-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Dotan Cohen wrote:
KDE3 is *NOT* broken. I also vote NO.
Not for users. That is why you can keep using it. The KDE 3 UI is probably the best UI of any computer desktop ever.
However, if you would like to see KDE 3 developer further, take a look at the codebase and then tell me that it is not broken. The UI is fine, but the codebase is out of control. There are too many patches and clever hacks to be further maintainable.
The KDE3 code base is almost certainly at the end of life cycle. The Desktop metaphor on which it was built almost certainly not. This said, when working in a User Support role I originally found it surprising the number of people who real problems with this Desktop metaphor. There is now a general move to turn that Desktop metaphor into what is effectively an arcade game (which good if you like arcade games), but I am very glad that I am not going to be supporting normal users with this. I think the latter approach is ultimately an evolutionary dead end. Would it not be preferably to be able to talk to the computer to get to do what you wanted it to do? The main barrier to the adoption of natural language interfaces in the past was the need for verbose and accurate keyboard input, and the 'fuzzy' nature of normal human language usage. Most of the technologies to process such input have existed for some time, all that was really required was cheap, accurate and efficient audio processing to create the input. - -- ============================================================================== I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. Bjarne Stroustrup ============================================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkqk4q0ACgkQasN0sSnLmgKn0wCgsSeFkTY/P83p0iVWT4TujBoJ OJAAn0LnEihMuENtVc+TwnDwcrfMb7mo =cZU2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org