Design Team Update – April 12th

The design team continues to meet every week and have 2 triages, coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress./metaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. and GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/.

Meeting notes:

Gutenberg phase 2 update notes:

Points of note:

  • Showcase design is now being iterated on.
  • Recovery mode and site update all had strong design contributions for WordPress 5.2.
  • As of writing this, all design feedback tickets are up to date for WordPress 5.2.
  • A new project is being worked on to audit and iterate the color documentation for the design handbook.

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