---- On Fri, 30 Oct 2015 21:52:15 +0530 Felix Miata <mrmazda(a)earthlink.net>
wrote ----
I don't think there are any intentional improvements from user perspective,
only from developer perspective, since the timings from v3->v4 and v4-v5 seem
based purely on QT changing v3->v4 and v4->v5. From where I sit, feature
loss
has overpowered feature gain with each major KDE version change, even as
maturing progressed/progresses.
It depends on how you look at it.
The whole new flexible design approach was much needed. We have a far greater consistency
in the UI then we had in KDE4. Plasma for me is mostly the panel, App Dash, and actual
apps. I am very happy with the status bar, widgets, notifications, etc. What will happen
to the apps is yet to be seen? I have not seen any "use-facing" improvements in
Kontact, which I use religiously, is certainly concerning. Folks don't like to install
KDE apps on non-KDE environments because it pulls 100s of deps. I would like to see some
statistics if that problem has been resolved with the framework thing.
I wasn't a KDE user when it made transition from v2 to v3 to v4. I don't hear good
things about it. v4 to v5 transition where all widgets are made obsolete is not the best
thing to do to the KDE ecosystem. I hope we don't continue to obsolete everything
every time there is a major version upgrade.
Regards,
Sudhir Khanger,
sudhirkhanger.com.