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Hello everyone, version v0.6.0 of <https://github.com/gabrieldrn/carbon-compose|carbon-compose> is now available :sparkles:

_carbon-compose is a Compose Multiplatform implementation of <https://carbondesignsystem.com/|Carbon>, IBM’s open-source design system._

This release took much more time as I have less time to work on the library for personal reasons but I’m still motivated to work on it :muscle:
A quick summary of what’s new for this release:
• Upgrade to Compose Multiplatform 1.8.2.
• New implementations:
    ◦ Breadcrumb
    ◦ Tooltip (Video showcase in the attachments)
    ◦ And Notification actionable variants + static Toast Notification components.
• Multiple adjustments for the Dropdown and Tabs component.
• Add hot reload to the catalog desktop version. 
More insights in the full <https://github.com/gabrieldrn/carbon-compose/releases/tag/v0.6.0|v0.6.0 release notes>.

You can try the components implementations with the live Kotlin/Wasm catalog app <https://gabrieldrn.github.io/carbon-compose/catalog/index.html|here!>
Feel free to start the project :star: and also contribute by reporting bugs, asking to work on a component or anything  :slightly_smiling_face: tyvm!

Although I don't use carbon or your library, I still think it's great that alternatives to material are being implemented and maintained. Projects like this may potentially lower the barrier of entry to compose for people who don't want to use material.

I agree with you, I think Carbon is good at breaking the narrative of using Material by default when you need to make very technical or prototype apps that doesn’t require a fancy UI.
I used to like the customization aspect of Material but now it bothers me. Too many times I’ve struggled finding color/typo/shapes to use with Material… A waste of time for a mere software engineer like me.
Carbon cuts to the chase: it provides 2 themes for each light and dark modes. Nothing else. (You can still make your own themes) (And not to mention the modern look I’m a sucker for)

Personally Material is not my taste. On Desktop I like FluentUI better. On mobile Cuptertino is nice.