduce extra spacing between sections which was working around a visual issue in the old theme, which is no longer in use

11 July 2023

• curprev 13:3413:34, 11 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 25,306 bytes +10‎ No edit summary
• curprev 12:4712:47, 11 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 25,296 bytes +369‎ Mention another possibility in the "drawing lines between things" section

2 July 2023

• curprev 12:5312:53, 2 July 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 24,927 bytes +11‎ No edit summary

16 June 2023

• curprev 18:0118:01, 16 June 2023‎ Arunkp talk contribs‎ m 24,916 bytes −2‎ →‎Copying other platforms

13 June 2023

• curprev 19:4619:46, 13 June 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 24,918 bytes +1‎ Fix typo
• curprev 19:3919:39, 13 June 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 24,917 bytes +10‎ For the open topics, mention the date of the last update
• curprev 19:1819:18, 13 June 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 24,907 bytes +1,333‎ Add "Buttonlike buttons or flat buttons?" section

10 June 2023

• curprev 18:2518:25, 10 June 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 23,574 bytes −4‎ correct typo

2 June 2023

• curprev 14:4214:42, 2 June 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 23,578 bytes +710‎ Expand the "Copying other platform" section

25 May 2023

• curprev 16:2116:21, 25 May 2023‎ Redstrate talk contribs‎ m 22,868 bytes −2‎ Timeless design: remove extra line break
• curprev 16:1816:18, 25 May 2023‎ Redstrate talk contribs‎ 22,870 bytes +24‎ New off-by-default features: link to VDG page

24 May 2023

• curprev 19:4019:40, 24 May 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 22,846 bytes +61‎ No edit summary
• curprev 19:3719:37, 24 May 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 22,785 bytes +2,053‎ Add a section about drawing lines between UI elements

22 May 2023

• curprev 13:4913:49, 22 May 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 20,732 bytes +51‎ No edit summary

9 April 2023

• curprev 12:1612:16, 9 April 2023‎ Nicolas Fella talk contribs‎ 20,681 bytes +517‎ Add section about Tip of the day

21 February 2023

• curprev 17:3517:35, 21 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 20,164 bytes +682‎ Add a section on consistency

8 February 2023

• curprev 22:0322:03, 8 February 2023‎ Wazhai talk contribs‎ m 19,482 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
• curprev 20:4020:40, 8 February 2023‎ Wazhai talk contribs‎ m 19,481 bytes −1‎ fix typo

7 February 2023

• curprev 23:2323:23, 7 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 19,482 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
• curprev 23:2323:23, 7 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 19,481 bytes +231‎ Add description of autoscrolling
• curprev 21:1921:19, 7 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 19,250 bytes +56‎ No edit summary
• curprev 21:0321:03, 7 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 19,194 bytes +998‎ Add a section for "Broken promise" global options
• curprev 20:5320:53, 7 February 2023‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 18,196 bytes +604‎ Mention some of the history of auto-hiding scrollbars, and why we don't use them anymore

29 January 2023

• curprev 04:1504:15, 29 January 2023‎ Raki talk contribs‎ m 17,592 bytes −6‎ →‎Context menus are not enough

20 November 2022

• curprev 21:2721:27, 20 November 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 17,598 bytes −560‎ Overhaul first-run wizard section to tighten up what we consider acceptable

19 October 2022

• curprev 17:3817:38, 19 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 18,158 bytes +967‎ Explain why we don't offer Global Themes that mimic other platforms

10 October 2022

• curprev 17:4217:42, 10 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 17,191 bytes +89‎ Mention that https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=460125 has an idea to implement Control Center functionality without losing anything
• curprev 17:3517:35, 10 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 17,102 bytes +1‎ applet -> Plasmoid
• curprev 17:2317:23, 10 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 17,101 bytes +2,154‎ Add a section about why we haven't implemented a Control Center yet

8 October 2022

• curprev 15:2015:20, 8 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 14,947 bytes +923‎ Add section about context menus

4 October 2022

• curprev 21:1321:13, 4 October 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 14,024 bytes +1‎ Unify spacing again

14 September 2022

• curprev 01:2001:20, 14 September 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 14,023 bytes −1‎ →‎Copying other platforms

7 July 2022

• curprev 02:2902:29, 7 July 2022‎ Notspongbob talk contribs‎ m 14,024 bytes +5‎ Make paragraph spacing consistent

2 July 2022

• curprev 21:1821:18, 2 July 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 14,019 bytes +64‎ →‎Constant redesign proposals is a warning sign

