[plasmashell] [Bug 427030] Move Taskmanager background highlight bar to the opposite side

[Nate Graham]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427030

Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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         Resolution|---                         |INTENTIONAL
             Status|REPORTED                    |RESOLVED

--- Comment #17 from Nate Graham <nate at kde.org> ---
> Other arguments include that there might be good other reasons why the
> opposite style is used that extensively and that "Plasma" itself uses this
> opposite style for the highlight of list (?) items - see the attachment.
If we don't know the reason, then we'd be blindly copying them on the
assumption that they're right and we're wrong. Without concrete evidence that
it is actually better, "everyone else is doing it" isn't a valid reason.


(In reply to Claudius Ellsel from comment #16)
> The main argument was that users are probably accustomed to the opposite
> style, yes.
Got it. So this would be the "user familiarity" argument.


While there is an inherent Jakob's Law argument that consistency with what
people are familiar with is good, this only goes so far; it cannot be taken to
its logical conclusion that even minor aesthetic choices must be copied, or
else we will be drawn to copy 100% of Windows or Android or whatever just
because it's probably what everyone else is familiar with. This makes us a
cheap and inferior copy and there is no reason not to simply use the original
instead. See also
https://community.kde.org/Get_Involved/Design/Lessons_Learned#Copying_Apple

I don't think this very minor aesthetic thing is worth changing. If you
disagree and prefer the opposite style where the indicator bar is far from the
content area rather than close to it, you're welcome to create a Plasma theme
that does so. That's why we have theming: so that people who don't agree with
the default aesthetic choices can self-satisfy. Who knows, maybe it will be so
popular that lots of people will start using it and distros will ship it by
default and we'll be encouraged to accept the change. Stranger things have
happened. :)

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