diff --git a/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp b/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp
index 14663d9565..bd660fe63e 100644
--- a/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.cpp
@@ -1,411 +1,430 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE project
  * Copyright (C) 2018 Scott Petrovic <scottpetrovic@gmail.com>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Library General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #include "KisWelcomePageWidget.h"
 #include <QDebug>
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QFileInfo>
 #include <QMimeData>
 #include <QPixmap>
 #include <QImage>
 
 #include "kis_action_manager.h"
 #include "kactioncollection.h"
 #include "kis_action.h"
 
 #include "KConfigGroup"
 #include "KSharedConfig"
 
 #include <QListWidget>
 #include <QListWidgetItem>
+
 #include "kis_icon_utils.h"
 #include "krita_utils.h"
 #include "KoStore.h"
 #include "kis_config.h"
 #include "KisDocument.h"
 #include <kis_image.h>
 #include <kis_paint_device.h>
 #include <KisPart.h>
 
+
 KisWelcomePageWidget::KisWelcomePageWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
 {
     setupUi(this);
     recentDocumentsListView->setDragEnabled(false);
     recentDocumentsListView->viewport()->setAutoFillBackground(false);
     recentDocumentsListView->setSpacing(2);
 
     // set up URLs that go to web browser
     manualLink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     manualLink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     manualLink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
     gettingStartedLink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     gettingStartedLink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     gettingStartedLink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
     supportKritaLink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     supportKritaLink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     supportKritaLink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
     userCommunityLink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     userCommunityLink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     userCommunityLink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
 
     kritaWebsiteLink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     kritaWebsiteLink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     kritaWebsiteLink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
 
     sourceCodeLink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     sourceCodeLink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     sourceCodeLink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
     poweredByKDELink->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     poweredByKDELink->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     poweredByKDELink->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
     kdeIcon->setIconSize(QSize(20, 20));
     kdeIcon->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon(QStringLiteral("kde")).pixmap(20));
 
 
     versionNotificationLabel->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     versionNotificationLabel->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
     versionNotificationLabel->setOpenExternalLinks(true);
 
     connect(chkShowNews, SIGNAL(toggled(bool)), newsWidget, SLOT(toggleNews(bool)));
 
     connect(newsWidget, SIGNAL(newsDataChanged()), this, SLOT(slotUpdateVersionMessage()));
 
 
     // configure the News area
     KisConfig cfg(true);
     bool m_getNews = cfg.readEntry<bool>("FetchNews", false);
     chkShowNews->setChecked(m_getNews);
 
     setAcceptDrops(true);
 
 }
 
 KisWelcomePageWidget::~KisWelcomePageWidget()
 {
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::setMainWindow(KisMainWindow* mainWin)
 {
     if (mainWin) {
         m_mainWindow = mainWin;
 
         // set the shortcut links from actions (only if a shortcut exists)
         if ( mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_new")->shortcut().toString() != "") {
             newFileLinkShortcut->setText(QString("(") + mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_new")->shortcut().toString() + QString(")"));
         }
         if (mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_open")->shortcut().toString()  != "") {
             openFileShortcut->setText(QString("(") + mainWin->viewManager()->actionManager()->actionByName("file_open")->shortcut().toString() + QString(")"));
         }
         connect(recentDocumentsListView, SIGNAL(clicked(QModelIndex)), this, SLOT(recentDocumentClicked(QModelIndex)));
         // we need the view manager to actually call actions, so don't create the connections
         // until after the view manager is set
         connect(newFileLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotNewFileClicked()));
         connect(openFileLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotOpenFileClicked()));
         connect(clearRecentFilesLink, SIGNAL(clicked(bool)), this, SLOT(slotClearRecentFiles()));
 
         slotUpdateThemeColors();
 
         // allows RSS news items to apply analytics tracking.
         newsWidget->setAnalyticsTracking("?" + analyticsString);
 
