The aim of this task is to encourage current and new users to adopt KDE software applications using the announcement of the new versions contained within the 24.08 release as a hook.

Timeline

TODO

• Write announcement
  • Collect all noteworthy info of changes to apps and other soft from the last 4 months in document
    • Kate
      • Enhanced the document formatting plugin to add or improve support for bash, d, fish, Nix config, opsi-script, QML, and YAML files.
      • Added support for the Gleam, PureScript, and Typst languages to the Language Server Protocol (LSP) feature.
      • Improved handling of CMake based projects in project and build plugin, allowing to open the build dir and get both files and targets.
    • Konsole
      • Can double-click on the scrollbar to add a temporary scroll position marker; useful in case you need to quickly jump between a few locations in the scrollback!
    • Elisa
      • Allow adding things to the playlist immediately after the current song, not just at the end (i.e. "Play this next" functionality)
      • Allow resizing the sidebar and playlist pane
    • Dolphin
      • In the right-click context menu for selected items there is a new "Move to New Folder…" action which first creates a new folder and then immediately moves all the previously selected items there. This is for convenience. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/770
      • Double-clicking the view background now triggers the "Select All" action by default. This is configurable and the user can decide to trigger pretty much any other action on view background double-click. (https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/764 The image there was not updated to reflect how the option in the settings actually looks now.)
      • (Not sure if noteworthy despite being quite a visual change because this is an one-time action) Installing Filelight from Dolphin is now (possible again after this not working since Qt/Plasma/KF 6 and also) quite nice. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/783
      • I (Felix) made various changes to make working with elevated privileges in Dolphin more user-friendly and transparent. However, for most users this will be seen as a completely new feature because we did not have a UI for any of this in Dolphin until this release. I will list some details here so you'll get the full picture, but I assume that at most just a short summarising sentence or paragraph about how "working with elevated privileges in Dolphin is now very nice" might be enough detail.
        • Added an "Act as Administrator" toggle action to switch between working with root permissions or not. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/487
        • Guide users towards installing the "kio-admin" package that allows users to work with elevated privileges when they try to run "sudo Dolphin". https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/775 Also shows them a Howto.
        • Transparently de-escalate privileges when the authorization expires. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/784
        • When a user goes to a folder for which they do not have permission to view the contents, instead of only showing an error, Dolphin now suggests that they need to authorize as administrator to proceed. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/801
      • (Somewhat small detail) Dolphin now shows a lock icon when viewing a read-only folder so it is more clear when users can't change the folder contents like normal. https://invent.kde.org/system/dolphin/-/merge_requests/748
    • Okular
      • Improved compatibility for fillable forms in PDF documents in a variety of ways
      • Improved default appearance when run outside of Plasma
      • Zooming in with Ctrl+Scroll now scrolls into the pointer, not the center of the page
    • Tokodon
      • Support for PageUp/PageDown keys on the timeline.
      • Added support for quoted posts, simply add a link to the other Fediverse post and Tokodon will load it automatically.
      • Support for "sign up" notifications, useful for server admins.
      • Allow pasting and attaching images directly from the internet.
      • Added an option to use the standalone (or "popped-out") status composer by default.
    • PlasmaTube
      • Added an option to enable SponsorBlock for videos
    • NeoChat
      • Added support for configuring the email address attached to the Matrix account.
      • Added an option to block invites from unknown users from rooms you are not in, which is a much needed safety feature
    • Kongress
      • Added support for OSM-based venue maps: https://volkerkrause.eu/2024/07/06/kde-kongress-venue-maps.html
    • Itinerary
      • New seat information display in the timeline.
      • Integration with the FOSS and community-run check-in service Träwelling. https://volkerkrause.eu/2024/07/27/kde-itinerary-june-july-2024.html
    • PIM/Marknote
      • KNotes and KJots retired in favor of Marknote; Marknote got the ability to import existing data.
      • Improved support for syncing tags on events and tasks. https://kontact.kde.org/blog/2024/2024-07-01-kde-pim-may-june-2024/
    • Kdenlive
      • Added easing methods (Cubic in/out and Exponential in/out) to Fades.
      • Added a keyframe curve editor to effetcs.
      • Redesigned effects stack widget.
      • Improved Transform effect allowing to select clips directly from monitor, added grid, improved handle design and behavior.
    • Filelight
      • More user-friendly home page.
      • Windows build (which is published to the Microsoft store) looks better: supports dark mode, hides the useless menubar, and uses KDE theming.
    • Falkon
      • Per site configuration / permissions (More details and pictures can be seen at https://invent.kde.org/network/falkon/-/issues/20)
      • WebInspector is now enabled when JavaScript is disabled.
      • Fixed "Run Action" plugin image search - https://invent.kde.org/network/falkon/-/merge_requests/75
      • Bookmark Toolbar - Fix crashing and bookmark position when moving the bookmark with mouse (drag&drop)
      • Remove Falkon identification from the default UserAgent (should help with some Cloudflare blocking)
    • [What else]
  • Make screenshots/casts
  • Draft announcement
• Prepare web page
• Make videos ?
  • Film/source live action sequences
  • Source music
• Promote
• ...