Summary: | Icons and texts on top of window previews are too large | ||
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Product: | [Plasma] kwin | Reporter: | geisserml <geisserml> |
Component: | effects-window-management | Assignee: | KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null> |
Status: | RESOLVED INTENTIONAL | ||
Severity: | normal | CC: | geisserml, nate |
Priority: | NOR | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Platform: | Other | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: |
Description
geisserml
2021-06-19 09:46:44 UTC
As far as I can see, the problematic commit is 1a9b5259 https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin/-/commit/1a9b5259707ade9496256d35ae8ee1761989251e This was an intentional change. We wanted to make the icons larger so that people who recognize windows on the basis of the parent app's icon (and there are such people) have an easier time of it. People who recognize windows by their thumbnails still have a 95% obscured representation of it, which is good enough at providing an at-a-glance view. Sometimes in UI design you need to balance things to that multiple different types of users are all accommodate. This was one such case. So I don't think we have plans to revert the change, sorry. > This was an intentional change. I know. But it was a bad one. > We wanted to make the icons larger so that people who recognize windows on the basis of the parent app's icon (and there are such people) have an easier time of it. Was this a reported feature request? > People who recognize windows by their thumbnails still have a 95% obscured representation of it, which is good enough at providing an at-a-glance view. Not quite. For small windows, I'd estimate more than 50% is covered by the icon. And even for normal windows it is more than 5%, at least on a 5:4 monitor. > Sometimes in UI design you need to balance things to that multiple different types of users are all accommodate. This was one such case. I agree the icon is a nice idea in general. However, the current solution is certainly not a compromise between the two different needs. The icon is way too big. Users who recognise windows by their content are clearly disadvantaged, especially in combination with the darkening effect. > So I don't think we have plans to revert the change, sorry. Again, please rethink this. Couldn't it be made optional? |