Roadmap / Changelog
All the planning under one roof.
React components and design token updates
For all updates to our React components and design tokens, follow our Github repository:
All updates are also published in #orbit-react Slack channel.
Orbit UI Kit updates
We also post some bigger updates at our Orbit Twitter account.
Also, when we update our icon font, we publish changes in the #orbit-mobile-native Slack channel.
orbit.kiwi updates
November 2020
- π NEW! Added guidelines on layout components
- π NEW! Added new layout components β Box and Inline
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β Accordion, Timeline, and Wizard
October 2020
September 2020
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β BadgePrimitive, ButtonPrimitive, Desktop, Hide, IllustrationPrimitive, Layout, LinkList, Mobile, NavigationBar, SkipLink, SkipNavigation, Sticky, Table, Tabs, Tag, TileGroup, Toast, Truncate
August 2020
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β ButtonMobileStore, CountryFlag, Drawer, FeatureIcon, InputFile, ListChoice, Loading, NotificationBadge, Pagination, PictureCard, RatingStars, Seat, Separator, Slider, SocialButton, StopoverArrow, Textarea
- π NEW! Added guidelines for social media content
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Added docs status to component status tables and page
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Removed Sketch from component status and docs pages
July 2020
- π NEW! Added guidelines on designing forms
- π NEW! Added explanation on why Orbit React components aren’t extensible
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β ButtonGroup, CallOutBanner, CarrierLogo, ChoiceGroup, Collapse, InputGroup, InputStepper, Select, ServiceLogo, Stepper, TextLink, Tooltip
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Updated current quarter to reflect our current focus and cleaned future
June 2020
- π NEW! Introduced developer mode to open components on the React tab β check it out in the bookmarks menu
- π NEW! Released our voice and tone guidelines for help with all your content needs
- π NEW! Added an interactive guide to choosing the right component for actions
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β Breadcrumbs, EmptyState, List, Tile
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Updated examples for β Badge, ButtonLink, Card, Icon
May 2020
- π NEW! Added new UI component β ButtonMobileStore
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β AirportIllustration, ButtonLink, Checkbox, Dialog, Heading, Icon, InputField, Illustration, Modal, Popover, Radio, Text
- π NEW! Added guidelines for β Border radiuses, Using button-type components
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Updated guidelines for Colors, Elevation hierarchy
April 2020
- π NEW! Added instructions for open source designers for using our Figma kit
- π NEW! Added new UI component β SocialButton
- π NEW! Added a new primitive β ButtonPrimitive
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Updated guidelines for Alert, Badge, Button, Card
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Updated Grammar and Mechanics
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Updated current quarter to reflect our current focus and cleaned future
March 2020
- π NEW! Added new UI components β EmptyState, Toast
- π NEW! Added a new primitive β IllustrationPrimitive
- π NEW! Added the first design pattern β progressive disclosure
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Added illustrations for AirportIllustration
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Updated and improved guidelines for Alert and Button
February 2020
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Updated and expanded our accessibility guidelines
- π NEW! Added new UI component β AirportIllustration
- π NEW! Added guidelines for working with Figma
January 2020
- π NEW! Added guide to retrieving icon images via the icon CDN
- π NEW! Added new UI components β Dialog, Seat, TileGroup
- π NEW! Added new layout component β LinkList (to replace deprecated NavigationList)
- π NEW! Added our very first primitive component β BadgePrimitive
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Added link to Jira epic and KR reference for our roadmap items
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! To make room for upcoming native mobile implementations, we’ve cleared React Native out of our documentation and added in mobile statuses
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Updated current quarter to reflect our OKRs, cleaned future
November 2019
- π NEW! Added Figma to Component status
- π NEW! Added a possibility to set viewports for component previews (check Alert)
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT! Added a possibility to link directly also guidelines (e.g. this color guideline)
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Small visual tweaks to make orbit.kiwi UI a bit lighter
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Refactor UI kit completed
October 2019
- π NEW! Added new UI components β NavigationList, FeatureIcon, Coupon
- π NEW! Added new layout components β Drawer and NavigationBar
- π NEW! Added Mobile and Desktop utility components
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added font characters to list of icons
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added tokens to Elevation hierarchy
September 2019
- π NEW! Launched a new orbit.kiwi documentation site β check our release article
- π NEW! Added PricingTable component
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added an option to toggle additional colors in color palettes
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added token names to copy to color palettes
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added RGB colors to palettes
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added CMYK color for offline usage to Brand section
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improving theming possibilities moved from Future to Near term
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improving orbit.kiwi documentation platform completed
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Launch Orbit Dashboard changed estimate to Q4/2019
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Create guidelines for Sketch & Abstract set estimate to Q4/2019
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Add calendar to Orbit changed estimate to Q1/2020
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Extending Orbit for event pages completed
