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Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

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Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#11
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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.

Last I tried, you couldn't type direct paths into the fileselector or the file browser, basically requiring that you mouse your way around. I found that extremely aggravating and went back to KDE almost immediately.

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#12
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

personally I find gnome's filesselector unusable, whereas kde's is great.

Last I tried, you couldn't type direct paths into the fileselector or the file browser, basically requiring that you mouse your way around. I found that extremely aggravating and went back to KDE almost immediately.

You can, simply press Ctrl + L. It's funny to me that you switched desktop environments instead of Googling that.

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#13
post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

personally I find gnome's filesselector unusable, whereas kde's is great.

Last I tried, you couldn't type direct paths into the fileselector or the file browser, basically requiring that you mouse your way around. I found that extremely aggravating and went back to KDE almost immediately.

Ctrl+L has always worked for me, it highlights the path field.

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#15

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.

Maybe the notification heading should be bigger and/or bold? IDK about the app title.

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#17

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.

All the UI and UX in general looks like it's from 2007. I know that it's volunteer work and I don't want to downplay the generosity of those who contributed to it, but I do wonder what's causing the delay in catching up to modern aesthetics. Is it a technical issue? Is there too much bureaucracy to overcome? Is there a shortage of UI and UX developers?

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#18

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.

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

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post #7
post #2

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.

It depends on if you like features and configuration options or not. If you don't like features and don't want to be able to set any configuration options, go for Gnome. Otherwise, KDE.

KDE these days seems like configurability-overload. I appreciate the flexibility but it just feels excessive to me. I think a lot of the options should be tucked away into an equivalent of Firefox's about:config. For me, something like XFCE has the ideal config panel complexity. (Of course, it's all subjective.)

Re: Next Generation KDE Plasma Notifications

#20

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.

All the UI and UX in general looks like it's from 2007. I know that it's volunteer work and I don't want to downplay the generosity of those who contributed to it, but I do wonder what's causing the delay in catching up to modern aesthetics. Is it a technical issue? Is there too much bureaucracy to overcome? Is there a shortage of UI and UX developers?

To each his own, I guess. I find modern aesthetics to be a downgrade for the most part from what we had at the turn of the century.
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