https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=405602
Bug ID: 405602
Summary: Make the indicator style more legible and
conventional.
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: Icons-only Task Manager
Assignee: h...@kde.org
Reporter: leftcr...@tutanota.com
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
Created attachment 118883
--> https://bugs.kde.org/attachment.cgi?id=118883&action=edit
breeze-themed-indicators
The current indicators are really hard to understand, no matter what plasma
theme you use. See attached examples for breeze and a generic theme,
respectively.
For breeze it's especially bad. The indicators make no sense at all and you can
barely tell which windows are open. For the generic, the bringt triangles make
it look like a window is active, whereas they actually represent groups. But
then why is there only one triage when an group has more than window?
I propose replacing the current behavior with something vastly superior: use
the indicators from dash to dock/panel
https://github.com/home-sweet-gnome/dash-to-panel
These have several big advantages:
- The indicator for the active window is always clear - it is the ONLY window
that has a highlight box drawn around it.
- The indicators representing the open apps are also clear and moreover they
are colored from the icon (I think the pictures don't show this adequately),
which helps with identification and makes the whole thing look more elegant.
- The indicators give great feedback regarding the exact number of windows open
in each group, and this information is combined with the indicator for open
windows in a way that is clean and elegant.
- It is much closer to the Windows dock style, which is the standard for most
users. KDE's indicators are not only inferior but also really unconventional,
making them difficult for new users.
I am not sure whether it a matter of revising the applet or doing another
theme, but the indicator style could use a revision.
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