https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=517320
--- Comment #3 from Prod_EGO <[email protected]> --- Hi David, I really appreciate the technical context, and thank you for marking this as 'RESOLVED LATER'—it’s encouraging to see this on the roadmap. Regarding the need for metrics, I’d like to respectfully offer an alternative perspective. While multi-user setups may be a statistical minority, I believe this feature is as much about the 'premium' first impression Plasma provides as it is about current usage. This kind of polish helps the display manager and desktop feel like a single, cohesive graphical environment rather than disconnected programs. Building for the audience we hope to attract often involves these 'wow' factors that define a modern OS experience. On the technical hurdles, you're right that syncing a live desktop state is incredibly complex, especially with network drives or 3rd-party plugins. However, if we separate the 'logic to switch' from the 'difficulty of syncing,' we might find a manageable middle ground. By limiting the initial scope to static images and basic animations—which PLM already supports (see 517325)—the challenge shifts primarily to the switching mechanism itself. If a user's configuration is too complex, inaccessible, or relies on external plugins, falling back to Breeze serves as a perfect safety net. This 'best effort' approach would satisfy the vast majority of users with minimal overhead while avoiding the difficult edge cases you've identified. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.
