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I always loved how configurable KDE is and prefer it over others. I somehow always felt more comfortable using KDE than say Unity or Gnome. Its very stable , fl

I always loved how configurable KDE is and prefer it over others. I somehow always felt more comfortable using KDE than say Unity or Gnome. Its very stable , fluid and fast now as well. However, there are certain problems that just don't seem to be addressed much - 1. Cartoonish or early 2000's looking icons. They simply are not pleasing to eyes any more. 2. Lack of UI widget themes. Although there is plethora of colour schemes and window decorations, which I hardly care about. What I want is complete themes, with different widgets. Its just Oxygen or Windows 98 kinda themes. GTK has really strong community in this case. 3. I don't know how to put this, but most kde apps (except base apps) feel overloaded. This is common complaint too I guess. I'm not asking that they should do what GNOME is doing, but there must be something that can be done. When I use Windows, many apps still have a lot of functions but still manage to look better. I think some of this can be addressed by building a better widget set - (better tabs, toolbars with smaller icons and less whitespace overall) Overall my complaint is 90% about how it looks.

Spittie 12y ago
1. I don't really like Oxygen too, I always just install KFaenza. The design team is working on a new icon set for KDE5 too (http://wheeldesign.blogspot.it/2014/02/monday-report-4.html http://wheeldesign.blogspot.it/2014/02/monday-report-4.html). 2. I agree too, but you have a third and fourth option, QtCurve and Bespin. Personally I'm quite happy with the Aeri theme (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Aeri+?content=162303 http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Aeri+?content=162303). Screen: http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094470.png http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094470.png The design team is working on a new widget theme too, I think it's going to look kinda similar to Aeri (from what I gather on the forum, at least). There's also Fusion, which is the Qt5 default theme and it's really nice. 3. I agree as well, some applications are just confusing and overwhelming out of the box. You don't even have to look at 3rd party applications, Amarok and Gwenview are a good example and are base applications. Thankfully usually it's possible to hide away most of the stuff (This is how I've configured them, http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094841.png http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094841.png and http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094897.png http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094897.png, I like to think that I've got a "clean" effect). But, to be honest, I'd rather have applications that have tons of features and shove them in my face than oversimplified applications that have no settings/features.
- truncate 12y ago
  I use QtCurve. Will give try to others you mentioned. I like Qt5 theme too, however never tried hard enough to see how to enable it as my KDE widget set (don't see it in system settings). Can you tell how? I'm generally happy with base apps. Its just the other apps like Kopete, Kmail etc. Though its been very long, so there must be good improvement there.
  - Spittie 12y ago
    Fusion is Qt5 only for now, so you won't find it by default. There is a port to Qt4 which works fine, you can get it here: https://code.google.com/p/fusion-qt4/ https://code.google.com/p/fusion-qt4/ (only source, so you have to compile it).

Spittie 12y ago

1. I don't really like Oxygen too, I always just install KFaenza. The design team is working on a new icon set for KDE5 too (http://wheeldesign.blogspot.it/2014/02/monday-report-4.html http://wheeldesign.blogspot.it/2014/02/monday-report-4.html). 2. I agree too, but you have a third and fourth option, QtCurve and Bespin. Personally I'm quite happy with the Aeri theme (http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Aeri+?content=162303 http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Aeri+?content=162303). Screen: http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094470.png http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094470.png The design team is working on a new widget theme too, I think it's going to look kinda similar to Aeri (from what I gather on the forum, at least). There's also Fusion, which is the Qt5 default theme and it's really nice. 3. I agree as well, some applications are just confusing and overwhelming out of the box. You don't even have to look at 3rd party applications, Amarok and Gwenview are a good example and are base applications. Thankfully usually it's possible to hide away most of the stuff (This is how I've configured them, http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094841.png http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094841.png and http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094897.png http://81.4.126.121/i/1400094897.png, I like to think that I've got a "clean" effect). But, to be honest, I'd rather have applications that have tons of features and shove them in my face than oversimplified applications that have no settings/features.

truncate 12y ago
I use QtCurve. Will give try to others you mentioned. I like Qt5 theme too, however never tried hard enough to see how to enable it as my KDE widget set (don't see it in system settings). Can you tell how? I'm generally happy with base apps. Its just the other apps like Kopete, Kmail etc. Though its been very long, so there must be good improvement there.
- Spittie 12y ago
  Fusion is Qt5 only for now, so you won't find it by default. There is a port to Qt4 which works fine, you can get it here: https://code.google.com/p/fusion-qt4/ https://code.google.com/p/fusion-qt4/ (only source, so you have to compile it).