#archlinux gets $600K in funding (from the usual German foundation, of course), #Firefox drops Do Not Track and #Flathub is being separated from the #GNOME foundation into its own entity: time for the #linux and #OpenSource News video!
#archlinux gets $600K in funding (from the usual German foundation, of course), #Firefox drops Do Not Track and #Flathub is being separated from the #GNOME foundation into its own entity: time for the #linux and #OpenSource News video!
@thelinuxEXP I think generally the issue for KDE apps is that they’re being migrated to Flathub after they’ve been well-established whereas GNOME apps tend to be built with Flathub guidelines specifically in mind.
I’m all for making that migration easier and encouraging more KDE apps. But I think that Flathub is appealing in large part because of its uniformity. And I think featured apps should be held to a high standard for presentation because that’s the highest endorsement Flathub can give.
@clairie Oh I do want guidelines and standards, but the guidelines on icons are too much
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social Can you please give an example of a guideline you disagree with? I feel they’re generally agreeable design guidelines. Follow your community style guides and ensure it fits within the borders so your icon renders properly and pretty.
https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/metainfo-guidelines/quality-guidelines/#app-icon
@clairie@mastodon.social Not too much or too little detail in the icon (subjective and shouldn’t be up to flathub), no baked in shadows in icons, « in line with contemporary styles », not allowing explained screenshots with text or information around the app window (even Apple allows this)… Forcing screenshots to have rounded corners as well?
I totally want more streamlining, but this is de facto excluding so many current apps that would have to change their icon just to be on flathub…