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by clon 2318 days ago
I was also wondering why they would have me watch someone's dirty keyboard, sunrise and other apparently meaningless motifs.

The scene with the keyboard with crumbs and hairs tells me that they do not respect their own product enough. A good example on how the effort of hundreds of people that contributed to this awesome release is being ... not appreciated.

It has been my observation that tech people tend to place less emphasis on aesthetics or, god forbid, marketing or sales. This functional fixation is unfortunate - many people do engage in emotions, enjoy looking at pleasant things, tend to appreciate harmony and subconsciously associate themselves with things that bear the same values as they believe themselves to possess.

I don't think a lot of people will find a way to associate with this presentation.

A former KDE user, looking to come back.