One thing I missed the most from KDE was changing the volume by mouse wheel on t...

vladvasiliu · 2025-09-18T13:56:51 1758203811

> On windows you have to click the icon before you can interact with it

Not anymore! This changed in some win11 update I can't remember, but I recall celebrating this improvement.

However, this being windows, of course it's half-assed. This works with the mouse wheel but not by scrolling the touchpad (as of up-to-date 24h2).

Crestwave · 2025-09-18T14:16:04 1758204964

KDE has a lot of really nice little things, like how you can mute specific apps with a single click just like muting browser tabs.

I've used a variety of environments extensively (Windows, macOS, KDE, GNOME, Xfce, i3, dwm, you name it) and this is basically the one feature I find myself regularly missing from another environment.

efilife · 2025-09-18T17:06:14 1758215174

there's a great program called EarTrumpet on windows that lets you do that