I’m really loving what’s coming in GNOME 47! It’s shaping up to be such a good polish release, and it keeps getting better. Huge props to all the folks who’ve been plugging away at the design and entire stack this cycle.
I'm looking forward to meeting up with folks next week in Denver for them to share more about their work this cycle and to hack on any last touches—plus planning what’s next. Join us in-person or remotely! https://guadec.org
My favorite new thing by far is accent colors. It’s so nice and refreshing to be able to really change the feel of your computer with just a few well-defined options—all while not introducing a massive burden to third-party app developers.
I’m most excited to see more apps incorporate the accent color in interesting ways, as it’s a great way to pull the user’s preferences into the app.
Oh, and I love these colorful wallpapers (amazing work from @jimmac yet again!). They pair so nicely! I didn’t have to download anything to change up the look—each screenshot was just two or three clicks.
@denzilferreira @jimmac there is an experimental Shell extension to have it use its built-in light style when the “Default” style preference is chosen!
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/6198/light-style/
Exposing the explicit Light style preference in addition to the existing Default/Dark preferences is still on the design team’s radar. Last I heard there are still some differing opinions regarding how exactly fiddly we should make it—but yeah, I have been testing the light Shell style and really like it.