Dear KDE developers, coders, hackers, designers, wizards,

Here is one, single, simple suggestion.

Please, please, PLEASE, for Christ's sake, get rid of all that blue everywhere in KDE.

Otherwise, keep up the good work.

Thank you,

Eric

Weyhey!! Long live pink

quenturi wrote:Dear KDE developers, coders, hackers, designers, wizards,

Here is one, single, simple suggestion.

Please, please, PLEASE, for Christ's sake, get rid of all that blue everywhere in KDE.

Otherwise, keep up the good work.

Thank you,

Eric

You can change the theme. There are 2 kinds of themes -- one application theme, and the other plasma theme.

There's a color scheme also.

You can change the theme. There are 2 kinds of themes -- one application theme, and the other plasma theme.

There's a color scheme also.

I'm aware of that. However I am not referring to any of the possibilities to customize KDE but rather the default theming, including the KDE graphic charter and in the first place, the KDE logo.

As far as I know, people in the 'real' world (I mean by that Joe user not the 'average' Linux user, usually quite educated, ressourceful and curious) tend to judge and appreciate a product by the way it looks. Right away. Not the way it might look 'if'...

Efficiency is also important, obviously, but you may have the best tool in the world, what is it good for if it doesn't look good and doesn't 'attract' people?

Not mentionning there are litteraly billions of computer users (Windows and Mac) who never change a single thing on their desktop (beside the wallpaper maybe).
Right now, KDE is plagued with blue everywhere and childish icons (tons of icons with blue, red, green, yellow, etc.). It looks unprofessionnal. The vast majority of potential users have little time and interest in customizing a new OS they don't find appealing or worst, a desktop or apps looking somehow like a Fisher Price store.

I do know it might be seen as a matter of taste. I believe it's not. If you have any doubt, ask professionnal graphic designers showing them the default kde desktop and a few major kde apps such as Amarok or else. Listen to what they have to say.

KDE has seen some major improvements and it's still crippled with poor overall design and graphic solutions. That is my opinion but do not trust me ask professional designers.

Without major changes it will remain 'ugly' or 'funny' in the eyes of the vast majority and won't attract much more users.

I wouldn't say so if I had no interest in Linux or KDE.

Anyway, here was what I had to say.

Oops, I honestly thought you were joking - sorry.

lol It's ok

Well...

I remember reading a couple of usability studies about color schemes. There were basicly three colors. Green, Blue and Brown are colors what people feel well.

They are from sky, plants and dirt and they are most emotional colors.
While Green is felt as fresh, growing and eatable the other two are (blue) active time, breathing (air), cold and relaxing. And brown is from ground what is steady, dusty, dirt....

The two colors, blue and green are the best ones. But some other colors (like purple or cyan) can be made if wanted to rise specific feels like purple what has the royal feeling and cyan meaning I dont remember.

But the KDE SC 4.8 is having less blue on it. Just try it or wait until it is released.

There ain't many colors what can be applied so widely. Orange is very bad after all, even Canonical got it.
The good thing with Blue color is that it feels fresh. While Green color is very hard to remember. In usability studies, it is found that green colored devices, cloths and things are harder to remember.

What colors you suggest?

Interesting that you mention brown; when I first started with KDE 1.2 in 2000 the main colour was an orange tinged shade of brown! But this reverted to grey in the non-active windows.