On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 20:28, Felix Miata
On 2010/07/27 08:50 (GMT-0400) Anton Aylward composed:
If this was called "Tolomberine" instead of KDE4, I'm sure we wouldn't be having this silly thread.
For sure. Just as the name Photoshop 7 implied a newer and improved replacement for Photoshop 6, the name Warp 4.0 implied a newer and improved replacement for Warp 3.0, the name Mac OS X implied a newer and improved replacement for OS 9, and the name Fedora 13 implies a newer and improved replacement for Fedora 12, the name KDE4 implies that it is a newer and improved replacement for KDE3.
It is clear from this thread and others that many find KDE4, versions prior to 4.3 or 4.4 at least, neither improved nor suitable as a replacement for KDE3. It is equally clear that KDE3 power users would have been better served had KDE4 been given some distinctively different name, or at least a KDE3 look and feel option, similar to that given those who upgraded from Windows 2000 to Windows XP.
KDE 4.0 and 4.1 were clearly labeled as not intended for the end user. KDE 4.2 was labeled for "early adoptors". Complain to Suse that they included it in the distro. KDE 4.3 is ~99% feature complete with KDE 3.5.10, everything currently missing needs to be filed individually as a feature request (wish) in bugs.kde.org.
Indeed, does anyone know if a KDE3 look & feel option bug/feature request exists in the KDE Bugzilla?
There would be no point. Instead, fle feature requests for the specific features that you feel are missing.
KDE4 is a great example that newer is neither equivalent to either better nor improved.
Agreed.
Kudos to Novell and active openSUSE supporters/developers that all openSUSE users continue to have the option to use KDE3.
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