KDE 4.0.3 Released [LWN.net]

KDE 4.0.3 Released

Posted Apr 4, 2008 15:31 UTC (Fri) by jospoortvliet (subscriber, #33164)
In reply to: KDE 4.0.3 Released by rahulsundaram
Parent article: KDE 4.0.3 Released

If you can't differentiate between active and non-active windows, you should:
- begin by fixing your monitor contrast settings
- try to increase the contrast of the color theme
- change the colortheme to change the whole window (INCLUDING decoration) to another color if
focus changes

The current way of differentiating between active and non-active windows might be slightly
less obvious than the previous one, but it's not bad. If you can't see it, you should give
your monitor (or eyes) a checkup.

And there now is a way to let any widget and color change with the focus changes, so the
consistency doesn't have to get worse. The reason they didn't use that is because it makes the
screen seem to 'flash' when switching windows, as the whole window changes color. Apparently,
you can't see the subtle effects, so it might be exactly what you need. Or just a black and
white theme.

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KDE 4.0.3 Released

Posted Apr 4, 2008 16:35 UTC (Fri) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946) [Link]

The current way is just too subtle and not usable. There is nothing wrong with the monitor or
eyes as this has been a problem so many others have noted as seen in the bug report and the
suggestion to change colour scheme or decoration doesn't take into the consideration the very
notable problem with the default which is what we are talking about here.