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May 8 2022

aronkvh awarded T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update a Love token.
May 8 2022, 6:36 PM · VDG, Breeze

Nov 4 2021

kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

For posterity this is the first iteration of the builder tool, along with some of the initial output results, the initial places "cookbook", and the folder assets which have been prepped.

Nov 4 2021, 6:12 PM · VDG, Breeze

Oct 28 2021

kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

The options thing isn't just for Breeze; other icon sets can provide completely different options for their own stuff. The big selling point, to me, is the idea that one icon theme can provide slight variations like the crease or multicolored place folders without resorting to maintaining entirely separate themes. This also clears a large workload from iconographers who can consolidate their work. If this wasn't a direction we could take, I'd probably be forcing the crease down your throats! :P

Oct 28 2021, 10:58 PM · VDG, Breeze
kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

Oh yes, I understand it. The issue is that it's a big divergence from Breeze current, and this is just meant to be a refresh. That being said I *have* investigated the source for the SVG modification in the icon code, and I think there's an avenue to provide configurable icons.

Oct 28 2021, 10:06 PM · VDG, Breeze
kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

On the crease, I'm going to remove it. It's a love-it-or-hate it addition, and the fact is people who *would* love won't know they're missing it, and people who hate it *would* see it. It's not a hill I'm goanna die on, and I don't like bikeshedding over a line.

Oct 28 2021, 6:42 PM · VDG, Breeze
kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

For the folder it's meant to be a crease, and I must say it's been pretty divided been love-it-or-hate-it. I added it as a throwback to Oxygen while also using it to differentiate our basic folder design. The crease has become a little more abstract over the revisions, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I'm personally becoming torn, because on one hand this is meant to be a refresh (I want to avoid excessive changes compared to current Breeze unless it's really warranted, or an existing icon breaks HIG) but on the other I think most folders look kinda bland. In terms of detail though we're going "a little more ornate than current" but otherwise the basic icons should feel mostly the same, and I'm trying very strongly to keep the basic silhouettes intact. I have a feeling it'll probably come down to a vote, but unless the crease wins by a good margin it'll go the way of the dodo because this is a refresh and it is a difference.

Oct 28 2021, 12:58 AM · VDG, Breeze

Oct 27 2021

kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

I think I got most of everyone's feedback in, and I managed to increase the internal "standards" of the icons which should also help when the documentation can give more solid direction.

Oct 27 2021, 10:21 PM · VDG, Breeze

Oct 24 2021

kvermette added a comment to T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.

The black/white styling does look more awkward in the samples than in actual use. I think it's in part because these icons appear inconsistent when viewed beside each-other in their different modes, and the subtle shading/lighting plays also some tricks on your eyes as well. Kind of the reverse of that optical illusion with the cylinder on the checkerboard, in this case you think they ought to be the same colour, but they aren't. In practice (at least on my limited run of test icons on my own system) that effect isn't present.

Oct 24 2021, 7:12 PM · VDG, Breeze
ognarb awarded T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update a Love token.
Oct 24 2021, 8:05 AM · VDG, Breeze
manueljlin awarded T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update a Love token.
Oct 24 2021, 7:35 AM · VDG, Breeze
kvermette created T14968: Breeze Icons - Blue Ocean Update.
Oct 24 2021, 6:38 AM · VDG, Breeze

Oct 17 2021

kvermette added a comment to T13848: Cursor redesign.

I know this is a bit of necromancy on this task, but it's becoming somewhat relevant with the exceptional design work from the Blue Ocean effort. Breeze has evolved significantly since the original graphics were created, and portions such as the spinners are quite behind the style of the desktop. I wouldn't go as far as to wholesale change the style, but we are due for the cursors to be adjusted slightly so they better fit the Breeze of 2022.

Oct 17 2021, 4:18 AM · Plasma, VDG, Breeze

Jul 25 2018

kvermette committed R31:4c8b02ca7bb4: Optimised 5.14 wallpaper filesizes and corrected banding issues. (authored by kvermette).
Optimised 5.14 wallpaper filesizes and corrected banding issues.
Jul 25 2018, 3:09 AM
kvermette committed R31:6499f93c840f: Plasma 5.14 "Cluster" Wallpaper (authored by kvermette).
Plasma 5.14 "Cluster" Wallpaper
Jul 25 2018, 1:48 AM

