Every Detail Matters 2 is open for Hacking!

Every Detail Matters Round 2  is now open and aims to make Gnome 3.8 the most polished version yet. Don’t get fooled by “details”, this isn’t about details at all!

This project is a really good opportunity to make a contribution to Gnome and as Allan Day says “If you fix just one bug, you can make a real difference to Gnome 3″.  So, pick a bug, and get hacking!

Every Detail Matters, Round 2

Alright, the title suggests that we are dealing with some small annoyances in Gnome like bad animations, setting easily wallpapers, make things more clear etc. But there are also some more significant things in here:

Re-Arrange Workspaces: At the moment you can only re-arrange Windows inside Workspaces (on the right) in Overview Mode. Something that many had asked was the option move not just the Apps, but the whole Workspace.

Controls in Overview (OSD): OSD Controls like Volume or Print Screen don’t work in Overview Mode.

Access Notifications: Right now there is Super+M that opens the message tray.  What if we want to expand and bring in focus a notification banner with the keyboard?

Every Detail Matters aims to fix all these (plus 20 more issues) ..which aren’t details at all!

This is still in the planning stages and the list of bugs has not been finalized

Calendar
	Calendar menu changes height with some months	Incomplete
	Hide the events pane when its empty	Incomplete
Lock Screen
	Lock screen – don’t show the pointer on the curtain until it is moved	Incomplete
	Show a drop shadow beneath the notifications box	Fixed by JasperStPierre
	Misalignment in the notifications box	Fixed by JasperStPierre
	Jerky screen shield movement	Incomplete
	Transition from login screen to desktop isn’t right	Incomplete
	Blue login button oddities	Incomplete
	Allow raising the screen shield using the mouse wheel	Fixed by GiovanniCampagna
	Set the speed of the shield reveal from the speed of the mouse	Incomplete
	screenShield: Tweak curtain animation timings	In progress by RuiMatos
Dash
	Dragging a launcher from the app view: make the grid button insensitive	Fixed by JasperStPierre
	Dash – launchers should slide when rearranging	Incomplete
Workspaces
	Allow dragging of workspaces to reorganize them	Incomplete
	No animations when dragging to create a new workspace	Incomplete
	workspace switcher – visual effect on hover	Incomplete
	remove the little part of the background we see when switching workspace	Incomplete
Window Selector
	window thumbnail shadows in the overview	Incomplete
	window captions don’t resize on update	Incomplete
	Highlight application windows when hovering launcher icon	In progress by GiovanniCampagna - NEEDS REVIEW
	Modal windows disappear in the overview	In progress by GiovanniCampagna - NEEDS REVIEW
	highlight window thumbnails on hover	In progress by GiovanniCampagna - NEEDS REVIEW
	Keyboard navigation of windows in Activities overview	Needs review
Message Tray and Notifications
	IM banner should grow taller with conversation	Incomplete
	Super+M should close the tray as well as open it	In progress by FlorianMullner
	Keyboard shortcut to expand & focus notification banners	Claimed by FabianaSimoes - needs design
	Show feedback notifications when the user is busy	Incomplete
	Smileys not supported in notifications	Incomplete
	Conversations – time stamps are noisy, misaligned with message	Fixed by CarlosSoriano
	Incorrect badge placement	In progress by CarlosSoriano
	The active area of tray items should extend to the edge of the screen	Incomplete
	Expanded chat notifications should be scrolled to the bottom when you open them	Incomplete
	Legacy 16x16px icons look bad in the restyled message tray	Incomplete
General
	OSD’s don’t work when in overview mode	In progress by FlorianMullner
	Non-linear overview and modal dialog shade	In progress by GiovanniCampagna
	Overview search box is too subtle	Incomplete
	Direct manipulation of the wallpaper	Incomplete

Every Detail Matters Wiki

A demonstration of the importance of the Project. This is a Every Detail Matters bug from round one that came in Gnome 3.8 trying to use all available space for windows in window selector

1. Window Selector Before

2. Window Selector After

Allan Day Says:

The window selector has undergone a major overhaul to make it use the available space as efficiently as possible. We spent quite a long time on this, going through many iterations until we were happy with it.

Not only does this mean that you get much bigger window thumbnails in the overview, but thumbnails are also sized in relation to the actual window. This makes identifying  smaller windows much easier.

There’s a whole bunch of Activities Overview enhancements that we lined up for the 3.8 cycle; this is just the beginning.

Source: Google Plus

Allan Day | Announcing Every Detail Matters, Round 2

Details matter. Small aspects of a user interface make a huge difference. Get them right, and the experience becomes beautiful, satisfying and easy. Get them wrong, and it can be clunky, awkward and ugly. It’s only by paying attention to the details that we can raise the quality of the GNOME 3 user experience and make it fantastic.

Every Detail Matters was first run in the GNOME 3.4 development cycle, with the aim of getting the details right. We assembled an awesome crew of contributors who fixed, polished and enhanced the GNOME 3 experience, and who made a big difference to the quality of the 3.4 release.

Now Every Detail Matters is back. We’re going to be working hard through the 3.8 cycle to improve as many details as possible. Together, we’re aiming to make GNOME 3.8 the most polished version yet.

Every Detail Matters is a really good opportunity to make a contribution to GNOME. For the 3.8 cycle, we are targeting a whole range of bugs. Some are easy and good for beginners, and some are a bit trickier and will need a more experienced hand to fix. There’s something in there for everyone. If you fix just one bug, you can make a real difference to GNOME 3.

There’s a list of bugs that we are targetting on the Every Detail Matters wiki page. Thanks to the efforts of our developers, a bunch of them have already been fixed while I have been putting the list together. But we want to fix more of them. Like last time, we are aiming to resolve 20 of these issues before the end of the cycle.

We’re monitoring the Every Detail Matters bugs, and we’ll make sure that you get feedback and code review as fast as possible. So, pick a bug, and get hacking!

Source: As far as I know

Happy Hacking :)