On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:38:07 -0400 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote: ...
On first open: no Firefox icon appears on panel I change starter to classic style
Search does not exist in classic style and this days with elaborated menu structure it is convenient to ask for certain application via search and if it is often used then move it to Favorites, Quicklaunch, etc. (It is bias stemming from old days that makes you browse instead search. BTW, Don't feel offended as we all have biases that do the same: impairs decision making process.)
I delete (never to be used) "activities" icon from panel
It is Activities and Add Widget panel, so hating Activities made you remove an easy visible access to your other helper :) You can get it from context menu too. (That is bias too, and not to your advantage.) ...
IIRC, it was Win9x the better part of two decades ago that introduced the taskbar concept of "quick launch" at lower left next to the main menu starter for most used apps. To me that remains the most valid paradigm for most frequently used apps.
Absolutely useful if you plan to use browsing trough all the menus of Classic style main menu, but in KDE you can: * do the same, just drag and drop icon for you application to the place on a "kickstater" (panel) where you want it; if it is not right where you want it, then either edit panel, or delete and drag from source again * you can also add widget Quicklaunch that can host a lot of your favorites; you can add more then one widget, so you can group apps. To fill up widget, use drag'n'drop.
So, I try to get a Firefox icon for quick starting it placed in this vicinity, but no can do.
See above. Drag'n'drop is not a new concept, and it is sometimes fun to explore what you can do with it in KDE4.
PS, after using awhile and many exit (without closing Konsole first)/restart cycles of KDE using different X configurations, Konsole about 40% of the time on restart is stuck on panel, unable to be raised to desktop, or closed. Another or more session restarts is required to restore access to this Konsole instance.
And, there's still no manual panel hide,
I'll have to ask you why is manual panel hiding so important to you. How big is screen that you use, and how much savings on a screen surface offers hidden panel? Then, once it is hidden, how that improves accessibility? You have to click to "unhide" it and then click to start application. To me it appears as focus on feature that makes sense in some very limited use cases, like kiosk mode, which most likely you don't use. Besides there is few desktop layouts besides classic that you may want to explore for your benefit. If nothing else, you will know that you are not missing them.
and file picker is still a sluggard.
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