I still think macosx has a higher degree of well-thought-out consistency. Just the ability to use readline/emacs keybindings throughout every textfield boosts productivity enormously. Yes, I'm sure you can enable this via kde/qt settings, but I'm fairly certain this conflicts with the PC-like keybindings, and there is no way to shift all qt/kde apps to use super as the primary command modifier throughout the entire environment.
That's just one detail, but it shows a consistent eye towards the user that feels missing from kde. It feels like they aimed for "floss version of windows usability" and stopped there.
I can't understand why someone would use a desktop environment without readline/emacs (or equivalent - does not have to be the exact same key bindings) support if they have a choice and they know what those words mean. KDE had this around 2007 but in recent years it is missing.
Yeah, having all the defaults for system keybinds be on super is really nice.
It feels like macosx lucked into this with their historical use of command as the modifier, but I also wish I could easily replicate. Instead I just go and remap a few line ctrl-a in KDE settings and otherwise try to live in emacs.
"Lucked"? Is it not a choice to continue using PC keybindings? I would simply call this lack of attention to the user experience.
Anyway, the first distro or desktop environment that figures out this problem will get a lifetime sponsorship from me. It's a huge productivity killer and remapping all apps, toolkits, etc, is untenable.
Of note, Haiku os seems to have solved this issue permanently. It's a matter of will, really.
That's just one detail, but it shows a consistent eye towards the user that feels missing from kde. It feels like they aimed for "floss version of windows usability" and stopped there.