Bug 216211

Summary: Fine-tuning graphical effects has confusing entries in combobox
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: Christoph Feck <cfeck>
Component: kcm_styleAssignee: Cristian Tibirna <tibirna>
Status: RESOLVED NOT A BUG    
Severity: normal CC: kde-bugs, kde, kristjan.ugrin, rockonthemoonfm, ryan.q
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: unspecified   
OS: Linux   
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Description Christoph Feck 2009-11-26 05:30:03 UTC 
Version:           1.0 (using 4.3.77 (KDE 4.3.77 (KDE 4.4 >= 20091123)), compiled sources)
Compiler:          gcc
OS:                Linux (i686) release 2.6.31.5-0.1-desktop

In Appearance/Style, there is an option to fine-tune graphical effects. The options presented here, however, are confusing, e.g. it is unclear what effect may need a "high display resolution".

It should be replaced by something that was in KDE3: A slider to enable more effects, with the option to configure effects separately.

Also, I was not able to disable all animations, e.g. new ones on the taskbar using this option.
Comment 1 Dario Andres 2009-12-20 23:29:59 UTC 
*** Bug 219287 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 2 arne anka 2010-05-06 12:00:33 UTC 
+1 from me.
arcane options like the ones in the dropdown desperately need humand understandable explanations.
and, probably like the op, i hat most of those "effects" and prefer to simply disable them -- which _i_ thought,
Desktop->Desktop Effects
was supposed to do. 
so, here's another question: how are these two related and why aren't they put together in a "get rid of resource hogging eye candy" section or so?
Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2010-10-28 23:43:34 UTC 
*** Bug 255547 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 4 rockonthemoonfm 2010-10-28 23:50:24 UTC 
yeah, 
a check-box to Enable/Disable effects is preferred..
Comment 5 Christoph Feck 2011-12-28 12:51:42 UTC 
*** Bug 290008 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 6 Christoph Feck 2012-10-05 13:28:57 UTC 
*** Bug 307892 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 7 rockonthemoonfm 2013-06-25 20:46:19 UTC 
will a tiny checkbox make it for 4.11?
Comment 8 Ryan P.C. McQuen 2014-02-28 23:29:39 UTC 
I was about to file a bug before finding this, is an enable/disable in the works?
Comment 9 David Edmundson 2015-01-21 20:29:32 UTC 
This combo box got removed in Plasma 5
The confusing entries are therefore gone