KDE Devs, I Love You, But Please Remove This Feature
KDE Devs, I Love You, But Please Remove This Feature
I cannot explain how much I do not want to see this green dot and “New!” text in my application launcher. Rather than be a passionate contributor like you, I have regrettably become a slave to the Big Tech industry - But one thing I can provide is insight into why operating systems like iOS and Win...
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Saw it and couldn't help laughing.
OTOH being so customizable seems to be a double-edged sword: people can customize almost everything they want but some can find that overwhelming or don't even want to spend time looking for a setting.
Problem solved ✅
Well that's embarrassing for them
It seems useful to me. When you've installed a new application you can immediately see which category it was put in. That said, glad it can be turned off for those who don't like it.
How does this have anything to do with "impact driven development"?
I think the person is either misunderstanding the purpose of the indicator or has PTSD from seeing that kind of highlights somewhere else. This only highlights what the user has installed recently so that they can find where in the menu was it added. It's tied to user action, not the developers of the app doing any update or anything like this..
I like this feature because sometimes apps have weird names and I can't remember what they're called a day or two later.
OMG, the green dot last days?! I've just disabled the option. Not my cup of tea, I do remember app names. And I always use Krunner or search inside the App launcher. In all honesty, sometimes it does take some effort... but there are advantages, I can recommend software to people without resorting to a net searx or chatbot convo.