https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=455523
Bug ID: 455523
Summary: New Present Windows in 5.25: Option to turn off
blurring of wallpaper or better get rid of it
Product: kwin
Version: 5.25.0
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: normal
Priority: NOR
Component: effects-present-windows
Assignee: kwin-bugs-n...@kde.org
Reporter: m...@elbmurf.de
Target Milestone: ---
I know that you have chosen this behavior to make the window labels better
visible. But I don’t like it. Let me explain: My desktop is cluttered with
windows on all workspaces. There are few times I get to see the wallpaper, set
to a daily Unsplash motive. The old implementation of this effect greatly
extended the time the usually beautiful wallpaper is visible to me, because
this effect is essential to my workflow. I know, I could hide all windows or
just minimize them. Sure. But with the old effect without blurring, it made the
desktop more personal: When I have chosen a custom wallpaper, I was pleasant to
also see it in Present Windows. It was mine. Now, what I get is this milk glass
optics I just want to smash with a hammer to see my wallpaper again.
Talking about alternatives:
Current macOS 12 doesn’t even paint labels or program icons anymore in Mission
Control. That’s a very questionable decision. But I like how Mac OS X 10.7 was
painting the labels and placing the program icons, take a look for inspiration:
https://youtu.be/lTU7i_DtrdQ?t=258
There is a subtle shadow below the icon, making it stand out regardless of the
UI of the window. The label is white with a black font border. Doesn’t even
need a dark label box like the old Presend Windows had.
I recommend this as an alternative for blurring.
EXPECTED RESULT
No goddamn blurring, please! And just removing the blur but still bleaching the
wallpaper like the option for the Overview effect currently does isn’t enough.
Just show the pure wallpaper.
KDE Plasma Version: 5.25.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.95.0
Qt Version: 5.14.4
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