Hello everyone Latte Dock v0.7.79 may be the last version before a beta release scheduled for the next month. This is a call for testers and enthusiasts to play with that version and try to find bugs or inconveniences that can be improved. Latte v0.8 is going to be a huge release (scheduled for June 2018) and one of its main goals is to make the user feel with it very natural and comfortable.
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| Plasma 5.12 with Latte v0.7.79 * |
“A powerful and intuitive panel/dock manager that provides an elegant Plasma experience„
I wouldnt make that call if v0.7.79 was in a state that could create issues in your system or made you feel that many things have to be done before a stable release. That isnt the case, many users use it daily and the most bugs are for minor issues that we are just trying a way to reproduce them in order to fix them. To use it you should build it yourself from https://github.com/psifidotos/Latte-Dock or ask your distro packagers to provide it for you.
So no more talking, what v0.8 brings and why is it so important?
Features in (v0.7.79)
- Simultaneous Multiple Layouts in
different Activities
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utBQTIsJKTU) - Various Wayland improvements. I use it daily in my system with Plasma 5.12 and it provides a fantastic experience with fantastic painting.
- Support Kwin edges behaviour automaticaly when hiding the dock or panel
- Vastly improve the experience in non-compositing environments. No more showing an 1px line at the screen edge when the dock is hidden.
- Smart dynamic Background
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPU-TyH10bo) - One-Click Option to change between Panel/Dock modes
- Smoother parabolic animation
- Panel coloring enhancement based on the
underlying background
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srkKkSnjG-w) - New Appearance Settings for Active Indicator and Glow
- Multiple Separators between Tasks and Applets
- Download community-provided Latte layouts from Latte Settings window (https://store.kde.org/browse/cat/417/ord/latest/)
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New Global Shortcuts to open/hide dock
settings and Latte settings
(Meta+A, Meta+W, Meta+E) - Increase Activation Global Shortcuts from nine to nineteen and take into account the surrounding applets(Meta+1..9,0,z..>)
- New improved Edit Mode image patterns or User Set ones
- New Maximum Length indicator at Edit Mode that you can change its value with the mouse wheel
- New improved splitters icons in Justify (Edit Mode)
- Expose Latte options in the context menu when plasma taskmanagers are used
- New Kwin script to trigger the application menu from a corner-edge
- Improve the entire experience with Layouts/Latte Settings window
- Support big number of messages badge (<=9999), like the plasma taskmanager.
- Hide the audio badge when no audio is coming from a pulseaudio stream
- Update Preview Tooltips to plasma current design
- More command line options to handle Latte
- New more robust animations all over the place
- Plenty of bug fixes and improvements
all over the place
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