On 2008/10/28 21:58 (GMT) Anne Wilson composed:
On Tuesday 28 October 2008 21:35:25 Felix Miata wrote:
Someone "upgrading" from a well established and nicely working destktop to its ostensible replacement should have few or no questions that _need_ answers prior to being able to get most of his usual work done.
So in your book, 'upgrading' means nothing changes, nothing new, nothing to learn.
That's hardly the meaning of what I wrote. Upgrading should not require users to relearn more than a nominal number of basics, and certainly not the large number of massive changes KDE4 imposed. Changes resulting from upgrading a mature product should be simple and/or intuitive and/or provided with impossible not to find help for with coping with the changes. Changing from KDE3 to KDE4 is like changing jobs from aircraft mechanic to submarine architect. Too much is too different. It isn't an upgrade, it's a switch to something else with minimal in common that isn't in common generally. Don't forget, there are those who "upgrade" not because they want something new and different, but because support for what they know has or will shortly expire, or because some important component has expired or ceased to be relevant. -- "Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry." James 1:19 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org