[GSoC 2024]: Implementing Incremental Search [Final Report]

Blog post by calisto-mathias on Sat, 2024-08-24 01:46

Introduction The goal of this post is to document the changes I’ve successfully made during the GSoC period, the current state of the project, future enhancement goals, and a few other topics. I also want to extend my thanks to the Haiku developers and community for the opportunity to work on this fantastic operating system. Background Haiku is a truly innovative operating system. One of its most interesting approaches to a filesystem lies in the fact that it makes metadata a primary characteristic of the filesystem.

Usability Enhancements for the Find Panel [GSoC 2024]

Blog post by Calisto-Mathias on Tue, 2024-06-25 16:13

Enhancing the Find Panel: A Comprehensive Update Introduction Hi there everyone. Since I made my first contribution to the project, I thought making a blog post about it would be helpful. I’m excited to know your thoughts on the changes that have been made to the Find Panel. Most of the current changes are made with ease of use kept in mind. These updates include the addition of a Menu Bar and the migration of the more-options section into this Menu Bar.

[GSoC 2024] Enhancing Tracker: Next-Gen Find Window and Functionalities

Blog post by Calisto-Mathias on Wed, 2024-05-15 14:52

Introduction Hey There! My name is Calisto Abel Mathias, and I am excited to introduce myself as a first-year undergraduate student at the National University of Technology in Karnataka, India. I am honored to have been accepted into the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program for 2024 under the mentorship of the Haiku project. A huge thanks to my two mentors - Niels and Humdinger for embarking on this journey with me.