https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432383
Bug ID: 432383 Summary: New kickoff is awkward to use, ugly and chaotic (at least for me) Product: plasmashell Version: 5.20.90 Platform: unspecified OS: Linux Status: REPORTED Severity: wishlist Priority: NOR Component: Application Launcher (Kickoff) Assignee: k...@davidedmundson.co.uk Reporter: karsten.fleisc...@gmail.com CC: mikel5...@gmail.com, plasma-b...@kde.org Target Milestone: 1.0 SUMMARY I was horrified to see that the best feature of KDE (Kick-Off) was changed. >From my perspective it was an elegant, efficient launcher which did >everything< right (for me) This is hence a feature request to maintain the "old launcher" in some form, as the rewrite will certainly not be everyone's cup of tea. My problems are: * It is too big with too much shown at the same time the old one was much more compact * Long scrolling lists with alphabetical ordered apps/folders are idiotic so why start with one? * My most frequent uses are: Favourites, History, and Computer (full app list as mentioned are rarely used by me ever, search is way faster). The new app makes History and Comp way more complicated to use as one has to go to Places (Why is "History/Time" a "Place/Location") and then move the mouse upwards for miles to get to select Comp or Hist. Before it was just a bit right left I understand that the change was probably triggered because others did not like the old kick-off or that there was a perceived need to be more like windows 10 (we don't!). So the actual question is there any way to preserve the old kick-off as an "Alternative Launcher"? Or if the technical underbellies casued the need to change it in the first place can there be a flavour of the new launcher which looks and behaves exactly as the old one (in my opinion) was a flawless piece of work? STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Use 5.20.90 and Open the Applauncher 2. Try to get to your History OBSERVED RESULT Way more complicated than it used to be EXPECTED RESULT As it was in all previous versions since 5.x? SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS Linux/KDE Plasma: (available in About System) KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.90 KDE Frameworks Version: 5.78.0 Qt Version: 5.15.2 -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.