     }
 }
 
+bool KisWelcomePageWidget::isDevelopmentBuild()
+{
+    // dev builds contain GIT hash in it and the word git
+    // stable versions do not contain this
+    return qApp->applicationVersion().contains("git");
+}
+
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::showDropAreaIndicator(bool show)
 {
     if (!show) {
         QString dropFrameStyle = "QFrame#dropAreaIndicator { border: 0px }";
         dropFrameBorder->setStyleSheet(dropFrameStyle);
     } else {
         QColor textColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Text);
         QColor backgroundColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Background);
         QColor blendedColor = KritaUtils::blendColors(textColor, backgroundColor, 0.8);
 
         // QColor.name() turns it into a hex/web format
         QString dropFrameStyle = QString("QFrame#dropAreaIndicator { border: 2px dotted ").append(blendedColor.name()).append(" }") ;
         dropFrameBorder->setStyleSheet(dropFrameStyle);
     }
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotUpdateThemeColors()
 {
 
     textColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Text);
     backgroundColor = qApp->palette().color(QPalette::Background);
 
     // make the welcome screen labels a subtle color so it doesn't clash with the main UI elements
     blendedColor = KritaUtils::blendColors(textColor, backgroundColor, 0.8);
     blendedStyle = QString("color: ").append(blendedColor.name());
 
 
     // what labels to change the color...
     startTitleLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     recentDocumentsLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     helpTitleLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     newFileLinkShortcut->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     openFileShortcut->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     clearRecentFilesLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     recentDocumentsListView->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
 
     newFileLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     openFileLink->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
 
 
     // giving the drag area messaging a dotted border
     QString dottedBorderStyle = QString("border: 2px dotted ").append(blendedColor.name()).append("; color:").append(blendedColor.name()).append( ";");
     dragImageHereLabel->setStyleSheet(dottedBorderStyle);
 
 
     // make drop area QFrame have a dotted line
     dropFrameBorder->setObjectName("dropAreaIndicator");
     QString dropFrameStyle = QString("QFrame#dropAreaIndicator { border: 4px dotted ").append(blendedColor.name()).append("}");
     dropFrameBorder->setStyleSheet(dropFrameStyle);
 
     // only show drop area when we have a document over the empty area
     showDropAreaIndicator(false);
 
     // add icons for new and open settings to make them stand out a bit more
     openFileLink->setIconSize(QSize(30, 30));
     newFileLink->setIconSize(QSize(30, 30));
     openFileLink->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-open"));
     newFileLink->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-new"));
 
 
     kdeIcon->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon(QStringLiteral("kde")).pixmap(20));
 
     // HTML links seem to be a bit more stubborn with theme changes... setting inline styles to help with color change
     userCommunityLink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://forum.kde.org/viewforum.php?f=136&" + analyticsString + "user-community" + "\">")
                                .append(i18n("User Community")).append("</a>"));
 
     gettingStartedLink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://docs.krita.org/en/user_manual/getting_started.html?" + analyticsString + "getting-started" + "\">")
                                 .append(i18n("Getting Started")).append("</a>"));
 
     manualLink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://docs.krita.org?" + analyticsString + "documentation-site" + "\">")
                         .append(i18n("User Manual")).append("</a>"));
 
     supportKritaLink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://krita.org/en/support-us/donations?" + analyticsString + "donations" + "\">")
                               .append(i18n("Support Krita")).append("</a>"));
 
     kritaWebsiteLink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://www.krita.org?" + analyticsString + "marketing-site" + "\">")
                               .append(i18n("Krita Website")).append("</a>"));
 
     sourceCodeLink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://invent.kde.org/kde/krita?" + analyticsString + "source-code" + "\">")
                             .append(i18n("Source Code")).append("</a>"));
 
     poweredByKDELink->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://userbase.kde.org/What_is_KDE?" + analyticsString + "what-is-kde" + "\">")
                               .append(i18n("Powered by KDE")).append("</a>"));
 
 
     slotUpdateVersionMessage(); // text set from RSS feed
 
 
     // re-populate recent files since they might have themed icons
     populateRecentDocuments();
 
