https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429280
Bug ID: 429280
Summary: no colour-coded/'alternative' theme
Product: plasmashell
Version: 5.20.3
Platform: Neon Packages
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk
Reporter: dchme...@gmail.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
Apparently Oxygen theme was deprecated, but that's bad for users; we're not in
the monochrome monitor age, which Breeze is inspired by, but sadly is the main
theme. Oxygen had colour-coded logout/reboot/shutdown/etc., coloured icons,
that made things distinctive. Users sometimes talk to me saying they may want
to shutdown, then what icon do they press: log out, restart or shut down? They
may be looking through the system tray asking me which is the icon they are
looking for. Colour helped them; Breeze doesn't as much. Even experiments
with other [sign-]language-using apes, they use colour icons... maybe in an
experiment if rats could use a touchscreen rather than levers, monochrome might
be okay... but humans aren't rats. It takes me 10 times longer to get through
a Breeze logout/reboot/shutdown option screen than ones normal in the
coloured-monitor-style age.
When I had to reinstall users' spare PC, suddently most the icons were missing
(/home wasn't reinstalled, of course.)
I also liked the old KDE4 Produkt panel theme: in contrast, Oxygen & Breeze
Dark aren't dark enough at night--too shiny.
Since we use more widgets/system-tray things, I always finding myself copying
over the old klipper icon (before it was scissors as my suggestion, as I don't
keep a text-editor icon by clipboard anymore)...
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Look for more-coloured theme/icon set.
2. Can't find one.
3. Install one or miss out unless you're colour-blind.
OBSERVED RESULT
Not so great choice of themes/icons, leads to problems (finding) and much
wasted time.
EXPECTED RESULT
KDE usually has more options than other desktop environments... Crystal and
Oxygen were best.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: Neon/5.20.3
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.75.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
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