kde 3.1 -- make Keramik default?

[Volker Augustin]

> So far I only see 2 people who are really strictly against it. Even if I
> missed one or two others the consensus on switching to Keramik seems
> overwhelming, considering that we are talking a matter of taste here. I'm
> certainly not for ignoring significant minority votes or forcing things
> through no matter what. But if we always aim at a true 100% consensus of
> everybody we won't get anywhere.

Well, *what* is keramik?

Keramik as in kdelibs is butt-ugly IMO. It just looks bloated, takes away 
sceen space and pretends that a screen is three-dimensional. What I dislike 
most is that it pretends to be three-dimensional. While this is ok within 
limits (Light, 3rd), I do not really like it because at least my screen is 
still flat ... and I doubt three-dimensional screens will come anytime soon 
;-)

The kwin keramik stuff in kdebase is nice (though it is not compiled by 
default - which seems to indicate that it is alpha quality ... should it be 
the default then?).

The Crystal icons are far too flashy and lack clear borders, especially the 
KMail icon. Also the icon for konqueror and others similar round icons 
(e.g. for xmms) might have nice colors but I can hardly see what they 
should represent. And it's not all looks. *Some* part of the style should 
be about recognizability and usability.

Volker