kde 3.1 -- make Keramik default?

[Neil Stevens]

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On Thursday May 30, 2002 02:37, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> On Thursday 30 May 2002 23:20, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > So now I ask this: Is fashion more important than consistency,
> > usability, and efficiency?
>
> If the one affects the other: no. I dare to say a widget style (when
> done well, and Keramik is) shouldn't affect those issues. Unless you
> consider consistency not only to be an issue 'within' a version, but
> also _across_ versions. But in that case e.g. the usability improvements
> to kicker's KCM would also be bad, because they are inconsistent with
> KDE 3.0. Actually, that would make *any* change inconsistent in one way
> or another...

This isn't just widgets, but rather widgets and icons.  The consensus seems 
to be that if Keramik is defaulted, then the Crystal icons have to be 
defaulted, too.

And icons are at the heart of usability - see Kicker, kdesktop, and every 
menu and toolbar.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
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have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher
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