When comparing OneStepBack vs Papirus, the Slant community recommends Papirus for most people. In the question“What are the best gtk3 themes?” Papirus is ranked 3rd while OneStepBack is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Papirus is:
All icons look pleasing, especially with the Arc theme.
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Pros
Pro Easy on the eyes
The color combination has been carefully engineered exactly for the purpose of making people comfortable, while staring at the monitor for a prolonged period of time.
Pro Allows you to focus on what's needed
The design is extremely basic - using just 1 color accompanied by 3 shades of grey, OneStepBack manages to be a very functional theme without adding any flashy.
Pro Sharp, flat, and fresh
All icons look pleasing, especially with the Arc theme.
Pro Familiar
Used on Lubuntu and BunsenLabs, for example.
Pro Active development
Cons
Con Looks old and dated
it's not flat
Con Funky arrow button colors in FireFox
The developer is currently aware of this issue, however the fix can't be made until FireFox has an update.
Con Under GNU GPL3
This limits the use elsewhere.
Con Contrast issues / No border around icons
It makes the the fast and makes it simple to add more icons(since you can simply scale them) however the contrast is lost in some situations.
Con No Ideas
It just copies the icon-syle from a different system.
Con Just another material style copy
Con Lacks icon for backintime
Backintime tray icon doesn't display on the panel because Papirus lacks the icon.