On 02/13/2010 04:38 PM, Vadym Krevs wrote:
Basil is right, this issue is ridiculous.
All versions of KDE 4.x until 4.3.5 on 2 of my desktops had no problems with separate wallpapers for each virtual desktop. KDE 4.3.5 broke this functionality (https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=224775). And now, as Basil had described in the previous post, KDE 4.4.0 offers an over-complicated solution involving different activities to a problem that should not have existed in the first place. Can someone explain why do we need both virtual desktops and activities?
Regards, Vadym
You don't need to. I never have and don't see myself ever using virtual desktops and desktop activities. I'm sure for one developer those capabilities helped with development work by allowing setup and saving of different pre-configured desktops holding all apps and views relative to each project he was involved in. Maybe he does both nepomuk development, dbus and PolicyKit -- whatever. I'm sure that it would be helpful to have a nepomuk development activity and a dbus configured activity and so on. He liked it, he idea got pitched, other developers liked it, and it became part of the New KDE. However, this is completely lost on 99% of end users. There are only so many ways you can rearrange your email and web browser into different activities before they all start looking the same... The hardship on the devs is the countless thousands of hours that have been sunk into something that will only be used by a tiny fraction of end users. That's one of KDE's biggest stumbling blocks. Priority focused on the normal end user... -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org