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Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more. (cdn.masto.host)

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Plasma 6.0 has been released. Check out the new overview, improved colour management, a cleaner theme, more effects, better overall performance, and much more.

https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6

#Plasma6

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (8 children)

@[email protected] @[email protected] Can someone explain to me why having a cube to rotate is better than the classic desktop switching views? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

It isn't better or more efficient. Some people think it's cool. I don't you don't. Some think it's cool and that's ok.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

@unlucio @kde @kde do you not remember how cool Compiz was ? How it made the Mac users jealous and the Windows users weep
#geek

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

@unlucio @[email protected] @[email protected] well its one of those classic features people wanted back. Probably because its fun and visually appealling

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

For me it made it easier to visualise which desktop had which thing on, so I knew the front face of the cube was my main desktop and my email was on the face to the right.

The default way for some reason never really clicked with me the way the 3d cube did

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

@unlucio @[email protected] @[email protected] Well, it's a "in the eye of the beholder" situation. Neither is better, it's just what each person prefers. I quite like the cube, mainly because of the way in which I can perform 4-or-more-way desktop checking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Apple did something like that, I guess in the first version of fast user switching for OSX.

On the bottom of the page containing the cool rotation animation, they wrote "Because we can.'

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's it in a nutshell.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

@[email protected] @[email protected]

thanks for all the answers, long story short seems like the reason might be "aesthetics".

Personally, I'm happy if something works great, and is also visually pleasant, but I'd never

"Sacrifice speed and efficiency on the altar of beauty"