This collects all the tasks we need to carry out to successfully announce Plasma 5.23
## Dates
* 5/10/2021 Text to translators
* 14/10/2021 Release
## TODO
[] Get a new wall paper
[] Collect noteworthy stories and new features from devs
[] Write announcement
[] Make video
## Changes (WIP)
Breeze:
- redesigned buttons, menu items, checkboxes, radio buttons, sliders, scrollbar and spinboxes
- much better touchscreen experience
- gear loading spinner throughout Plasma and KDE apps
- highlight effect for opened widgets touches the panel edge
- widgets on the desktop are blurred
Kickoff:
- gigantic code overhaul
- many bugs fixed
- improved performance and accessibility
- choose whether to use a list or a grid for all apps view
- pin button
- pressing-and-holding with a finger opens the context menu
- configurable power/session action buttons
Other Widgets:
- entering tablet mode makes System Tray icons bigger and therefore more touch friendly
- copy notifications text with the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut
- Global Menu applet has a more menu-like appearance
- power-profiles: "power-saver", "balanced" and "performance"
- change the manual speed setting for wired Ethernet connections to more values and disable IPv6
- more currently-connected Network details
- System Monitor and sensor widgets can display load averages
- clipboard remembers 20 items by default
- Audio Volume applet distinguishes between applications that are currently playing or recording audio
System Settings:
- override a color scheme's accent color in Colors page
- Feedback page shows you a history of data that optionally has been sent to KDE
- set the status of your Bluetooth adapter on login (on/off/remember)
- Login Screen page’s synchronization feature now syncs your screen arrangement
- sorted screen refresh rates list
Discover:
- faster launch speed
- app install button tells you the name of the source
Wayland:
- app launch feedback cursor
- screen rotation animation
- System Tray notifies you when something is recording the screen and lets you cancel it
- [middle-click-paste between native Wayland and XWayland apps]
Other:
- multi-screen layouts are now retained across X11 and Wayland sessions
- numerous crash/hang fixes
- DrKonqi warns you when an app is unmaintained
- question mark button in the titlebar is hidden by default for dialogs and System Settings
- windows no longer become transparent when moving or resizing them