Apr 20 2018

kvermette committed R31:0db61995a687: Plasma 5.13 "Kokkini" Wallpaper (authored by kvermette).
Plasma 5.13 "Kokkini" Wallpaper
Apr 20 2018, 1:25 AM

Dec 19 2017

kvermette committed R848:0ae35c55de9d: First Aether overhaul push (authored by kvermette).
First Aether overhaul push
Dec 19 2017, 4:15 PM

Dec 7 2017

kvermette committed R883:1505985: Added KDE MetaStore to the footer.
Added KDE MetaStore to the footer
Dec 7 2017, 4:03 AM

Nov 30 2017

kvermette committed R883:1505498: Added Kirigami slide to homepage.
Added Kirigami slide to homepage
Nov 30 2017, 3:34 AM
kvermette committed R883:1505497: Updated subsurface preview.
Updated subsurface preview
Nov 30 2017, 2:50 AM

Nov 28 2017

kvermette committed R883:1505407: Added banner linking to Kirigami informaiton page.
Added banner linking to Kirigami informaiton page
Nov 28 2017, 2:17 PM

Nov 16 2017

kvermette committed R883:1504539: Update pimage links in products page to match new location.
Update pimage links in products page to match new location
Nov 16 2017, 12:04 PM
kvermette committed R883:1504538: Add products to products subfolder.
Add products to products subfolder
Nov 16 2017, 12:02 PM
kvermette committed R883:1504537: Moving content to new products location.
Moving content to new products location
Nov 16 2017, 12:01 PM
kvermette committed R883:1504536: Fix includes links.
Fix includes links
Nov 16 2017, 12:00 PM
kvermette committed R883:1504535: Gte products page back up.
Gte products page back up
Nov 16 2017, 11:58 AM

Nov 14 2017

kvermette committed R883:1504336: Kirigami Introduction page.
Kirigami Introduction page
Nov 14 2017, 12:23 PM

Oct 19 2017

kvermette committed R764:77b1d6f75a10: OCS CDN will not require a private key until config.php is created. (authored by kvermette).
OCS CDN will not require a private key until config.php is created.
Oct 19 2017, 3:23 PM
kvermette added a comment to T7222: Add private keys to cdn and webserver.

There are now forks for ocs-cdn and ocs-webserver containing the private key patches.

Oct 19 2017, 3:13 PM · KDE Store
kvermette committed R767:4756d3b85877: When a private key is set for images.media.privateKey in applications.ini, OSC… (authored by kvermette).
When a private key is set for images.media.privateKey in applications.ini, OSC…
Oct 19 2017, 3:10 PM
kvermette committed R764:c8c2400ee254: setup.php will provide instructions to create a configuraiton file with a… (authored by kvermette).
setup.php will provide instructions to create a configuraiton file with a…
Oct 19 2017, 3:00 PM

Oct 18 2017

kvermette created T7223: Add all wallpapers to store.kde.org.
Oct 18 2017, 6:07 PM · KDE Store
kvermette created T7222: Add private keys to cdn and webserver.
Oct 18 2017, 5:14 PM · KDE Store

Oct 16 2017

kvermette committed R883:1500683: Added PrivateInternetAccess images.
Added PrivateInternetAccess images
Oct 16 2017, 6:21 PM
kvermette committed R883:1500682: Updated PrivateInternetAccess logo to official SVG logo, added PNG logo at….
Updated PrivateInternetAccess logo to official SVG logo, added PNG logo at…
Oct 16 2017, 6:19 PM

Aug 18 2017

kvermette committed R31:a0fe0817e55c: Adjustments to the wallpaper based on community feedback (authored by kvermette).
Adjustments to the wallpaper based on community feedback
Aug 18 2017, 8:56 PM

Aug 17 2017

kvermette committed R31:d46ecf71fc69: Plasma 5.11 "Opal" wallpaper. ... I know it's not the beach. (authored by kvermette).
Plasma 5.11 "Opal" wallpaper. ... I know it's not the beach.
Aug 17 2017, 2:29 AM

Jun 21 2017

kvermette added a comment to D6313: Support Icon Scale from Icon naming specification 0.13.

For SVG icons this is fine.

For pixmap icons this is only part of the needed changes.

We don't want to load the 16px image and then resize it, I think that's what this would do? That would be an unacceptable regression.

We would need a folder containing the 16px icons at 2x. This is now part of the FD.O icon spec [1]. But that means updating all of our icon theme parsing and a much much bigger patch.
Or we could just special case SVGs here.

