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On Monday 11 Apr 2016 13:17:05 J. Roeleveld wrote: |
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> On Monday, April 11, 2016 11:34:03 AM Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > On Saturday 09 April 2016 11:12:51 Mick wrote: |
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> > > I noticed today that Plasma 5 is now stable, which means I will soon |
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> > > have |
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> > > to deal with it. |
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> > |
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> > I saw that too, and it cast a gloom over the rest of my day. I intend to |
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> > stick with KDE-4 until some more sensible themes become available in |
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> > Plasma |
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> > 5, so I hope someone will be keeping an archive of KDE-4 somewhere, as in |
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> > the earlier case of KDE 3 -> 4. |
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> > Last time I searched for Plasma 5 themes (or design methods, in case I |
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> > might be able to create my own) I came up empty handed. My objection to |
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> > the available one is that it's just ugly: acres of wasted space |
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> > everywhere, and great blocks of solid colour, some of which are actually |
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> > buttons without looking like them. Nothing subtle or sophisticated about |
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> > it at all. |
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> > |
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> > If anyone can point me to a better theme I'll be grateful. |
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> |
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> You could try the following: |
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> http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/ocd-plasma5-theme?content=175772 |
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> I am not fully convinced, but then again, I quite like "Breeze Dark" with |
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> "Air" so far. But still looking for a really nice one. (My design skills are |
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> non-existent) |
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> -- |
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> Joost |
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It's all a bit flat and boring, at least for a desktop. However, I wouldn't |
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be surprised if the target audience is MSWindows users with Surface tablets. |
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What other reason would KDE devs have to imitate the aesthetic shift from |
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Windows 7 to Windows 10? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |