As I am creating some software using Qt and Python (*), I am switching from Gnome 41 to Plasma (formely just KDE), to have more Qt around and see how things should behave in their natural habitat.
It is fascinating. The amount of options that you can access at all times is so "so much" that is captivating me to an extent that did't happen to me since decades ago.
As I will say before closing, don't get me wrong, I am liking it, and I am enjoying all the options, but here we go.
Look at this:
That is a widget in a Plasma that is meant to show the desktop when clicked. Seems pretty simple. Instead, I clicked with the secondary button.
So, taking such a simple software function as an example of the options shown at a mere contextual menu, when we think on how this can escale for more complex programs like Dolphin (the file manager) or the notifications, things go bananas.
Look at this menu:
Ratings. Ratings! You can sort things according to ratings! You can rate your own files!!!!
Don't get me wrong; I like Plasma and I prefer to have options rhather than not having them, but.... do we need that many?
(*): A podcast post-production tool to handle feeds, chapters in audio files, and so on.
It is fascinating. The amount of options that you can access at all times is so "so much" that is captivating me to an extent that did't happen to me since decades ago.
As I will say before closing, don't get me wrong, I am liking it, and I am enjoying all the options, but here we go.
Look at this:
That is a widget in a Plasma that is meant to show the desktop when clicked. Seems pretty simple. Instead, I clicked with the secondary button.
- Minimize All Windows --i.e., "Show desktop"
- Configure "Show Desktop" -- configuring a keyboard shorcut
- Show alternatives --alternative widgets to "Show Destop"; somehow there are more widgets to do this)
- Add Widgets to the Panel,
- Enter Edit Mode in the Panel
So, taking such a simple software function as an example of the options shown at a mere contextual menu, when we think on how this can escale for more complex programs like Dolphin (the file manager) or the notifications, things go bananas.
Look at this menu:
Ratings. Ratings! You can sort things according to ratings! You can rate your own files!!!!
Don't get me wrong; I like Plasma and I prefer to have options rhather than not having them, but.... do we need that many?
(*): A podcast post-production tool to handle feeds, chapters in audio files, and so on.