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::populateRecentDocuments()
 {
     m_recentFilesModel.clear(); // clear existing data before it gets re-populated
 
     // grab recent files data
     int numRecentFiles = m_mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().length() > 5 ? 5 : m_mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().length(); // grab at most 5
 
     for (int i = 0; i < numRecentFiles; i++ ) {
 
         QStandardItem *recentItem = new QStandardItem(1,2); // 1 row, 1 column
         recentItem->setIcon(KisIconUtils::loadIcon("document-export"));
 
         QString recentFileUrlPath = m_mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().at(i).toLocalFile();
         QString fileName = recentFileUrlPath.split("/").last();
 
         if (m_thumbnailMap.contains(recentFileUrlPath)) {
             recentItem->setIcon(m_thumbnailMap[recentFileUrlPath]);
         }
         else {
             QFileInfo fi(recentFileUrlPath);
 
             if (fi.exists()) {
                 if (fi.suffix() == "ora" || fi.suffix() == "kra") {
 
                     QScopedPointer<KoStore> store(KoStore::createStore(recentFileUrlPath, KoStore::Read));
                     if (store) {
                         QString thumbnailpath;
                         if (store->hasFile(QString("Thumbnails/thumbnail.png"))){
                             thumbnailpath = QString("Thumbnails/thumbnail.png");
                         } else if (store->hasFile(QString("preview.png"))) {
                             thumbnailpath = QString("preview.png");
                         }
                         if (!thumbnailpath.isEmpty()) {
                             if (store->open(thumbnailpath)) {
 
                                 QByteArray bytes = store->read(store->size());
                                 store->close();
                                 QImage img;
                                 img.loadFromData(bytes);
                                 img.setDevicePixelRatio(devicePixelRatioF());
                                 recentItem->setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap::fromImage(img)));
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
                 else if (fi.suffix() == "tiff" || fi.suffix() == "tif") {
                     // Workaround for a bug in Qt tiff QImageIO plugin
                     QScopedPointer<KisDocument> doc;
                     doc.reset(KisPart::instance()->createDocument());
                     bool r = doc->openUrl(QUrl::fromLocalFile(recentFileUrlPath), KisDocument::DontAddToRecent);
                     if (r) {
                         KisPaintDeviceSP projection = doc->image()->projection();
                         recentItem->setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap::fromImage(projection->createThumbnail(48, 48, projection->exactBounds()))));
                     }
                 }
                 else {
                     QImage img;
                     img.setDevicePixelRatio(devicePixelRatioF());
                     img.load(recentFileUrlPath);
                     if (!img.isNull()) {
                         recentItem->setIcon(QIcon(QPixmap::fromImage(img.scaledToWidth(48))));
                     }
                 }
                 m_thumbnailMap[recentFileUrlPath] = recentItem->icon();
             }
         }
 
         // set the recent object with the data
         recentItem->setText(fileName); // what to display for the item
         recentItem->setToolTip(recentFileUrlPath);
         m_recentFilesModel.appendRow(recentItem);
     }
 
     // hide clear and Recent files title if there are none
     bool hasRecentFiles = m_mainWindow->recentFilesUrls().length() > 0;
 
     recentDocumentsLabel->setVisible(hasRecentFiles);
     clearRecentFilesLink->setVisible(hasRecentFiles);
 
