kde 3.1 -- make Keramik default?

[Shawn Gordon]

At 12:27 PM 5/30/2002, you wrote:
>Am Donnerstag, 30. Mai 2002 20:41 schrieb Neil Stevens:
>
> > > That's true for both sides - since this is purely a look thing, I don't
> > > think you can expect *objective* arguments from either side.
> >
> > Then why change?
>
>Well, simply for the same reason that triggers a lot of other things: People
>getting a gut feeling that it is time for a change, people getting finally
>tired of looking at the same thing day after day, people just liking
>something better than something else. All this is obviously the case with the
>vast majority here regarding the old style, myself included. They apparently
>want KDE 3 to be a new start and want its appearance to reflect this feeling.
>
>Therefore I'm adding my "me too" here: Make those Keramik widgets a bit
>smaller, and also switch to the Crystal icons in the same go (but get rid of
>those red hearts and other toy stuff for everything that's not really a toy).
>
>Thomas
>
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I think Thomas has hit the nail on the head here.  This is why people lease 
cars, so they can get a new one every few years.  A "look" no matter how 
innovative or cool becomes stodgy over time.  KDE 3 was a good step 
forward, but 3.1 is supposed to be the major functionality release.  My 
personal opinion is that a new and updated look as default will also 
silence a lot of those critics that say KDE is ugly, Bart Decrem is a good 
recent example.

A new look gets people excited again, creates a new "wow" factor, gets them 
to show their friends and families again because it is new and exciting 
again for them, not the same thing they have looked at every day.  There 
are plenty of good reasons for a new default theme, and Keramik is nice 
because it is unique and not a knock of of WinXP or Mac OS X.

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Shawn Gordon
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