22 June 2022

• curprev 16:5816:58, 22 June 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 13,955 bytes +3‎ →‎Names of different scrolling effects

22 February 2022

• curprev 20:2120:21, 22 February 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 13,952 bytes +1,135‎ Add section about System Tray p

19 February 2022

• curprev 14:0114:01, 19 February 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,817 bytes +148‎ →‎First-run wizard

27 January 2022

• curprev 16:5916:59, 27 January 2022‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,669 bytes +2‎ No edit summary
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4 December 2021

• curprev 18:0618:06, 4 December 2021‎ Bharadwaj-raju talk contribs‎ 12,634 bytes +71‎ →‎Basic/advanced modes

5 November 2021

• curprev 16:3616:36, 5 November 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,563 bytes 0‎ →‎Constant redesign proposals is a warning sign: fix typo

3 November 2021

• curprev 19:0019:00, 3 November 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,563 bytes +1‎ No edit summary
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1 November 2021

• curprev 20:3520:35, 1 November 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,471 bytes +1‎ No edit summary

2 October 2021

• curprev 15:4315:43, 2 October 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,470 bytes +139‎ →‎Timeless design, not trend-chasing

21 September 2021

• curprev 20:3420:34, 21 September 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,331 bytes +959‎ Add a thing about cisually separating scrollbars from content areas

16 September 2021

• curprev 16:2316:23, 16 September 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,372 bytes −2,954‎ Moved some of the cultural stuff to https://community.kde.org/KDE_Culture

7 September 2021

• curprev 21:0821:08, 7 September 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ m 14,326 bytes +1‎ Unify section spacing

28 August 2021

• curprev 18:1718:17, 28 August 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 14,325 bytes +1,354‎ Add section on auto-hiding/invisible scrollbars
• curprev 17:0217:02, 28 August 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 12,971 bytes +1,231‎ Add section on pixel alignment for SVG icons

4 August 2021

• curprev 16:3616:36, 4 August 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,740 bytes +374‎ Expand description of timeless design to explicitly warn against trend-chasing

9 June 2021

• curprev 15:3915:39, 9 June 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,366 bytes +77‎ →‎Finding a third way rather than taking sides and defending a position

17 May 2021

• curprev 15:2115:21, 17 May 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,289 bytes −7‎ →‎Timeless design

15 May 2021

• curprev 23:5823:58, 15 May 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,296 bytes +71‎ →‎First-run wizard

21 March 2021

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17 March 2021

• curprev 19:4519:45, 17 March 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,128 bytes +1‎ Make spacing between sections consistent
• curprev 19:4419:44, 17 March 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 11,127 bytes +267‎ Redo the "Copying Apple" lesson to be more generic

9 March 2021

• curprev 04:3804:38, 9 March 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,860 bytes +60‎ →‎First-run wizard

28 February 2021

• curprev 15:2315:23, 28 February 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,800 bytes +2‎ Unify spacing between sections
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• curprev 15:2215:22, 28 February 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,743 bytes +718‎ Add section about what it means when designers are constantly proposing changes
• curprev 15:1415:14, 28 February 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 10,025 bytes +867‎ Add a section on "Timeless Design"
• curprev 15:0615:06, 28 February 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,158 bytes −36‎ Rephrase "Copying Apple" section a bit
• curprev 15:0515:05, 28 February 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 9,194 bytes +1,191‎ Add a new section about finding a third way for controversial proposals

25 February 2021

• curprev 19:0519:05, 25 February 2021‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 8,003 bytes −11‎ →‎Basic/advanced modes

13 August 2020

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12 August 2020

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• curprev 17:5517:55, 12 August 2020‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 7,986 bytes +1,029‎ Add a section for the names of various different scrolling effects.

10 August 2020

• curprev 17:5817:58, 10 August 2020‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 6,957 bytes +220‎ →‎New off-by-default options: clarify that this is about new features

7 August 2020

• curprev 17:0617:06, 7 August 2020‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 6,737 bytes +904‎ Add a section about new off-by-default options

15 July 2020

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14 July 2020

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3 July 2020

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30 June 2020

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24 June 2020

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23 June 2020

• curprev 20:4220:42, 23 June 2020‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 3,724 bytes +625‎ Add section about copying Apple

13 February 2020

• curprev 02:3502:35, 13 February 2020‎ Ngraham talk contribs‎ 3,099 bytes +3,099‎ Created page with "This page catalogs the results of various discussions that appear over and over again. = Basic/advanced modes = This design pattern is not always wrong, but must be used spa..."