     recentDocumentsListView->setIconSize(QSize(48, 48));
     recentDocumentsListView->setModel(&m_recentFilesModel);
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotUpdateVersionMessage()
 {
     // find out if we need an update...or if this is a development version
     // TODO: show app version if dev version. Show version number available and provide link
     QString versionText = "";
-    if (newsWidget->isDevelopmentBuild()) {
+    if (isDevelopmentBuild()) {
+        // Development build
         versionText = i18n("DEV BUILD");
         versionNotificationLabel->setVisible(true);
+        versionNotificationLabel->setText(versionText); // no link
     } else if (newsWidget->hasUpdateAvailable()) {
-        versionText = i18n("New Update Available");
+        // Version update available
+        versionText = QString("Krita " + newsWidget->versionNumber() + " ")
+                .append(i18n("Available!"));
         versionNotificationLabel->setVisible(true);
+        versionNotificationLabel->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " +
+                                                  blendedColor.name() +
+                                                  " \" href=\"  " +
+                                                  newsWidget->versionLink() +
+                                                  analyticsString + "version-update" + "\">")
+                                  .append(versionText).append("</a>"));
+
     } else {
+        // message needed... exit
         versionNotificationLabel->setVisible(false);
         return;
     }
 
     if (!blendedStyle.isNull()) {
         versionNotificationLabel->setStyleSheet(blendedStyle);
     }
 
-    versionNotificationLabel->setText(QString("<a style=\"color: " + blendedColor.name() + " \" href=\"https://userbase.kde.org/What_is_KDE?" + analyticsString + "what-is-kde" + "\">")
-                              .append(versionText).append("</a>"));
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent *event)
 {
     //qDebug() << "dragEnterEvent formats" << event->mimeData()->formats() << "urls" << event->mimeData()->urls() << "has images" << event->mimeData()->hasImage();
     showDropAreaIndicator(true);
     if (event->mimeData()->hasUrls() ||
         event->mimeData()->hasFormat("application/x-krita-node") ||
         event->mimeData()->hasFormat("application/x-qt-image")) {
 
         event->accept();
     }
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::dropEvent(QDropEvent *event)
 {
     //qDebug() << "KisWelcomePageWidget::dropEvent() formats" << event->mimeData()->formats() << "urls" << event->mimeData()->urls() << "has images" << event->mimeData()->hasImage();
 
     showDropAreaIndicator(false);
 
     if (event->mimeData()->hasUrls() && event->mimeData()->urls().size() > 0) {
         Q_FOREACH (const QUrl &url, event->mimeData()->urls()) {
             if (url.toLocalFile().endsWith(".bundle")) {
                 bool r = m_mainWindow->installBundle(url.toLocalFile());
                 if (!r) {
                     qWarning() << "Could not install bundle" << url.toLocalFile();
                 }
             }
             else {
                 m_mainWindow->openDocument(url, KisMainWindow::None);
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent *event)
 {
     //qDebug() << "dragMoveEvent";
     m_mainWindow->dragMoveEvent(event);
     if (event->mimeData()->hasUrls() ||
         event->mimeData()->hasFormat("application/x-krita-node") ||
         event->mimeData()->hasFormat("application/x-qt-image")) {
 
         event->accept();
     }
 
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent */*event*/)
 {
     //qDebug() << "dragLeaveEvent";
     showDropAreaIndicator(false);
     m_mainWindow->dragLeave();
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::recentDocumentClicked(QModelIndex index)
 {
     QString fileUrl = index.data(Qt::ToolTipRole).toString();
     m_mainWindow->openDocument(QUrl::fromLocalFile(fileUrl), KisMainWindow::None );
 }
 
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotNewFileClicked()
 {
     m_mainWindow->slotFileNew();
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotOpenFileClicked()
 {
     m_mainWindow->slotFileOpen();
 }
 
 void KisWelcomePageWidget::slotClearRecentFiles()
 {
     m_mainWindow->clearRecentFiles();
     populateRecentDocuments();
 }
diff --git a/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.h b/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.h
index 6c31213d3b..d115cca218 100644
--- a/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.h
+++ b/libs/ui/KisWelcomePageWidget.h
@@ -1,92 +1,94 @@
 /* This file is part of the KDE project
  * Copyright (C) 2018 Scott Petrovic <scottpetrovic@gmail.com>
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
  * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  * version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
  * Library General Public License for more details.
  *
  * You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public License
  * along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If not, write to
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
  * Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
 #ifndef KISWELCOMEPAGEWIDGET_H
 #define KISWELCOMEPAGEWIDGET_H
 
