It is not only about if KDE4 can do the same or not as KDE3 (it can't). Even if it can do the same it does it very differently than KDE3.
Why do KDE developers think that people who invested a lot of time to learn how to use KDE3 now will start this learning curve again? I am sure that my parents won't, they will keep using KDE3. Even if it isn't perfect there are no showstoppers in it for most of its users. KDE4 is full of showstoppers.
That is a very valid question, and it comes up often. The usual answers (whether I agree with them or not is irrelevant, don't blame me!) are: 1) The KDE 3 codebase was getting out of control and unwieldy. 2) KDE 3 was too complicated to configure 3) Moving to Qt4 technology would have demanded a full rewrite anyway, so why not improve things while they are at it, which leads to: 4) Some prominent devs figured that they could make things simpler while retaining the power features.
And how could it happen that a distribution like SUSE/openSUSE which is/was (?) famous for its reliability, stability and user friendliness included that buggy, unstable KDE4 as default KDE, and expelled KDE3 to build service?
New and shiny? Irresponsibility?
Why the KDE developers claimed their less-than beta quality product stable back then, when KDE 4.2 came out? (Now they say that it will be stable, usable at version 4.2 in August.)
KDE devs (and the KDE download page) always said that KDE 4.0 and 4.1 were not meant for end users. As for 4.2, it and 4.3 have long been out, and 4.4 is due soon. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org