[1]https://specifications.freedesktop.org/icon-theme-spec/icon-theme-spec-latest.html

Jun 21 2017, 3:09 PM · Frameworks, Plasma

May 12 2017

kvermette lowered the priority of T5579: Drupal Theme from High to Low.

We're moving to Wordpress, so this is lower on priority as we'll switch to Drupal 7 later for the few websites we have running on Drupal. I'm also starting a "migration program" for any website willing to switch to Wordpress, where I will dedicate some time to port their content (if reasonable) and write a small amount of customization software to enable the change.

May 12 2017, 9:28 AM · Websites

May 7 2017

kvermette committed R848:42115dd41ad6: Refinements to search tool (authored by kvermette).
Refinements to search tool
May 7 2017, 4:45 PM
kvermette committed R848:f9ed972308b5: More header adjustments (authored by kvermette).
More header adjustments
May 7 2017, 4:39 PM
kvermette committed R848:b3c778aaf5ed: Removed a debugging style (authored by kvermette).
Removed a debugging style
May 7 2017, 4:27 PM
kvermette committed R848:49bc12b7b564: Heaer fixes (authored by kvermette).
Heaer fixes
May 7 2017, 4:23 PM
kvermette committed R848:258a36f3625b: Updates/fixes to the style.css information (authored by kvermette).
Updates/fixes to the style.css information
May 7 2017, 3:22 PM
kvermette committed R848:484e36adb273: Rename "kdetheme" to "aether" and "KDE Aether" (authored by kvermette).
Rename "kdetheme" to "aether" and "KDE Aether"
May 7 2017, 3:15 PM
kvermette committed R848:43834d948ab3: Header adjustments (authored by kvermette).
Header adjustments
May 7 2017, 3:01 PM
kvermette committed R848:d54ba2a32da9: Merge branch 'master' of git://anongit.kde.org/websites/aether-wordpress (authored by kvermette).
Merge branch 'master' of git://anongit.kde.org/websites/aether-wordpress
May 7 2017, 1:46 PM
kvermette committed R848:d6adf4411e1b: New header (authored by kvermette).
New header
May 7 2017, 1:46 PM
kvermette committed R848:a2c92aeacae5: Background image stuff, again (authored by kvermette).
Background image stuff, again
May 7 2017, 1:46 PM
kvermette committed R848:ff09eaa30608: Header chanegs to use user-defined background (authored by kvermette).
Header chanegs to use user-defined background
May 7 2017, 1:46 PM

Apr 24 2017

kvermette accepted D5262: Animate quick tiling outline.

The movement clearly shows that the window will resize better than a strict fade. +1!

Apr 24 2017, 7:57 PM · Plasma

Apr 4 2017

kvermette committed R266:49fec90c4b18: Kolourpaint Icon (authored by kvermette).
Kolourpaint Icon
Apr 4 2017, 1:07 AM

Mar 29 2017

kvermette added a comment to D5245: Desaturate non-responsive windows.

My only concern is that many windows with the Breeze style have very little colour, some (like Kate) might not see the effect be distinguishable at all. Should we perhaps consider using an overlay colour selected from the colour scheme which we know will stand out? E.g. Tint the window contents the "Negative" (usually red) colour?

Mar 29 2017, 4:17 PM · KWin

Mar 12 2017

kvermette created D5026: Fix OCS webserver title field .
Mar 12 2017, 10:20 AM · KDE Store
kvermette added a member for KDE Store: kvermette.
Mar 12 2017, 10:09 AM
kvermette created T5581: Collecting New Site Artwork, Screenshots, Standards.
Mar 12 2017, 7:56 AM · Websites
kvermette closed T2466: kde.org website upgrade as Invalid.

With the homepages done and focus on the Drupal theme, I'm breakign thsi task down into smaller parts. Hope I've done so correctly.

Mar 12 2017, 7:53 AM · Websites
kvermette created T5579: Drupal Theme.
Mar 12 2017, 7:51 AM · Websites
kvermette created T5578: Begin Populating Drupal Version.
Mar 12 2017, 7:50 AM · Websites
kvermette added a member for Websites: kvermette.
Mar 12 2017, 7:47 AM
kvermette added a watcher for Websites: kvermette.
Mar 12 2017, 7:47 AM

Feb 6 2017

kvermette committed R31:e3fe5b5d84e0: Added new resolutions: 1366x768 and 1920x1200 Differential Revision: https… (authored by kvermette).
Added new resolutions: 1366x768 and 1920x1200 Differential Revision: https…
Feb 6 2017, 10:18 AM

Feb 4 2017

kvermette added a comment to D4400: Plasma 5.10 "Cascade" Wallpaper.