 #include "kritaui_export.h"
 #include "KisViewManager.h"
 #include "KisMainWindow.h"
 
 #include <QWidget>
 #include "ui_KisWelcomePage.h"
 #include <QStandardItemModel>
 
 /// A widget for displaying if no documents are open. This will display in the MDI area
 class KRITAUI_EXPORT KisWelcomePageWidget : public QWidget, public Ui::KisWelcomePage
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 
     public:
     explicit KisWelcomePageWidget(QWidget *parent);
     ~KisWelcomePageWidget() override;
 
     void setMainWindow(KisMainWindow* m_mainWindow);
 
+    bool isDevelopmentBuild();
+
 public Q_SLOTS:
     /// if a document is placed over this area, a dotted line will appear as an indicator
     /// that it is a droppable area. KisMainwindow is what triggers this
     void showDropAreaIndicator(bool show);
 
     void slotUpdateThemeColors();
 
     /// this could be called multiple times. If a recent document doesn't
     /// have a preview, an icon is used that needs to be updated
     void populateRecentDocuments();
 
     void slotUpdateVersionMessage();
 
 protected:
 
     // QWidget overrides
     void dragEnterEvent(QDragEnterEvent * event) override;
     void dropEvent(QDropEvent * event) override;
     void dragMoveEvent(QDragMoveEvent * event) override;
     void dragLeaveEvent(QDragLeaveEvent * event) override;
 
 
 private:
     KisMainWindow *m_mainWindow;
     QStandardItemModel m_recentFilesModel;
 
     QMap<QString, QIcon> m_thumbnailMap;
 
 
     /// help us see how many people are clicking startup screen links
     /// you can see the results in Matomo (stats.kde.org)
     /// this will be listed in the "Acquisition" section of Matomo
     /// just append some text to this to associate it with an event/page
     const QString analyticsString = "pk_campaign=startup-sceen&pk_kwd=";
 
 
     // keeping track of link colors with theme change
     QColor textColor;
     QColor backgroundColor;
     QColor blendedColor;
     QString blendedStyle;
 
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void slotNewFileClicked();
     void slotOpenFileClicked();
     void slotClearRecentFiles();
     void recentDocumentClicked(QModelIndex index);
 };
 
 #endif // KISWELCOMEPAGEWIDGET_H
diff --git a/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.cpp b/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.cpp
index cdcf7074f5..273a05f973 100644
--- a/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.cpp
+++ b/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.cpp
@@ -1,229 +1,223 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018 boud <boud@valdyas.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 #include "KisNewsWidget.h"
 
 #include <QDesktopServices>
 #include <QUrl>
 #include <QPainter>
 #include <QStyleOptionViewItem>
 #include <QModelIndex>
 #include <QTextDocument>
 #include <QAbstractTextDocumentLayout>
 
 #include "kis_config.h"
 #include "KisMultiFeedRSSModel.h"
 #include "QRegularExpression"
 
 
 KisNewsDelegate::KisNewsDelegate(QObject *parent)
     : QStyledItemDelegate(parent)
 {
 }
 
 void KisNewsDelegate::paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const
 {
     painter->save();
 
     QStyleOptionViewItem optionCopy = option;
     initStyleOption(&optionCopy, index);
 
     QStyle *style = optionCopy.widget? optionCopy.widget->style() : QApplication::style();
 
     QTextDocument doc;
     doc.setHtml(optionCopy.text);
     doc.setDocumentMargin(10);
 
     /// Painting item without text
     optionCopy.text = QString();
     style->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ItemViewItem, &optionCopy, painter);
 
     QAbstractTextDocumentLayout::PaintContext ctx;
 
