I'm not a KDE user (at the moment, though I have been in the past), but I have to say my first reaction to those screenshots were: "it looks like a shitty wind

I'm not a KDE user (at the moment, though I have been in the past), but I have to say my first reaction to those screenshots were: "it looks like a shitty windows 8". I'm not saying that's the truth, that was just the first thought that popped into my head looking at those screenshots.