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Gnome and KDE seem so close in polish these days, it's hard to decide which one to run and I keep on going back and forward.
personally I find gnome's filesselector unusable, whereas kde's is great.
We've just officially passed the 15 year mark. It's even become a meme now:
Why KDE keeps rewriting every single component every few years? Is that because of improper design/planification or because of bad implementation?
And to be honest, I think the notifications area required a bit of optimization. To me, it feels like it is also one of the components that received more optimizations than any other component already, but it also seems to be a little more complex than you would expect on first sight.
Why KDE keeps rewriting every single component every few years? Is that because of improper design/planification or because of bad implementation?
Where "few years" means 8 years? :D By all means rewrite software when it is 8 years old. A lot has changed in that time and the author notes that user expectations have changed, which leads me to the...
...false dichotomy you offered. User expectations and the code base not supporting those is the stated reason.
I can't be the only one that dislikes KDE's typography. I see that notification pane and aside from color, nothing gives it typographical hierarchy. It just looks odd to me.
You are not alone. Typography is questionable but the worst parts are padding and alignment. I have to apologize in advance because it's going to sound like a harsh comment and I know this is volunteer work. I really think that KDE is technically very good. The amount of basic design mistakes however is just unbearable as far as I am concerned. I mean, let's take a look at this improved notification panel. The closin…
Is lack of horizontal padding part of the KDE aesthetic?
Is lack of horizontal padding part of the KDE aesthetic?
Another factor might be that those small, focussed screenshots are just not the appropriate format to show how those notifications would look like in the context of a complete desktop.
But in the end, it is also possible that there is an unintended lack of horizontal padding.
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This has always been the problem with KDE and the reason I can not switch. KDE UI never gets Typography, spacing/padding, or alignment correct. It's a shame because they are so close on most other criteria.
What do you use that respects these principles?
That being said, on Linux I think Elementary OS is at least trying to create a coherent visual design language. Maybe there are others?
I can't be the only one that dislikes KDE's typography. I see that notification pane and aside from color, nothing gives it typographical hierarchy. It just looks odd to me.
This has always been the problem with KDE and the reason I can not switch. KDE UI never gets Typography, spacing/padding, or alignment correct. It's a shame because they are so close on most other criteria.
Personally I find that using Source Sans Pro as the font and the Arc theme for most of the rest works well.
Is lack of horizontal padding part of the KDE aesthetic?
I for one definitely like and want more compact information. I definitely do not like the trend for making information more sparse. Leave that for your blog; business runs on information.
Why KDE keeps rewriting every single component every few years? Is that because of improper design/planification or because of bad implementation?