So the next step has been to sort out a 'plasma theme' that gives me the best general layout. I have been playing with the dark themes, but I am happier with the light ones so my current subset are based on that. That there are perhaps hundreds of themes on the various download sites does not help when trying to sort out, so I have been keeping closer to the more generally available ones. It would be helpful if there was an information page like suppary of just what has been selected, having to cycle through a dozen settings pages are a pain.
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So the next step has been to sort out a 'plasma theme' that gives me the best general layout. I have been playing with the dark themes, but I am happier with the light ones so my current subset are based on that. That there are perhaps hundreds of themes on the various download sites does not help when trying to sort out, so I have been keeping closer to the more generally available ones. It would be helpful if there was an information page like summary of just what has been selected, having to cycle through a dozen settings pages are a pain. I've wiped all the downloaded themes and am back with the default Breeze and openSUSE sets so I have a clean canvas. Having spotted that the main version of each respects the colour selection options I have a nice base setup. |
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Application style is a little easier to sort since I prefer to see the scroll bars which Fusion displays nicely, although MS Windows 9x would match my current backup windows machine setup. Windows decoration being managed separately just adds to the fun, and not being able to strip the unwanted styles like one can in the other selections is just annoying. That many of the available styles do not have decent function icons is now obvious on the selection screen, and Plastik has a much better contrast and icon size to all the current options although Breeze sizes are also practical. Need to clear out the ones I don't need, and I now know that it's that area that I perhaps need to look at creating my own custom style. |
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At least both Icons and Cursors setup screen allows the removal of entries and I've wiped both and returned to Breeze although the light version of the Cursors allows better viability of the text cursor especially when using at 54pixel size. It would just be nice if the notification icons had full colour options, perhaps another target for a custom option which will tie in with what I am looking at for the bitweaver web service framework. |
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Having now got the basic framework under control, the ((Application UI scaling|next problem IS application specific)), such as the new Firefox left hand functions bar on which we are back to small icons and I get a similar problem in Thunderbird so both must be using a similar theming interface? PDF Arranger is another useful application which is unusable from the tool bars and one has to resort to the drop down menus to find a function, and changing the font sizes on Flamerobin is most definitely now a problem that needs some work. While it was usable on the left hand screen, it no longer is. |
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Another niggle on the desktop is that right click pop-ups can be flaky. They don't always appear, just flashing up and disappearing again. In addition they do often pop up as just a black box and I have to close and reopen. There has been comments about changing the mouse, but I've tried three now with the same results, so I consider it is a functionality problem, but just what part of the driver chain is responsible? |
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New Developments |
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With the addition of a separate graphics card, the drivers need updating to support an nvidia chip set. SDB:NVIDIA drivers |
