Nate Graham, a developer responsible for quality control in the KDE project, recently published the latest report on the development of KDE. The report highlights some of the key changes that will be part of KDE Plasma 6.2.0:
- One significant development is the extension of the Wayland protocol for color management. Support has been added for Rendering Intents, which dictate how colors should be converted between different color spaces. Additionally, support for Black Point Compensation (BPC) method has been included to enhance the display of black during color space conversions. Read more here.
- Another implementation is the Wayland Protocol Alpha-Modifier, which allows users to adjust surface transparency levels and perform transparency-related operations on the composite server side, which can then pass these operations to KMS. Read more here.
- Furthermore, under Wayland, users now have the ability to copy and paste from the system clipboard while in active overview mode or other Kwin effects.
- Updates have also been made to the System Settings configurator, with a new design for keyboard settings, Thunderbolt settings, and interface pages that still use Qtwidgets (now more similar to parts using QML). See images here.
- Additionally, the weather forecast widget now supports displaying the felt temperature, taking into consideration the impact of humidity on the perceived temperature. See image here.
- New updates in the Discover application manager and system tray indicator ensure constant information display regarding available updates.
- Lastly, when moving a file or image from the browser to the desktop or file manager, only relevant actions related to the moved file (uploading or moving) are displayed in the drop-down menu. See images here.
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