KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them (by default; the setting is configurable). Controversial change? It
  • KDE Plasma 6 will require users to double-click on files and folders to open them by default.
  • This change is controversial for those familiar with single-click behavior in KDE Plasma.
  • Click behavior in KDE Plasma 6 is configurable, allowing users to choose between single-click and double-click.

https://archive.ph/BseL3

This is one of the first things I always tweak in KDE, so I love this change, but I’m curious how others feel.

      •  Jack   ( @Jack@lemmy.ca ) English
        7•5 months ago

        It may mean the user doesn’t think their use is similar enough to the people who make the distro/DE, or trust the distro makers’ decision making ability.

        If a distros’ makers think snaps are a good idea, or that the distro shouldn’t by default show available security updates, or have a UI that hides how many open instances there are of a program unless you hover over an icon, or hides the titles of those open programs, or hides panels; then the way I use a PC is too different from the way they do - and there are likely more things in the background that we disagree with which can’t as easily be changed like UI settings.

        •  thingsiplay   ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 
          3•5 months ago

          I can understand why someone don’t want to use GNOME, because the defaults can suck for some people. And not everything is configurable. But KDE? Can be configured about anything imaginable. While I understand that not everyone want to go full in to learn everything, I still don’t get the default setting for a simple switch like double/single mouse click is a big deal not to use the environment.

          If you really like KDE and are used to it, then you won’t change to something else just because the next update changes the default value (for new installations only BTW) of mouse click setting.

      •  mrGarbanzo   ( @mrGarbanzo@beehaw.org ) 
        1•5 months ago

        It’s simpler than that. I tried several live USBs of different distros with different DEs, picked what I liked best and stuck with it. I do this nearly every time I set up a new linux machine for myself. I used to be a huge KDE fan back in the early 2000s but after their major overhaul around (I think?) 2007-8ish I struggled to get things done like before.