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On Monday 11 Apr 2016 22:34:04 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On 11/04/2016 20:15, Mick wrote: |
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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 |
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> >>> in |
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> >>> the earlier case of KDE 3 -> 4. |
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> >>> |
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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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> >> |
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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 |
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> >> are non-existent) |
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> >> |
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> >> -- |
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> >> Joost |
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> > |
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> > It's all a bit flat and boring, at least for a desktop. However, I |
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> > wouldn't be surprised if the target audience is MSWindows users with |
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> > Surface tablets. What other reason would KDE devs have to imitate the |
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> > aesthetic shift from Windows 7 to Windows 10? |
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> |
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> Or maybe it's just fashion, like garments and shoes. |
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Yes! I noticed that soon after KDE4 started having a blue shade on its window |
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borders, so did e17. Perhaps coding and innovation in creative design don't |
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go hand in hand. :p |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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