John wrote:
On Tuesday 20 May 2008 21:57:13 Washington Irving wrote:
G T Smith wrote:
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Basil Chupin wrote:
I do not think that sparking off a desktop religious war is terribly helpful at this point. (Especially, with some of the other fireworks going off around this issue).
If KDE4 is moving toward a 'user friendly' == 'dumbing down' path I am
You mean becoming part of the 21st century? The days of working in a little black box date back more than 30 years. While some enjoy entering mystical incantations there many others don't. What's the point of not using a graphical interface after all the little black box is still there if your mad enough want it and use 70's technology. It isn't crippled a la dos either. User friendly - dumbing down isn't the correct word. All facilities should be available from the desktop. Maybe people who feel like that should search the term "ludites". Many may well know what it means allready.
It's possible to have a graphical interface, without treating users like an idiot. I don't have a problem with including features that help an inexperienced user. Just allow them to be turned off, for someone who knows what they're doing. I had the misfortune of using Vista last week. All those pop ups quickly became *VERY* irritating.
among those not interested. I used to choose KDE over Gnome mainly because Gnome tended to be rather counter intuitive to use and ugly to look at, but I always felt that KDE tried too hard at being a poor mans Windows clone, (and I was never a particular fan of the Post 3.x systems).
Having no alternative other than working proffessionally with windoze I just can't view kde as a poor relation. It isn't. It's a much richer working environment that also offers the same conveniences. A user can make use of these or just use it. It's also lead the way on occasions.
To see an excellent desktop that leaves everything else, including KDE in the dust, try the "Work Place Shell" in OS/2. I've never seen anything come anywhere near what it can do.
Gnome on the the other hand has a very windoze attitude to the users and an interesting user interface
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