[release-notes/gnome-3-30: 1/2] Add section on design guidelines



commit 46891a460f0749710216c3eea865adc24028418b
Author: Allan Day <allanpday gmail com>
Date:   Fri Aug 24 12:08:35 2018 +0100

    Add section on design guidelines
    
    3.30 will include some updates to the HIG. It's good to advertise these in the developers page.

 help/C/developers.page | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/help/C/developers.page b/help/C/developers.page
index 784f4a49..1a7ea2a8 100644
--- a/help/C/developers.page
+++ b/help/C/developers.page
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
     <p>See the <link href="https://flatpak.org/press/";>press release</link> for a complete list of new 
features. <link href="https://flathub.org/";>Flathub</link>, Flatpakā€™s new application distribution service, 
is growing steadily. It now hosts over 350 applications.</p>
   </section>
 
+  <section id="design-guidelines">
+  <title>Updated Design Guidelines</title>
+    <p>GNOME 3.30 contains two major changes to GNOME's application design guidelines. Both of these changes 
will come into force in the next GNOME release, version 3.32. Developers therefore have six months in which 
to make the necessary changes.</p>
+    <p>First, the recommendations on application menus have been updated. From 3.32, application menus will 
no longer be shown in the GNOME 3 top bar, and application developers are recommended to remove their 
application menus in time for GNOME 3.32. Menu items that are currently found in application menus can be 
moved elsewhere. Guidance on how to do this is included in the 3.30 version of the GNOME Human Interface 
Guidelines (see the <link href="https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/application-menus.html.en";>page on 
application menus for more details</link>).</p>
+    <p>Second, from GNOME 3.32, GNOME will be introducing a new style and format for application icons. To 
conform with the new style, applications that use a GNOME-style application icon will need to update their 
application icon. The 3.30 version of the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines includes <link 
href="https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/icons-and-artwork.html.en";>updated guidelines for designers and 
developers</link>, which will come into effect with the 3.32 release. The GNOME design team will be assisting 
application developers with this process over the next six months.</p>
+    <p>While these changes will require a small amount of work from application developers, the long-term 
impact will be to make it easier for application developers to target the GNOME platform. These changes also 
address long-standing areas of friction for users and developers.</p>
+  </section>
+
   <section id="more">
     <title>Other Improvements</title>
     <p>Other improvements in GNOME &gnomeversion; include:</p>


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