
.. _development_plans#virtaal_roadmap:

Virtaal Roadmap
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Changes to Virtaal will be guided by these guidelines:

- The Virtaal interface must be good looking and simple
- We will optimise for the most frequent use cases
- There should be no necessity for the mouse
- The most important information must be visible by default
- Only relevant (actional) widgets should be shown
- Maximum functionality without setup and configuration

View a list of `open requests and bugs
<https://github.com/translate/virtaal/issues>`_.

Features that are likely to be developed in the foreseeable future:

- Improved searching (to take accelerators into account, for example)
- Better support for XLIFF features
- Support for more formats -- ongoing

Join the mailing list and/or IRC channel to discuss ideas and help us
prioritise features for the next release.
