On Sunday 21 December 2008 11:37:27 pm Graham Anderson wrote:
On Saturday 20 December 2008 01:20:40 David C. Rankin wrote:
This was discussed on factory quite a bit - no satisfactory answer was ever given for what practical purpose the desktop folder served other than making it more difficult to set up a regular desktop.
It simply amazes me that people keep repeating this drivel that the desktop folder has no purpose, is not practical, or whatever. Is it just the trend to bash KDE4 at the moment without engaging the brain for a few seconds?
One of the default panel buttons on pretty much every distro that ships KDE4 is the "Show plasma dashboard" button. This button in conjunction with one or more desktop folder applets makes for a rather nice and intuitive (in my not so humble opinion) work-flow for file browsing and management.
One click on the "Show plasma dashboard" button brings the folder view applets to the front plane and into focus, without minimising any open windows. A second click on any of the folders launches a dolphin session in split view mode with the selected target in one pane and my home in the other. The locations of the folder applets can be configured to work with a whole load of handy locations courtesy of our friends the kio slaves. ( ssh(fish), ipod, smb, to name just a few)
Simply bringing the icons/folders into focus without interrupting the current desktops' active windows & work-flow is in itself a massive improvement over KDE3. Throw in the configurable options and what you have is an order of magnitude better than the KDE3 desktop.
Graham
It seems that we need printed (printable) manual for KDE4 with examples how to use it. Most of what you explained is somewhat hidden. For instance "Show plasma dashboard" was empty many times I pressed it, so I quitted to look at it. -- Regards, Rajko -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org