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i have to admit i’m finding it quite frustrating how many classic KDE ui things are being sacrificed for homogeneity recently - single click to open, mouse over program menu category to switch, now this
double click by default in particular was abandoning an iconic and way more intuitive way to interact with the desktop to be more like what windows and mac users are used to, which is a shame
edit: jumped the gun here, doesn’t look like it’s the new default. rest of my whining applies tho
In my opinion, this is a good approach. While the vast majority of PC users aren’t used to these settings, it’s great that those who prefer them still have the option to change them. This is especially positive because features like single-click to open or drag-and-drop by default aren’t used outside of KDE — in fact, the standard behavior across macOS, Windows, and most other desktop environments is different.
This is the same kind of thing that annoys me about macOS: they change things that worked fine for years and replace them with features no one asked for. For example, why is the scroll wheel inverted by default? And if you change it, the touchpad scrolling becomes inverted instead. Why do I need to hold Control and click just to perform a right-click? It’s a change that complicates things instead of improving them.
I must say, the mouse-over-category thingie was a horrible default that still makes me cringe on my Debian system today, because it forces me to trace a VERY SPECIFIC route with my mouse so I don’t trigger another category, when 99% of the time all I want is to click on one of my favourites.
i have to admit i’m finding it quite frustrating how many classic KDE ui things are being sacrificed for homogeneity recently - single click to open, mouse over program menu category to switch, now this
double click by default in particular was abandoning an iconic and way more intuitive way to interact with the desktop to be more like what windows and mac users are used to, which is a shame
edit: jumped the gun here, doesn’t look like it’s the new default. rest of my whining applies tho
In my opinion, this is a good approach. While the vast majority of PC users aren’t used to these settings, it’s great that those who prefer them still have the option to change them. This is especially positive because features like single-click to open or drag-and-drop by default aren’t used outside of KDE — in fact, the standard behavior across macOS, Windows, and most other desktop environments is different.
This is the same kind of thing that annoys me about macOS: they change things that worked fine for years and replace them with features no one asked for. For example, why is the scroll wheel inverted by default? And if you change it, the touchpad scrolling becomes inverted instead. Why do I need to hold Control and click just to perform a right-click? It’s a change that complicates things instead of improving them.
I must say, the mouse-over-category thingie was a horrible default that still makes me cringe on my Debian system today, because it forces me to trace a VERY SPECIFIC route with my mouse so I don’t trigger another category, when 99% of the time all I want is to click on one of my favourites.