Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2835 mails)

[James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John Andersen wrote:
> Per Inge Oestmoen wrote:
>
>   
> > Some of the new features of KDE 4 are positive, but the dumbing down of
> > Konqueror and the former Control Center are two examples of decision
> > that destroy function. We need to make it clear to the maintainers that
> > we need and want more configurability and functionality - not less.
> >     
>
> So this brings up a question that has been nagging me in my use of Kong
> filemanager mode and dolphin:
>
> Did they really dumb down Kong (by ripping out perfectly good functionality
> such as EXIF, and others) or did they really subvert it to call Dolphin
> under the table?
>
> I've noticed the identical bugs in Kong as Dolphin over the development
> of KDE 4.  They fix it in Dolphin and it gets fixed in Kong.
>
> Are we being conned?
>   
I think a big part of the problem is that most Linux users are fairly
sophisticated and don't like being treated like children.  On the other
hand, we have those who feel they have to dumb down Linux to attract the
masses.  Well, if that's what it takes to attract the masses, I'd rather
do without them.  By all means add ease of use features, but don't
cripple Linux to do it.  Don't forget that many of us are here because
we want to escape from dumbed down Windows and Macs.  I don't mind those
ease of use things, provided they can easily be disabled, so as not to
get in the way of those who know what they're doing.  However, eye candy
instead of function is always a loser's game.



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