In the ever-evolving world of KDE applications, this week has seen significant updates and improvements across a wide array of apps. Enhancements were made in audio, chat, text editing, and user interface features, boosting the usability and performance of these tools. Here’s a look at what's new:

Amarok: A Comeback for the Music Player

Tuomas Nurmi has worked on making Amarok codebase compatible with Qt6, paving the way for this classic music player to re-integrate into modern software environments.

Enhanced Functionality Across Applications

• Ark: Jin Liu has updated Ark by disabling the 'Compress to tar.gz/zip' service in read-only directories, ensuring smoother operation.
• Dolphin: New sorting options for video duration have been introduced, along with improved context menu actions in the trash view, courtesy of Somsubhra Bairi and Eren Karakas.
• Elisa: Now supports loading lyrics from .lrc files, which promises to enrich the music listening experience. Additionally, a bug preventing the display of metadata for webradio streams has been fixed.

Media and Note-Taking Upgrades

• Haruna: Video players now provide the option to default to fullscreen mode for an immersive experience.
• KleverNotes: Major updates include a rewrite of its painting mode, allowing users to add shapes and customize stroke sizes, enhancing the note-taking process.

Significant Developments in Productivity Tools

• KDE Itinerary: Recent efforts focused on supporting the MOTIS v2 API and enhancing the map view capabilities for trip summaries.
• KMyMoney: Improvements ensure compatibility with the latest Yahoo stock data formats, with expanded report export options now available in PDF and XML.

Advanced Features and Fixes in Other KDE Apps

• Kate: Updates include visual indicators for Git status in projects, along with various performance fixes.
• KMix: The functionality of the audio setup button has been restored, ensuring better sound control.
• NeoChat: Integration with libQuotient 0.9 brings new cross-signing support and media function improvements.
• Okular: Offers enhancements for document viewing with improved image type compatibility and mouse scrolling adjustment.

Community Involvement and Contributions

The KDE community encourages participation in its ongoing projects. Individuals can support KDE through contributions in software development, design, translation, bug verification, and promotion.

For those interested in more in-depth updates, the KDE community shares extensive news through its Planet KDE channel, and encourages those interested in contributing to check out KDE’s involvement page for more information.

Conclusion

This update highlights the vibrant and active development within the KDE ecosystem, emphasizing both behind-the-scenes optimizations and user-facing features that enhance the overall experience. Stay tuned to 'This Week in Plasma' by Nate for additional insights into KDE's Plasma desktop environment.

This article was originally reported on the KDE Blogs.