This all seems very reasonable, it seems like the plasma team made the right decision to remove semi-broken / obsolete parts, but Unsplash removal because of AI scraping is a bit disappointing.

Plasma is amazing. It has been my DE of choice for years now. So happy I'm donating to the project.

Can't say that I've really used any of the features mentioned in this list, so doesn't really affect my experience negatively. Also, updating some icon sets to fit with the overall theme would provide a more unified experience. So two thumbs-up from me for removing code that, by & large, wasn't getting used, should help maintaining it in the long run.

At first I wanted to "complain" about the removal of the thumbnails task switcher, because I prefer that one. But then I noticed that the thumbnail grid is the same and better! So if you were using what I, maybe the grid version is what you actually want.

Also, I love the concept that you can put back things that were removed from Plasma without building it all yourself.

Shame about khotkeys, but I get it.

Thank you for the reasonable communication, it helps.

Losing Unsplash hurts :(

Icons in Plasma Styles

In Plasma 5, the icons shown in various parts of Plasma widgets (but not apps) can come from one of two places: the active icon theme, or the active Plasma style. How do you the user know which icons come from which place? You can’t, not easily. What can you do if you apply a Plasma style and it includes weird icons that make your Plasma widgets look visually inconsistent with the rest of your system–but only partially? Nothing!

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For Plasma 6, we’re removing this questionable feature, and icons in Plasma widgets will always come from the systemwide icon theme. Much simpler, much more user-comprehensible, much better visual results 99% of the time.

I've tried to give Plasma a fair shot a few times, but, among other issues, I'm not a fan of Breeze and I found the theming functionality overwhelming and difficult to navigate. Mainly I could never figure out which themes certain elements were attached to. This is a big example and I'm glad to see them changing it.

Can anyone explain Windowed Widgets to me? I don't know if I used it or not.

I miss:

• old amarok
• actively developed oxygen qt style
• wallpaper per virtual desktop
• window tabs
• latte dock
• parachute

I will also miss:

• khotkeys
• plasma theme icons
• windowed widgets
• icon size settings
• some task switchers, I think

For the desktop wallpapers, it couldn't use the unsplash api? Just ask the customer to input an unsplash api key