     // Highlighting text if item is selected
     if (optionCopy.state & QStyle::State_Selected) {
         ctx.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, optionCopy.palette.color(QPalette::Active, QPalette::HighlightedText));
     }
 
     painter->translate(optionCopy.rect.left(), optionCopy.rect.top());
     QRect clip(0, 0, optionCopy.rect.width(), optionCopy.rect.height());
     doc.setPageSize(clip.size());
     doc.drawContents(painter, clip);
     painter->restore();
 }
 
 QSize KisNewsDelegate::sizeHint(const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const
 {
     QStyleOptionViewItem optionCopy = option;
     initStyleOption(&optionCopy, index);
 
     QTextDocument doc;
     doc.setHtml(optionCopy.text);
     doc.setTextWidth(optionCopy.rect.width());
     return QSize(doc.idealWidth(), doc.size().height());
 }
 
 KisNewsWidget::KisNewsWidget(QWidget *parent)
     : QWidget(parent)
 {
     setupUi(this);
     m_rssModel = new MultiFeedRssModel(this);
     connect(m_rssModel, SIGNAL(feedDataChanged()), this, SLOT(rssDataChanged()));
 
 
     setCursor(Qt::PointingHandCursor);
 
     listNews->setModel(m_rssModel);
     listNews->setItemDelegate(new KisNewsDelegate(listNews));
     connect(listNews, SIGNAL(clicked(QModelIndex)), this, SLOT(itemSelected(QModelIndex)));
 }
 
 void KisNewsWidget::setAnalyticsTracking(QString text)
 {
     analyticsTrackingParameters = text;
 }
 
-bool KisNewsWidget::isDevelopmentBuild()
+bool KisNewsWidget::hasUpdateAvailable()
 {
-    return isDevelopmentVersion;
+    return needsVersionUpdate;
 }
 
-bool KisNewsWidget::hasUpdateAvailable()
+QString KisNewsWidget::versionNumber()
 {
-    return needsVersionUpdate;
+    return newVersionNumber;
+}
+
+QString KisNewsWidget::versionLink()
+{
+    return newVersionLink;
 }
 
 void KisNewsWidget::toggleNews(bool toggle)
 {
     KisConfig cfg(false);
     cfg.writeEntry<bool>("FetchNews", toggle);
 
     if (toggle) {
         m_rssModel->addFeed(QLatin1String("https://krita.org/en/feed/"));
     }
     else {
         m_rssModel->removeFeed(QLatin1String("https://krita.org/en/feed/"));
     }
 }
 
 void KisNewsWidget::itemSelected(const QModelIndex &idx)
 {
     if (idx.isValid()) {
         QString link = idx.data(RssRoles::LinkRole).toString();
 
         // append query string for analytics tracking if we set it
         if (analyticsTrackingParameters != "") {
 
             // use title in analytics query string
             QString linkTitle = idx.data(RssRoles::TitleRole).toString();
             linkTitle = linkTitle.simplified(); // trims and makes 1 white space
             linkTitle = linkTitle.replace(" ", "");
 
             analyticsTrackingParameters = analyticsTrackingParameters.append(linkTitle);
             QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link.append(analyticsTrackingParameters)));
 
         } else {
             QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link));
         }
 
 
     }
 }
 
 void KisNewsWidget::rssDataChanged()
 {
 
     // grab the latest release post and URL for reference later
     // if we need to update
     for (int i = 0; i < m_rssModel->rowCount(); i++)
     {
        const QModelIndex &idx = m_rssModel->index(i);
 
        if (idx.isValid()) {
 
            // only use official release announcements to get version number
            if ( idx.data(RssRoles::CategoryRole).toString() !=  "Official Release") {
                continue;
            }
 
            QString linkTitle = idx.data(RssRoles::TitleRole).toString();
 
