=Description=
We should focus on making the KDE Plasma environment a lean, mean productivity machine for ordinary users who are not skilled at the command line. Our users should not have to become terminal experts to create at the speed of thought.
=What it will take=
We will need to focus on adding productivity-related features, fixing bugs, and addressing quality-of-life issues in our software's GUI interfaces, particularly the most basic and commonly-used KDE software and the frameworks that power them: Plasma, Dolphin, Kate, Okular, Gwenview, System Settings, Konsole, Discover, Baloo, KIO, Kirigami, and others in the same vein.
=How we know we succeeded=
People will fall in love with KDE software for its maturity, ease of use, stability, and long list of features that are genuinely useful for normal people's typical use cases. We should get a lot of positive press for fixing many longstanding usability and productivity issues and implementing longstanding feature requests. Reviews of Plasma should note its maturity, stability, polish, and ergonomics compared to other offerings.
=Relevant links=
To follow our weekly progress, see https://pointieststick.wordpress.com/category/usability-productivity/
[[ https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&keywords=usability&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=1478494&order=product%2Cchangeddate%20DESC%2Cbug_status%20DESC%2Cresolution%2Cpriority%2Cassigned_to%2Cbug_id&query_format=advanced | Click here for the full list of issues we will be targeting ]] (we are using the Bugzilla "usability" keyword to tag issues). Here is a sample of some of the more high-priority ones:
- General Plasma polish
-- ~~Stop asking twice for Wifi passwords~~: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377473 (Fixed!)
-- Display the same icon in Task Manager, Task Switcher, and the window itself: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351055
-- Fix bold and italic fonts not displaying properly in Konsole, Kate, and others: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=378523
- Make KIO mount remote locations locally using FUSE, like GNOME's GVFs does: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=75324
- Improve Dolphin's general file management features:
-- Add column view to Dolphin: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=290747
-- Add file creation date support to Dolphin, where available: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=286689 ([[ https://phabricator.kde.org/D7423 | patch submitted ]])
-- Add a method to colorize/visualize tags/labels on files, like macOS color labels: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37300
-- Add a little eject symbol next to mounted volumes: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=154499
-- Add file size tallies for directories to Dolphin's Size column: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=158090
-- Show "Recently used files/folders" by default in Dolphin: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110016 ([[ https://phabricator.kde.org/D7446 | patch submitted ]])
-- Add native ISO support to Dolphin: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=175051
-- ~~Add a visible way to empty the trash~~: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=163306 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Turn on file previews on by default~~: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=338492 ([[ https://phabricator.kde.org/D7440 | Done! ]])
-- ~~Dolphin doesn't delete half-copied file when copy operation is canceled~~: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125102 ([[https://phabricator.kde.org/D18904| patch merged]])
- Improve Dolphin's Samba sharing capabilities:
-- Copying files to a Samba share resets their timestamp: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=356651
-- ~~Sub-optimal experience streaming videos on Samba shares:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330192 (fixed in VLC 3.0; [[https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330192#c6 | underlying issue remains]])
-- ~~Browsing Samba workgroups is unreliable:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=369850 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Opening files on password-protected Samba shares is unreliable:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=361490 (Fixed!)
-- Dolphin doesn't prompt you to create a Samba password when necessary: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=334875
-- ~~Drag-and-drop doesn't work with Samba shares accessed through Dolphin~~: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=355817 (Fixed!)
-- Can't share your whole home directory: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=381301
- Improve Okular's stamp feature to make it suitable for digitally signing documents:
-- Make annotation customization feature more discoverable: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=330518
-- Make custom image support more discoverable: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383652
-- Custom image stamps aren't renderable outside of Okular: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383651
-- Okular doesn't honor print options when printing to PDF: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252596
- Improve Discover:
-- ~~Kirigami scrollview is does not scroll properly with scroll wheels, touchpads, or touchscreens (affects Discover):~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380511 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Discover's "Close description" button is sub-optimal:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377895 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Discover doesn't make adequate use of user reviews:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=380514 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Discover's current design has some wasted space~~: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=385973, https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=385992 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Discover doesn't have an easy way to close the review popup:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=386902 (Fixed!)
-- ~~Discover's app installation progress bar jumps around a lot:~~ https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=387142 (Fixed!)
=I am willing to put work into this=
* Nate Graham (submitting patches, managing bugs, getting the word out)
* Neofytos Kolokotronis (@neofytosk) - tracking down bugs and prioritizing, getting the word out
* Adrián Chaves (@adrianchavesfernandez) (submitting patches)
=I am interested=
* Gregor Mi (@gregormi)
* Andy Betts (@abetts)