On Sunday, 01 April 2012 17:40 Istvan Gabor wrote: <snip>
Here is the list on what I could not do in KDE 4 when I last tested it (I have to confess it was at least 6-12 months ago; I got bored that there was no progress regarding the issues below and gave up trying):
- There is no manual panel hiding at the users will - The fonts in the panel clock can not be set independently; for example I want the time shown in big fonts and the date in small fonts - I can not see mounted USB, CD/DVD, etc devices on the desktop - I can't see the borders between panel elements (as classic view in KDE3) - Setting up the panel is way too cumbersome compared to KDE3's simple ways (eg adding, removing, moving a panel item) - Can't set exact hight of the panel (in pixels or other units) - KDE4 Konsole font 'misc console' looked awful, practically useless - There is/was no kdeprint program (KDE print manager) or equivalent (cups print manager is not a real replacement) - KDE4 control center is a mess compared to that of KDE3; user and system options mixed frequently - KDE4 specific: Could not get rid of the annoying figure in the upper right corner (called cashew?) - My personal taste: KDE4 themes/styles far less attractive than KDE3 themes/styles, and is not possible to make them look like KDE3 themes. - KDE4 was slow compared to KDE3, much slower (I have only 0.5-1GB RAMs in my systems) - Logging out from KDE4 took ~20 seconds vs 2 seconds in KDE3 - I could not configure a second desktop for TV out in KDE4.
Greetings,
Istvan
You hit everything on the head with that list, Istvan. I hate KDE4 on my 11.3 and on my Slackware. If it weren't for me being stuck on dial-up and no one I know has a fat pipe, I'd have the KDE3 stuff downloaded and on my system(s) so fast the keyboard would smoke...and I'm a two-finger typer! Simply put, KDE4 is klunky, extremely unintuitive, and has 'fixed' way too many things that weren't broken. Sorry to take it further OT. -- "Fathom the odd hypocrisy that the government wants every citizen to prove they are insured, but people don't have to prove they are citizens". -unknown Deport Illegal Aliens! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org