Then you need to talk with those who are porting the
themes.
KDE3 did not include Plasma, so simple porting would not help here.
In any case, suggestig that the panel should not
utilize plasma is ridiculous, the panel _is_ plasma.
That's sad.
What would not affect your feel that KDE4 is
something like home-made hobby DE like MinuetOS
Selection like in Windows, KDE3, Gnome etc.
I did not mean to insult you by suggesting that _you_
actually put some effort into KDE, which is a community effort.
Why should I re-do things which already had been done? Because some vandal came on and
broke them? And even if I do, eventually some other vandal will come and again remove the
features?
It it easy and painless for KDE4 devs to through out artwork made by other.