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In D28356#636593 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D28356#636593>, @ndavis wrote: > KDE4 was unpopular because it was heavier and buggier, not because the titlebar buttons were different. I didn't like KDE back then either (I mainly used GNOME 2 and Unity), but I did like the window decorations. I think the current buttons are clear enough as they are and any change would be more of a branding change than a usability change. KDE 1 copied a lot from CDE, including the titlebar buttons. Windows 3.1 is different enough that we're pretty obviously not copying it. We also have a maximized symbol, unlike Windows 3.1. I have been with KDE from the KDE1 days and personally generally liked KDE4 (have never strayed to GNOME :P). I just never liked Windows 3.1's interface nor the Oxygen Windows 3.1-style titlebar buttons (the maximized/restore symbol exists on both and is the same concept - an up arrow fused with a down arrow, though less obvious with Oxygen): F8202431: win3x-windows-31-screen.png <https://phabricator.kde.org/F8202431> I was also a CDE user on HP-UX back in the day, and think CDE's window controls are no bad thing! I just think there is a reason why a lot of people are being recommended desktops like Cinnamon, MATE and XFCE etc. to relatives rather than KDE despite Plasma being technically better. It is little things like this where style/branding being prioritised over thinking about how a new user will find intuitiveness/familiarity that is keeping "the year of the Linux desktop" far away! REPOSITORY R31 Breeze REVISION DETAIL https://phabricator.kde.org/D28356 To: paulm, #vdg, #breeze, hpereiradacosta, cblack, davidre, ndavis Cc: ndavis, davidre, broulik, cblack, plasma-devel, Orage, LeGast00n, The-Feren-OS-Dev, jraleigh, zachus, fbampaloukas, GB_2, trickyricky26, ragreen, ZrenBot, ngraham, himcesjf, lesliezhai, ali-mohamed, jensreuterberg, abetts, sebas, apol, ahiemstra, mart
