On 12/4/08, Larry Stotler
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 3:31 PM, Herbert Graeber
wrote: Have a look on KDE4 in openSUSE 11.1 and then think why the openSUSE KDE team has backported so many features from KDE 4.2, despite the warnings from so prominent KDE developers like Aaron Seigo. Stop moaning. Instead praise the openSUSE KDE team for their hard work to satisfy the openSUSE KDE users.
I suggested pushing back the release so they could just include 4.2, but that was shot down.
Well that might have been a good Idea if 4.2 was going to include any new functionality. But I post this using Kong on Version 4.1.80 (KDE 4.1.80 (KDE 4.2 Beta1)) which is the first beta of 4.2 (Kubuntu) and I gotta say they fixed up some of the bugs in the Bling, but not much of the missing functionality has returned. You are still left with a single wall paper on all screens. The new (old) Desktop folder view choice can be made system wide, but not on individual desktops. And if you make that choice once, you are never offered it again. Don't you ever dare logo off with widgets unlocked, because you never know where they will be re-arranged upon your next visit. I can't count how many times I've readjusted my panel only to have it scrambled after a logoff. You still can't just create a desktop icon-oid, for your favorite application without first finding it in the normal menus or adding it there prior to asking for a plasmoid. But hold on, if you use the disappearing option to have the desktop be folder, and change your mind, you can't even add a launcher to the deskop at all. (This whole plasmoid thing is a monumental boondoggle. Distinctions are made between icons and plasmoids with no clear difference other than that the functionality of the desktop is diminished. But boy is it ever cute that you can tilt your plasmoids. How DID we survive with out that? Cursors don't disappear as you move them off of a windows border any more. That seems fixed. But the I-bar cursors are used in Kong when an internal scroll bar (such as the Gmail compose window) instead of the proper cursor. Kong file manager mode is STILL more functional and less cluttered than Dolphin. And Dolphin still aborts when you use the plus signs preceding a smb:// entry to expand it. (when expandable folder view is used). Who ran off with my Kedit? Where is my kssh launcher? I'm not convinced holding off till 4.2 would have been anywhere near long enough. I'm now thinking 4.4 might be ok. -- ----------JSA--------- Someone stole my tag line, so now I have this rental. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org