Did you try my suggestion regarding optimizing the image for a lossy compression algorithm?

Fredrik made a Khronos KTX (compressed texture) reader for plasma wallpapers which could significantly reduce memory consumption for the wallpaper, especially for the 4K variant. I think we should give it a try for 5.10?

Also, please consider adding a 1920x1200 variant. There were complaints that the 5.9 wallpaper didn't come with this size (I also have that resolution for my desktop)

For some reason this completely slipped my mind; can you give me a quick refresher please?

OpenGL 4 and ES 3.1 add support for new high quality texture compression formats, such as BPTC on desktops, and ASTC on mobile. An uncompressed 4K texture consumes 32 MB of video memory, whereas a compressed texture with the same resolution only consumes 8 MB.

These formats are not lossless, so a compressed image is not going to be identical to the original image. Photographic images tend to compress extremely well, to the point where it is difficult to tell the compressed image apart from the original image. Vector images with sharp, precise outlines often do not compress well, since any compression artifacts that appear along an outline are going to be noticeable.

The fredrik/bptc branch in plasma-workspace adds support to the wallpaper plugin for loading compressed textures saved as .ktx files.

I have also ported Microsoft's MIT licensed BPTC encoder to OpenGL:

https://cgit.kde.org/scratch/fredrik/bptcencoder.git

This encoder uses compute shaders to encode the image.

Feb 4 2017, 10:00 PM · Plasma

Feb 1 2017

kvermette added a comment to D4400: Plasma 5.10 "Cascade" Wallpaper.

ken never stop make wallpapers. ken please upload your old wallpapers to the kde store.

Feb 1 2017, 9:48 PM · Plasma
kvermette added a comment to D4400: Plasma 5.10 "Cascade" Wallpaper.

Did you try my suggestion regarding optimizing the image for a lossy compression algorithm?

Fredrik made a Khronos KTX (compressed texture) reader for plasma wallpapers which could significantly reduce memory consumption for the wallpaper, especially for the 4K variant. I think we should give it a try for 5.10?

Also, please consider adding a 1920x1200 variant. There were complaints that the 5.9 wallpaper didn't come with this size (I also have that resolution for my desktop)

Feb 1 2017, 9:42 PM · Plasma
kvermette retitled D4400: Plasma 5.10 "Cascade" Wallpaper from to Plasma 5.10 "Cascade" Wallpaper.
Feb 1 2017, 9:09 PM · Plasma

Dec 13 2016

kvermette committed R31:ab984d2ed689: Plasma 5.9 wallpaper "Canopee" Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde. (authored by kvermette).
Plasma 5.9 wallpaper "Canopee" Differential Revision: https://phabricator.kde.
Dec 13 2016, 4:15 PM
kvermette added a comment to D3660: Plasma 5.9 "Canopee" Wallpaper.

Overall I quite like it, especially the stylized 9 referencing Plasma 5.9 (not sure if that was fully intentional, though? ;)

The blurry jaggy, coronal mass ejection like edges of the yellow band, look weird.

Dec 13 2016, 2:14 PM · Plasma
kvermette retitled D3660: Plasma 5.9 "Canopee" Wallpaper from to Plasma 5.9 "Canopee" Wallpaper.
Dec 13 2016, 6:17 AM · Plasma

Sep 6 2016

kvermette created M69: RC3.
Sep 6 2016, 10:38 AM · Kube: UX, Kube
kvermette created M68: RL2.
Sep 6 2016, 10:18 AM · Kube: UX, Kube
kvermette added a project to M67: Recipent List: Kube.
Sep 6 2016, 10:09 AM · Kube, Kube: UX
kvermette created M67: Recipent List.
Sep 6 2016, 10:09 AM · Kube, Kube: UX

Aug 19 2016

kvermette committed R31:d132da0c0585: Plasma 5.8 'Bizmuth' Wallpaper REVIEW:128699 (authored by kvermette).
Plasma 5.8 'Bizmuth' Wallpaper REVIEW:128699
Aug 19 2016, 12:56 AM

Jun 29 2016

kvermette added a comment to T2466: kde.org website upgrade.