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Add React playground to Orbit.Kiwi card was created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Refactor UI kit card was created and moved to Current
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improve extendability of Orbit components card was created
August 2019
- π NEW! Added Elevation hierarchy overview
- π NEW! Added new component β Truncate
- π NEW! Added new component β Collapse
July 2019
- π NEW! Added About Orbit page
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Extend Orbit to emails card moved to Current
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Extend Orbit to mobile platform changed to Develop Orbit components for native mobile
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Support native apps in Sketch UI kit card was created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Guidelines for animations card was created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improve theming possibilities card was created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Refactor form components card was created
June 2019
- π NEW! Added new component β Pagination
- π NEW! Added new component β SkipLink
- π NEW! Added React Native to Component Status
- π NEW! Added Grammar & Mechanics page (first version)
- π NEW! Added Voice & Tone page (draft)
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Removing 3rd party dependency for our roadmap
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Automated assets generation card completed
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Login in React Native card renamed to Account in React Native
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Create content style guide card moved to Near term
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Create Sketch & Abstract guidelines card moved to Near term
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Brand color cleaning card moved to Future
May 2019
- π NEW! Published Road to 1.0.0
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added short descriptions for each component
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improved basic accessibility card move to Completed
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Guidelines for Sketch & Abstract card created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Extending Orbit for landing pages card renamed to Extending Orbit for event pages
April 2019
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improved Orbit visual style card moved to Completed
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Orbit.Kiwi search feature card moved to Completed
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Released major version of Orbit components card created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Automate icon generation card created
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Improved documentation homepage card created
March 2019
- π NEW! Added standalone UI kit with Roboto typography
- π NEW! Added new guidelines for creating carrier logos
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT A list of icons is now automatically fetched from GitHub repository and doesn’t need to be updated manually
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added Pantone color code to Brand page
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT All components page have a new header, with links to GitHub and Storybook + tabs for Guidelines and API.
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE React Native support card moved to Near term
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Change to mobile first approach marked as Completed
February 2019
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Extending style for landing page card moved to Current column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE React Native support card moved to Near term column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Framer X support card moved to Near term column
January 2019
- π NEW! Added new component – Hide
- π NEW! Added new component – Stepper
- π NEW! Added new component – Tooltip
- π NEW! Added new page – Media queries
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE React Native support card moved to Future column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Extending style for landing page card moved to Future column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Content style guide card moved to Future column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Streamline icons for Orbit renamed to Improve Orbit visual style and moved to Current column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Change to mobile first approach moved to Current column
- π― ROADMAP UPDATE Updated estimates in all roadmap items
December 2018
- π NEW! Added new component – ChoiceGroup
- π NEW! Added new component – Tag
November 2018
- π NEW! Added new component – TripSector
- π NEW! Added new component – TripSegment
- π NEW! Added new component – ListChoice
- π NEW! Added new component – Breadcrumbs
- π NEW! Added a new page – Right to left languages
October 2018
- π NEW! Added a new page – Github Repos & Resources
- π NEW! Added a new page – Biz Dev Reports
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Updated high-level roadmap – added few new cards and quarter estimates
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added white logos to our logo package on Brand Kiwi.com page
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added possibility to “copy” icon characters from Icon page
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Adjusted look of the left sidebar (more prominent buttons on bottom, more compact look of menu items)
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Redesigned Changelog page so we don’t need to duplicate stuff (links to all repos, list of changes only for documentation)
August 2018
- π NEW! Added filter mobile/web filter for components to menu
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added possibility to “copy” icons in
July 2018
- π NEW! Added Implementation API for all components from 0.1.0 release
- π NEW! Color overview page for quick copy/paste!
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Removed categories in Icons section
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT “Getting started” for developers connected to Readme.md on Github repo
June 2018
- π NEW! Added implementation API for components
- π₯ IMPROVEMENT Added possibility to copy HEX of color by clicking on the color tile