https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427030
Nate Graham <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolution|--- |INTENTIONAL Status|REPORTED |RESOLVED --- Comment #17 from Nate Graham <[email protected]> --- > 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. :) -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