There's two main reasons;

Jun 29 2016, 5:54 PM · Websites

Jun 28 2016

kvermette added a comment to T2466: kde.org website upgrade.

I imagine we'll probably have the old designs hanging around for the next decade unless someone decides to pay for a couple full-time developers to actually overhaul the whole thing... Some people are also still converting things to Neverland. So, yeah, lets put the new stuff in a directory as they'll be co-existing for the foreseeable future.

Jun 28 2016, 7:49 PM · Websites

Jun 27 2016

kvermette added a comment to T2466: kde.org website upgrade.

@kvermette We don't do FTP access to any of our systems. Access is by SFTP (SSH keys only) usually. If you have a developer account I can grab your SSH key from there.

I'll need to double check with @imalchow how we want to architect the changes to cdn.kde.org though with the recent changes to using CDN77 for things.

Jun 27 2016, 9:01 AM · Websites

Jun 23 2016

kvermette added a comment to T2466: kde.org website upgrade.

@bcooksley See the previous message. Thx :)

Jun 23 2016, 6:56 PM · Websites
kvermette added a comment to T2466: kde.org website upgrade.

I have a contributor account. I'll hold off on creating repos for now though, they aren't as important; it was more of a convenience thing for demonstrating redesigned pages/areas.

Jun 23 2016, 5:31 PM · Websites
kvermette added a comment to T2466: kde.org website upgrade.

Ohoooo, sorry I was not timely at all in replying at all. I haven't actively used Phabricator yet, I'll ensure I get into the habit. But! I am here because things are moving, and now I need to start getting some things online;

Jun 23 2016, 4:04 PM · Websites
kvermette added a member for VDG: kvermette.
Jun 23 2016, 2:23 PM

Apr 13 2016

kvermette committed R120:7ee0ecb83fc0: REVIEW:127575 Plasma 5.7 wallpaper (splash) (authored by kvermette).
REVIEW:127575 Plasma 5.7 wallpaper (splash)
Apr 13 2016, 3:55 PM
kvermette committed R31:f002e5c46486: REVIEW:127575 Plasma 5.7 wallpaper (authored by kvermette).
REVIEW:127575 Plasma 5.7 wallpaper
Apr 13 2016, 3:54 PM

Feb 8 2016

kvermette added a comment to D888: KApidox - CSS.

I'm sure this is said on a regular basis, but at some point we should look at unifying the styling of the KDE websites. In the meantime, this change certainly isn't making them any less unified, and possibly even brings the apidocs slightly closer to the others stylistically.

Feb 8 2016, 2:56 PM

Jan 12 2016

kvermette committed R120:433f2255f8c3: Matching splash for new wallpaper (authored by kvermette).
Matching splash for new wallpaper
Jan 12 2016, 3:56 PM

Dec 28 2015

kvermette committed R31:9e61463161c5: REVIEW:126319 Plasma 5.6 Graphite Wallpaper (minor pixel fix) (authored by kvermette).
REVIEW:126319 Plasma 5.6 Graphite Wallpaper (minor pixel fix)
Dec 28 2015, 6:09 PM
kvermette committed R31:68c839ab937e: REVIEW:126319 Plasma 5.6 Graphite Wallpaper (authored by kvermette).
REVIEW:126319 Plasma 5.6 Graphite Wallpaper
Dec 28 2015, 5:48 PM

Aug 17 2015

kvermette added a comment to T575: Tweak radio buttons and checkboxes.

More variants based of feedback from Andrew;

Aug 17 2015, 6:32 PM · Breeze
kvermette added a comment to T575: Tweak radio buttons and checkboxes.

Design variants

Aug 17 2015, 5:27 PM · Breeze
kvermette added a comment to T573: Find a way for Breeze windeco to guarantee contrast between different windows.

Target renders showing 2 methods; first method is a solid outline based on button colour, second method fades the top of the outline to ~20% opacity. Use method one for "solid" windows (left), method 2 for separated windo titles (right):

Aug 17 2015, 3:41 PM · Breeze
kvermette closed T576: Make Dolphin use Breeze progress bars as Resolved.

Ah, I'm not on 5.4 yet, but that looks like all the correct stuff.

Aug 17 2015, 12:52 PM · Breeze

Aug 16 2015

kvermette created T577: Volume adjustment indicator still Oxygen style.
Aug 16 2015, 1:43 AM · Breeze
kvermette created T576: Make Dolphin use Breeze progress bars.
Aug 16 2015, 1:41 AM · Breeze