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The KDE community has 3 goals it is currently focusing its effort on.
KDE sets goals that help the community focus on important things that need to get done in collaboration across many teams.


== Top-notch usability and productivity for basic software ==
https://kde.org/goals
KDE software is used by busy and productive people with goals in mind and problems to solve. With that in mind, we we strive to make KDE software present powerful and advanced features in a polished and easy-to-use manner. We should also use sensible default settings suitable for typical users and common workflows. And finally, we should focus on those common workflows to ensure that they are as usable and streamlined as possible.


More details about the goal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6831
'''The current goals are:'''
* [[Goals/Consistency|Consistency]]: As KDE's software evolved small and large inconsistencies creep in that make our software less pleasant to use. It also means having to maintain different implementations of essentially the same component like a scrollbar. We will identify and remove these inconsistencies in all of KDE's software.
* [[Goals/All about the Apps|All about the Apps]]: We want to refocus on KDE's applications and make them easier to discover and install for our users.
* [[Goals/Wayland|Wayland]]: We will finalize the transition to Wayland and embrace the future of desktop. This is a necessary step towards a lot of new features and improvements our users want to see, like better touchscreen support.


== Privacy Software ==
=== Goals process ===
More details about the goal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T7050
The process of selecting goals is described in a [[Goals/Goals Process|dedicated page]].


== Streamlined onboarding of new contributors ==
=== Previous goals ===
More details about the goal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T7116
In the past the KDE community has focused on these goals:
* [[Goals/Usability & Productivity|Top-notch usability and productivity for basic software]]
* [[Goals/Privacy Software|Privacy Software]]
* [[Goals/Streamlined onboarding of new contributors|Streamlined onboarding of new contributors]]

Revision as of 08:15, 4 September 2020

KDE sets goals that help the community focus on important things that need to get done in collaboration across many teams.

https://kde.org/goals

The current goals are:

  • Consistency: As KDE's software evolved small and large inconsistencies creep in that make our software less pleasant to use. It also means having to maintain different implementations of essentially the same component like a scrollbar. We will identify and remove these inconsistencies in all of KDE's software.
  • All about the Apps: We want to refocus on KDE's applications and make them easier to discover and install for our users.
  • Wayland: We will finalize the transition to Wayland and embrace the future of desktop. This is a necessary step towards a lot of new features and improvements our users want to see, like better touchscreen support.

Goals process

The process of selecting goals is described in a dedicated page.

Previous goals

In the past the KDE community has focused on these goals: