Tobias Bernard

I'm not saying that desktop files need to go away, just that we should add missing things to appstream and make it possible to generate desktop files as part of...

Isn't that implied? I think editor's choice or similar curation systems on other app stores are always updated periodically, so I'm not sure it needs to be explained specifically.

I know nothing about stocks, but in terms of visuals/structure I think the second example you have here feels a lot better. I think that layout would map fairly well...

I agree this needs to be cleared up, but no strong opinion on the exact path forward. Both of your suggestions sound good to me :)

Yeah, once you port to GTK4 you'd use the same widget from libadwaita.

IIRC you can also just include Libhandy as a submodule.

"Border 1 Shadow 0" is a step in the right direction, but the border color should be a lighter gray, the black is still too prominent visually.

Evince seems to use black in the sidebar (basically the same as one of the options above) which doesn't look great either. However, the empty state has shadows and no...

It's both of these, FWIW: - Made-up words or word combinations (letter + word) - Non-standard punctuation or whitespace (two things with no whitespace in between)

FYI the offer to help with HIG-ifying the icon still stands. Happy to try a different metaphor or anything else you'd like to try :)