            // regex to capture version number
            QRegularExpression versionRegex("\\d\\.\\d\\.?\\d?\\.?\\d");
            QRegularExpressionMatch matched = versionRegex.match(linkTitle);
 
            // only take the top match for release version since that is the newest
            if (matched.hasMatch()) {
                newVersionNumber = matched.captured(0);
                newVersionLink = idx.data(RssRoles::LinkRole).toString();
                break;
            }
 
        }
     }
 
     // see if we need to update our version, or we are on a dev version
     calculateVersionUpdateStatus();
 
     emit newsDataChanged();
 }
 
 void KisNewsWidget::calculateVersionUpdateStatus()
 {
     // do version compare to see if there is a new version available
     // also check to see if we are on a dev version (newer than newest release)
     QStringList currentVersionParts = qApp->applicationVersion().split(".");
     QStringList onlineReleaseAnnouncement = newVersionNumber.split(".");
 
     // is the major version different?
     if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[0] > currentVersionParts[0] ) {
         needsVersionUpdate = true; // we are a major version behind
         return;
     }
-    else if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[0] < currentVersionParts[0] ) {
-        isDevelopmentVersion = true;
-        return;
-    }
 
     // major versions are the same, so check minor versions
      if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[1] > currentVersionParts[1] ) {
          needsVersionUpdate = true; // we are a minor version behind
          return;
      }
-     else if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[1] < currentVersionParts[1] ) {
-         isDevelopmentVersion = true;
-         return;
-     }
 
      // minor versions are the same, so maybe bugfix version is different
      // sometimes we don't communicate this, implictly make 0 if it doesn't exist
      if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[2].isNull()) {
          onlineReleaseAnnouncement[2] = "0";
      }
      if (currentVersionParts[2].isNull()) {
          currentVersionParts[2] = "0";
      }
 
      if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[2] > currentVersionParts[2] ) {
          needsVersionUpdate = true; // we are a bugfix version behind
          return;
      }
-     else if (onlineReleaseAnnouncement[2] < currentVersionParts[2] ) {
-         isDevelopmentVersion = true;
-         return;
-     }
+
 }
diff --git a/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.h b/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.h
index 255768cab0..7acfa7239d 100644
--- a/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.h
+++ b/libs/ui/widgets/KisNewsWidget.h
@@ -1,75 +1,75 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2018 boud <boud@valdyas.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  *  (at your option) any later version.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 #ifndef KISNEWSWIDGET_H
 #define KISNEWSWIDGET_H
 
 #include <QWidget>
 #include <QListView>
 #include <QStyledItemDelegate>
 
 #include <ui_KisNewsPage.h>
 
 class MultiFeedRssModel;
 
 class KisNewsDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     KisNewsDelegate(QObject *parent = 0);
     void paint(QPainter *painter, const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const override;
     QSize sizeHint(const QStyleOptionViewItem &option, const QModelIndex &index) const override;
 };
 
 /**
  * @brief The KisNewsWidget class shows the latest news from Krita.org
  */
 class KisNewsWidget : public QWidget, public Ui::KisNewsPage
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
     explicit KisNewsWidget(QWidget *parent = nullptr);
 
     void setAnalyticsTracking(QString text);
 
-    bool isDevelopmentBuild();
     bool hasUpdateAvailable();
+    QString versionNumber();
+    QString versionLink();
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void newsDataChanged();
 
 private Q_SLOTS:
     void toggleNews(bool toggle);
     void itemSelected(const QModelIndex &idx);
     void rssDataChanged();
 private:
     bool m_getNews {false};
     MultiFeedRssModel *m_rssModel {0};
     QString analyticsTrackingParameters;
 
     /// for new Krita version notification
     QString newVersionNumber;
     QString newVersionLink;
 
     // version checking logic tells us we need to update our Krita
     void calculateVersionUpdateStatus();
-    bool isDevelopmentVersion = false;
     bool needsVersionUpdate = false;
 
 };
 
 #endif // KISNEWSWIDGET_H