OSNewsJun 3, 2024

Libadwaita: splitting GTK and design language

There's no denying that not everyone is happy with the state of the GTK world, and I, too, have argued that GNOME's massive presence and seeming unwillingness to cooperate with or even consider the existence of other GTK-based desktop environments is doing real, measurable harm to the likes of Xfce, Cinnamon, and others. A major root cause is a feeli

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Libadwaita: splitting GTK and design language – OSnews

Show threadTactician_mark
@osnews It's common for libadwaita discussions to talk about "integration" or a "worse experience", and I'm never clear on what that means. We're talking about aesthetic design inconsistencies, right? Or does this directly affect functionality?
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Show threadLeafletJun 4, 2024
@Tactician_mark @osnews Just the UI and UX. They function the same across different desktop environments.
Show threadTactician_markJun 4, 2024
@that_leaflet @osnews Which is a little confusing to me. Why is it important for apps on the same system to share a design language? I have GNOME-looking apps, standard GTK-looking apps, KDE-looking apps, and they just look how they look. Is it an accessibility concern or something?
Show threadLeafletJun 4, 2024

@Tactician_mark @osnews

think it makes sense that a distro would want a consistent look within all the default installed apps.

But it seems like Clem also wants to de-prioritize Gnome apps in the Software store: "The software manager will be vigilant towards that going forward and list compatible software by default." Which is strange because it seems like apps like Steam and Discord, which don't use your theme either, will not be de-prioritized.