Syncing Kontact with Android
I recently became the proud new owner of an Android phone, or more specifically the Samsung Galaxy S i9000. Upon purchase it was promptly rooted and had a custom rom flashed onto it. Also recently KDE...
View ArticleThe kde-www war: part 3
Just a quick history lesson. In the introductory post we highlighted several tell-tale symptoms that KDE.org had a very big usability and design problem. In part 1 of the war, we discussed a...
View ArticleThe kde-www war: part 4
A brief history lesson. The introduction identifies KDE.org as a wall of text with a pretty frame and explains why there is a problem. Part 1 sets conversion goals on our two target markets. Part 2...
View ArticleWIPUP 22.04.11b released!
WIPUP is a way for you to share your long-term projects and discover the passions of others. Easter has started, and lots of interesting things are cropping up here and there – one of which is that...
View ArticleWhat’s up with KDE.org & Hello GetKDE.org
It’s been a while since I last posted about KDE.org, aka the KDE-www war series. It talked about the current KDE.org design, and how to improve it. The series started with target audiences and...
View ArticleGetKDE.org progress – Discover KDE!
For the impatient, here is a link to the new page, and for those who missed the last post, here is a link to the GetKDE.org homepage. Finally, here is a screenshot of the newly added Explore page: The...
View ArticleTech Tip #9: use Klipper to automatically post to a Pastebin.
I haven’t done a tech tip in a while, but here’s a nice, simple one which I am finding very useful. Pastebins are a really useful way to share snippets of text. However it’s sometimes a bit cumbersome...
View ArticleGetKDE.org – the workspace, and what’s going on.
Some updates. Both for newcomers to GetKDE.org and those who have seen this project before, see the homepage, the explore page, and then finally, the page I’m writing about. Homepage has been updated...
View ArticleTech tip #11: How to have animated wallpapers in KDE
I’ve seen many people asking how to have animated wallpapers in KDE. The current options include specialised Plasma Widgets, or the rather limited yet specialised array of animated effects, such as...
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