D24223: [RFC] Add global themes that mimic other platforms' workflows

[Felix Ernst]

felixernst added a comment.


  In D24223#675589 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D24223#675589>, @Boxie wrote:
  
  > As others have mentioned - Let's not mimic other desktop environments (there are plenty of dragons and devils hiding there).
  
  
  Are there really? If we really aren't confident enough in these new global themes I would consider adding "(experimental)" to their name. Even then I think that shipping any additional layouts by default will send the right message. I don't think it really matters if those additional layouts mimic other DEs/OSs or not but for simplicities sake and because in this case I see value in showing off I would encourage the current approach.
  
  Some more thoughts because I (perhaps baselessly) feel like progress on this feature was held back by doubts: If I came from another OS and saw the option to fundamentally change the layout with two clicks I wouldn't actually be expecting it to work. Now this is Plasma and we want our most powerful features to work flawlessly as well but let's keep in mind that even a buggy attempt is more than others have attempted.
  I also wouldn't worry too much about the theme not resembling an existing DE/OS close enough. I don't think users actually expect that unless we market it as such. On the contrary marketing has told users that iPhones from Androids from Windows from Macs are fundamentally different. So yea, picture me cheering "LGTM" from the audience.

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