On 2013-03-12 17:34 (GMT+1100) Basil Chupin composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
I have a strong feeling that you also use KDE 3 or possibly even KDE 2 and won't budge from it. Am I right?
I could budge if there weren't three blocker bugs[1]
Ah, so by taking a gamble I got a royal flush :-) . You DO use outdated KDE 3.
Not outdated. Mature, like OS/2, no less useful now than they ever were. Nothing I've noticed in KDE4 makes my life any easier, but some of it clearly makes it a lot harder.
preventing my routine use of it, and a bunch of less egregious bugs leaving KDE and TDE easier to use. I do have it installed on nearly half my test installations, KDE3 on nearly half, with XFCE, TDE & LXDE comprising the rest.
What the heck is "the plasma panel" mentioned in this? :
New name for old paradigm, KDE3's Kicker, much like Win's taskbar or OS/2's WarpCentre.
Plasma panel can now be resized, but it cannot be hidden like it was possible for the panel in kde 3.x
If it cannot be hidden in similar manner as in KDE3, it's in my way more often than can be tolerated.
Rajko gave you a sensible answer to your complaint.
Sensible maybe for people who aren't jumping among hundreds of logins spread across hundreds of unique installations. The old way (KDE3) just works. The new way (KDE4) does not.
I don't see this here as I am using KDE 4.10.1, but perhaps I am not understanding what the problem described is all about - especially since
Did you look at the screenshot? What's your display density? What's your visual acuity? What's your viewing distance? The problem is certainly not a problem most would encounter (now or any time soon), but it's certainly one devs need consider lest those who do cannot function unimpaired.
nobody commented to your bug report back in April 2012.
It's just another manifestation of DE and app developers (like web site stylists) sizing things in pixels instead of ems. When pixels are the sizing unit, as display density goes up, usability drops. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org