KDE Rolling Out SVG-Based Cursor Themes, Performance Improvements

[phoronix]

Phoronix: KDE Rolling Out SVG-Based Cursor Themes, Performance Improvements

KDE developers remain very busy this summer working toward the Plasma 6.2 release with exciting new features...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-SVG-Based-Cursors

[Daktyl198]

I like that KDE is pushing forward with using SVG cursors after Hypercursor came along, but I disagree with their implementation. The SVG cursors should be a new system entirely that we use going forward with maybe some compatibility layers (rendering an SVG to a pixmap on-the-fly for old applications) rather than an extension to the XCursor spec and the libxcursor library. That's only going to cause issues in the future, unless they choose to ignore cursors entirely for another 20 years like they did last time.

[NSLW]

KDE is looking at making this SVG-based cursor themes a cross-desktop specification, but meanwhile they're resisting adoption of cross-desktop password manager specification as can be seen in this bug or more general in this thread.

[Jaxad0127]

KDE is looking at making this SVG-based cursor themes a cross-desktop specification, but meanwhile they're resisting adoption of cross-desktop password manager specification as can be seen in this bug or more general in this thread.

It was merged years ago. https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kw...ge_requests/11

And using a DBus viewer, org.freedesktop.secrets IS there for kwalletd (5 & 6).

[ngraham]

I like that KDE is pushing forward with using SVG cursors after Hypercursor came along, but I disagree with their implementation. The SVG cursors should be a new system entirely that we use going forward with maybe some compatibility layers (rendering an SVG to a pixmap on-the-fly for old applications) rather than an extension to the XCursor spec and the libxcursor library. That's only going to cause issues in the future, unless they choose to ignore cursors entirely for another 20 years like they did last time.

In fact it is a whole new system, not an extension of the XCursor spec.

[ngraham]

KDE is looking at making this SVG-based cursor themes a cross-desktop specification, but meanwhile they're resisting adoption of cross-desktop password manager specification as can be seen in this bug or more general in this thread.

No one is resisting anything, it's just that Secret Service support for plasma-nm specifically hasn't been implemented yet. This is a resourcing challenge, not resistance to the idea of doing it.

[schmidtbag]

It's good to see a KDE update to be rather boring. Means things are getting rather polished.
personally, I've had a very good experience with KF6 + Wayland.

[anda_skoa]

meanwhile they're resisting adoption of cross-desktop password manager specification as can be seen in this bug or more general in this thread.

Pro tip: when making and outlandish claim link to resources that support the claim.

Neither your first nor your second link do that.

What is worse, the second link essentially refutes your claim by containing a link to the merge request that did add support for the secret service API to KWalletd.
It has even had support for the Secret portal for quite some time.

[qlum]

Yay, now when you keep shaking the mouse the giant cursor will remain nice and crisp.

[mxan]

Lol, "he who shall not be named" even said one of the other desktops would reinvent his SVG cursor spec, but he said that as a cheeky jab at GNOME. Who knew KDE would be the ones to reinvent it, and even consider proposing it as a Freedesktop spec?!

Freedesktop made a poor decision, letting identity politics get in the way. Trying to censor someone else's community is clownery, but what else can you expect from corporate-infected projects like Freedesktop?