* Per Inge Oestmoen
Seldom used features?
It surprises me if anyone can decide on behalf of others what these others need. I own one of the more advanced digital SLR's on the market - the Canon EOS 1D III. But for me, it is lacking in some ways. It lacks built-in GPS function, it lacks an intervalometer/time exposure unit. Which should by the way be radio controlled. As it is, these functions can only be added by buying expensive additional equipment.
And when you initially adjusted the settings for your Canon, you undoubtedly didn't change some of the setting I find important to me in my Nikon D3, just the same as the programmer who programming a *new* application (KDE4) doesn't include functions *he* doesn't recognize as *important*. But this is *not* dumming down or whatever and he must be notified of functions that others find important to them. He is not trying to duplicate KDE3, but replace it.
Moreover, there is hardly any such thing as "seldom used." What I (or you, or Carol) may not regularly use, Roger, Kathy and Priscilla will need. In other words, each user may not use the whole spectrum of functions, but we do not use the /same/ functions.
True, but there are functions in KDE3 that are not used and/or other means of accomplishing those functions in a more efficient or user friendly manner. When you rebuild a room, you do not put nails back in exactly the same locations as before, just close.
That actually becomes a nice philosophical point - but an optimally fruitful approach might be to accept that difference and choice are parts of existence, and above all that it is good that they exist. Apart from that, the more one uses something the more one appreciates the existence of various options. I fail to see any sense in deliberately limiting the choices of others.
Again, function is being "reinvented", not replicated. If something does not accomplish a task or there is no way to accomplish a task, request it be added via the bug-reports. Past confirming that there is a need for a function that doesn't exist, endless discussion (trying to put it nicely) accomplishes only more frustration and *noise*. Make your contribution by requesting via bug-reports for what you perceive as missing functionality. -- Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA HOG # US1244711 http://wahoo.no-ip.org Photo Album: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/gallery2 Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://counter.li.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org