A new UX 6 years in the making
F-Droid has been a part of the Android ecosystem for over 6 years now. Since then, over 2000 apps have been built for the main repository, many great features have been added , the client has been translated into over 40 different languages, and much more. However, the F-Droid UX has never changed much from the original three tab layout :
This will change with the upcoming release of F-Droid client v0.103. Over the past 6 months, the F-Droid team has been busy redesigning a modern UX which will help bring F-Droid into the present. Some of the big ticket items include:
Screenshots and feature graphics Bulk download and install Ability to translate apps metadata Improved notifications for downloads and pending updates
In addition, we have been redesigning some of the smaller, but equally as important parts of the app, such as better support for visually impaired users who make use of tools such as Talkback, and better support for donating to open source app developers. This has involved extensive design input from UX designers and the community. In addition to the user tests that were conducted early on in the design process, further field tests are currently being conducted to ensure that usability issues with the new design are identified and resolved. Over the coming weeks you will see alpha releases for v0.103. We encourage your feedback and suggestions about how to continually improve the F-Droid client. This is one of the many improvements happening to the broader F-Droid ecosystem in 2017, so keep an eye out for more!
Read more at: https://f-droid.org/posts/a-new-ux-6-years-in-the-making/
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#dandelion announcement
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Thanks for your feedback on the previous post regarding app download source. The results are obvious - 100% of votes for F-Droid. Well, we expected a high percentage for F-Droid, but this is very clear.
Based on the results:Does this mean the project is dead?Absolutely not.
- We won't publish releases of dandelion* signed by our key anymore
- We will wait for F-Droid to build dandelion* and attach the app signed by them to our GitHub page
- This way there will be just one signing key used - for you users - this means you can update your dandelion* installation regardless if downloaded from us, or from F-Droid store
- If you download an *.apk telling a wrong key error at installation, you can be sure it's not done by F-Droid - so don't install
- In the last versions, there was an "secondlion*" apk attached on our GitHub Release page. This one has a different package id and can be installed beside dandelion*. In future updates this won't serve the only purpose - to just allow a second account - anymore. secondlion* will be our dandelion*-fresh/beta version from now on, signed by us, which can be installed alongside dandelion*.
- This will affect all future releases - we won't update or change previous releases
- It's up to you - you can go for the F-Droid release, the faster published secondlion* - or install both
What if my current installation came from the GitHub page?Just uninstall the app, and install the latest build from F-Droid:https://f-droid.org/repo/com.github.dfa.diaspora_android_12.apk
Who has access to future used signing keys
- dandelion*: Just F-Droid has access to the key
- secondlion*: Maintainers (@gsantner, @vanitasvitae)
Support the project
- Leave us a star on GitHub
- Provide Translations
- Send some Bitcoin to keep us motivated - contact us
- Report or fix bugs, send PR's
Credits
- Maintainers (@gsantner, @vanitasvitae)
- Contributors
- Blowball image
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dandelion* - unofficial diaspora* android client
