First of all thanks Girtablulu for asking users their inconveniences and needs.
Following are few changes which I make after every KDE install.
1) In a dark theme, black shadows for windows totally defy the purpose of shadows, instead white/light glow is essential as shown in screenshots below. This I see overlooked at almost all places/distros I tested till now with default dark theme.
2) Double click title bar to maximize vertically ( at system settings > window behavior > titlebar actions).
3) There are multiple options pre-configured in KDE to maximize the windows, the most annoying is âwindows dragged to top of screen edgeâ, which I deselect at workspace behavior > screen edges.
4) Middle click to shade ( at system settings > window behavior > titlebar actions).
5) Window decorator Breez is OK, but KDE means maximum freedom for configuration. So availability of window decorator âoxygenâ in default installation will help the new users to explore KDE.
6) Other than breeze, the two application styles, fusion and ms windows, are present in iso , but they are not convenient. The scroll bar and progress bar is not clearly visible in them. âqtcurveâ is a feature rich application style (widget style) which is not in repo. (The screenshot is from Neptune 6 OS).
7) In breeze win deco, title bar height is decided by fonts as well as buttons, whichever is greater. So Keeping title bar fonts bold but of less size than other fonts help in reducing itâs height.
8) Regarding colors :- Active window must be easily distinguishable, so its title bar should have contrast color and inactive window title bar should of less saturated color than the active one. Translucency of inactive window to distinguish the active window is a trouble if one wants to compare 2 images keenly in two windows.
9) Selection color of higher contrast or saturation is especially necessary in Gwenview, because by default first image is selected in Gwenview and when you select some image by clicking '+' sign on it to delete, the first image also gets deleted. One must remember to deselect the first image by clicking in empty space or by clicking on '-' sign on it. So I never delete images from Gwenview but use Dolphin. When they are going to make Gwenview to behave like dolphin, I don't know. Distinctive selection color makes one aware of the 1st image under selection.
10) Cursor theme âBreez Snowâ.
11) Not a must, but welcome is addition of dark blue-black desktop theme, I mean different from the black variants used in dolphin etc. system wide, so that the start menu and itâs sub menus will be easily separable from the background and other openapplications.
12) What are your thoughts on inclusion of âKrusaderâ preferably or âmcâ in the default installation? It is debatable/disputable as GUI application should not be started with elevated privileges, but what an average user should do?
Please save us from having a nightmare of dark theme over a dark background with dark windows of dark title bars and shadows covered by equally dark menu, nothing distinguishable from each other.
(Few configuration details I have mentioned in detail, not for you but, for the newcomers to make changes in their settings.)
