[robinsonb5]

KDE1 had some very nice themes! I remember using one that drew inspiration from the visuals of Bryce on the Mac. Dark mode theme - and animated window titles which would scroll gently if the window title was too long to fit.

[ptx]

Wasn't it KDE 2 that introduced themes? I remember early versions of KDE and Qt only offering a choice between Windows and Motif look-and-feel.

[robinsonb5]

My memory wasn't playing tricks on me after all - Suse Linux 6.3 had KDE 1.1.2 with several nice themes [1] - I'm pretty sure the version I used back in the day was SuSE 7 (a boxed copy, bought from Staples!)

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/vintageunix/comments/1m3vkba/kde_th...

[ptx]

Ah, perhaps I should have said "styles" rather than "themes"! I was thinking of the look-and-feel of the widgets, not the colors and window decorations. The widgets in all those screenshots seem to use Qt's Windows style.

Here's an example of the Motif style in KDE 1: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Screenshots_of_K...

KDE 2 introduced customizable styles for the widgets, I'm pretty sure, e.g. this somewhat gaudy one: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Screenshots_of_K...

...or this BeOS-inspired one: https://timeline.kde.org/images/kde2b3_6.png

The release notes for 2.0 [1] say:

> KDE's sophisticated theme support starts with Qt's style engine, which permits developers and artists to create their own widget designs. KDE 2.0 ships with over 14 of these styles, some of which emulate the look of various operating systems, and additionally does an excellent job of importing themes from GTK and GNOME.

[1] https://kde.org/announcements/1-2-3/2.0/

[robinsonb5]

I'm sure it was version 1.something that had the Bryce theme - I remember being annoyed that the scrolling title feature had disappeared when KDE2 came out.

But it's always possible that my memory's playing tricks on me.