Every Detail Matters

Every Detail Matters is an initiative that aims to focus attention on improving specific areas of the GNOME 3 user experience. It also aims to provide an easy way for people to make a valuable contribution to GNOME by identifying development tasks that would make a real difference.

Each round of Every Detail Matters focuses on a particular part of GNOME's software. Designers work alongside developers to identify the bugs that need to be fixed to improve the UX in that area and then assist volunteers in resolving them. Many of the issues that get focused on are small details, but they make a big difference.

Taking care of these bugs is a great way to make a noticeable difference to GNOME!

Blog Posts

Announcing Every Detail Matters (1 December 2011)
Every Detail Matters: An Update (6 January 2012)
Every Detail Matters: Half Way There! (19 January 2012)

Round One Tasks

1 Dec 2011 - 19 March 2012

For this round of Every Detail Matters, we will be focusing on the Activities Overview. We are aiming to fix 20 UX bugs before the GNOME 3.4 code freeze!

Priority Bugs

Workspace switcher
	Workspace thumbnail active area should extend to edge of monitor	In progress - StefanoFacchini
	Allow dragging of workspaces to reorganize them	Incomplete
	Use a more visible cue to highlight the active workspace	In progress - StefanoFacchini
	New workspace indicator sometimes gets stuck	Fixed - StefanoFacchini
	Creating workspaces at arbitrary positions only works for windows	Incomplete
	workspace switcher - visual effect on hover	In progress - StefanoFacchini
	Window labels should not hide while the workspace switcher slides in	Fixed - ZanDobersek
	Avoid two-step animation when going to the overview with mouse over workspace selector	Incomplete
The dash
	dragging icons in dash is hard	Incomplete
	Two tooltips/labels displayed in the Dash at the same time	Fixed - SeifLotfy & StefanoCandori
	Dash icon dragging placeholder jumps around	Incomplete
	Dragging a non-favorited dash item back to its original position should not favorite the app	In progress - Jean-PhilippeBraun
	Remove an icon from the dock while the app is running; result is confusing	Incomplete
	give visual feedback of while holding ctrl (to launch new instance)	Incomplete
	Move tooltips under pop-up bubbles	Fixed - SeifLotfy & StefanoCandori
	Highlight application windows when hovering launcher icon	In progress - SeifLotfy
	put app labels beside launchers	Fixed - SeifLotfy
	Improve timing of tooltips (like in gtk+)	Fixed - SeifLotfy
Window picker
	Window dragging system needs polish	Incomplete
	Window labels disappear with some actions	Fixed along with bug 644861
	Single window in "Activities" overlay looks usable	Fixed - VítStanislav
	windowAdd animation when closing an app from the overview rearrangement causes wrong window to be selected	Fixed - VítStanislav
	Highlight newly opened windows in overview	Needs design
	window captions don't resize on update	Incomplete
	Add animation when closing an app from the overview	In progress AlexHultman and JasperStPierre
	window label box colours should match the dash	Fixed - MarcPlanoLesay
	window labels should be bigger and have more padding	Fixed - MarcPlanoLesay
	highlight window thumbnails on hover	Incomplete
	Grabbing a window in the overview twice doesn't work	Fixed - StefanoFacchini (with help from AlexHultman)
App Picker
	Text size of labels in activities too small and get ellipsized instead of wrapping	Incomplete
	font in application display is too small	Fixed - AlexHultman
General
	Don't show "new window" for single window apps	Incomplete
	allow using volume hardware keys / shortcuts to take screenshots in the overview	Incomplete
	Non-linear overview and modal dialog shade	Incomplete
Tough issues for the brave and foolhardy
	Modal windows disappear in the overview	Incomplete
	use all available space for windows in window selector	Incomplete
	Keyboard navigation of windows in Activities overview	Incomplete
	applications loading isn’t fast enough	Incomplete
	Windows in activity overview not resized correct	Incomplete
	screensaver won't activate when a grab is in place	Incomplete
	OSD's don't work when in overview mode	Incomplete
	window thumbnail shadows in the overview	Incomplete

Getting Started

If you want to participate in Every Detail Matters, just simply choose a bug and dive in. Once you have got started, it is often a good idea to leave a comment so that others know you are working on it.

There is excellent guidance on getting started with GNOME Shell development. Also see GNOME Love for general advice on contributing to GNOME.

Contact

If you have any questions about Every Detail Matters please contact AllanDay.

For technical questions, you can use #gnome-shell on irc.gnome.org. For design questions, head for #gnome-design.

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