That is what attracted me to KDE. However, in recent years there design philosophy has become more aligned with Windows and mobile. It seems more difficult to c

That is what attracted me to KDE. However, in recent years there design philosophy has become more aligned with Windows and mobile. It seems more difficult to create skeuomorphic themes, now. The trend seems to be for dizzying, translucent, psychedelic themes, where figuring out what I can and cannot interact with is like a point and click adventure game, only without the joy. But this seems to be in line with KDE's new stated design goals: Make it easy to focus on what matters --- Remove or minimize elements not crucial to the primary or main task. Use spacing to keep things organized. Use color to draw attention. Reveal additional information or optional functions only when needed. Make complex tasks simple. Make novices feel like experts. Create ways in which your users can naturally feel empowered by your software. [0] To me, this feels like dumbing down, and this is disappointing for a powerful desktop. A desktop PC is such a vast and powerful utility that it's interface should be reasonably complex, like the cockpit of an airliner. I'm working with 14 to 30 inch screens, I don't need the same UI as a 5" phone. Instead, we are following Musk's lead and hiding everything behind an Android-like system, with burger menus, disappearing UI elements, brightly coloured icons, and bouncy window animations. And even though KDE is still infinitely customizable, the vast majority of themes out there follow this trend. If anyone knows of a good skeuomorphic theme that still works, I'd love to see it. [0] https://develop.kde.org/hig/ https://develop.kde.org/hig/