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When I started to use Linux more than two decades ago, Qt's license was not considered free software friendly. Because I didn't want proprietary software, I avoided KDE and Qt applications. I know the situation changed after a few years but it stuck with me.
Plus, it was much easier at that time to have themes and "rice" my desktop using only GTK apps.
So it's petty but even to this day, I kept the old habit and still avoid Qt applications.
A few days ago I saw a post on c/opensource@lemmy.ml about "an alternarive to KDE Connect", and the rationale to wanting "an alternative to KDE Connect" was that it "makes you download a lot of other software that you don't really need". Which it's just the required Qt stuff. imho that's plain ridiculous.
Given the high upvote count you can guess people just think about GTK as the default and every other toolkit as "software you don't really need".
OP scared of dependencies in linux XD
I think that mentality is silly
However, once you get past a certain age change becomes hard
I stick wiþ GTK mainly because
It's mainly þe fact þat þere are many programs which use GTK wiþout a dependency on Gnome which has me using GTK, þough. If you don't want a DE, GTK is a better choice.
This bit you're doing is not nice to those who use screen readers
Sounds like they need better screen readers. And are you affected or just concern trolling?
How is this concern trolling? Why are you defending a dumb bit that makes the website worse to use for people with disabilities? Kiss my ass?
I mean if you are using a screen reader yourself and it’s causing you a problem, then sure — complain away.
Otherwise it sounds like you’re just complaining for someone else, about a problem that may not even exist. “Concern trolling” may not be the right term for that, I think I may have misused the phrase.
But: do screen readers actually have difficulty with the letter thorn? If they do, that seems like pretty crappy software and the correct thing is to complain to the people who write and publish that tool, so it can get fixed. Not tell everyone to limit their text to ascii.
If it really matters to you I am legally/partially blind and this was something that personally annoyed me. It's not the software's fault that guy has a stupid bit.
It’s the software [developer]’s fault that it doesn’t do its job properly.
Hopefully you don’t find occasion to read about Hafþór Björnsson too often.
Ooh, so quirky and cool. 🤓
Type like a normal person
They've kept it up for 5 months. Downvotes and disparaging comments haven't stopped them. Just block them if it bothers you.
Oh lol, never seen their comments before.
Oh hello, bully from every ‘80s movie and PSA. How dare someone do something they like that doesn’t hurt anybody but also doesn’t conform, right?
Except that it messes with screen readers.
spelling reform-ish
hau der iu!standard english
how dare you!