At some point (after years!) it became OK and I went back to it, but it was never as good as KDE 3.5 was for me. I realized it was not just nostalgia, when a friend showed me a laptop with KDE 3.5 and used it for some minutes.
While the whole DE got worse, there's two pieces that got better and better, Kate and KWin.
While the whole DE got worse, there's two pieces that got better and better, Kate and KWin.