On Thursday 25 December 2008, Per Inge Oestmoen wrote:
Robert Smits wrote:
Ah yes KDE4. Where nothing is where you expect it to be. Where all the menus are changed from what we had. Where we get krippleware like Dolphin and they take features out of Konqueror. Where very few of the KDEPIM settings or data is migrated to KDE4. I heartily dislike KDE4.
Some of the new features of KDE 4 are positive, but the dumbing down of Konqueror and the former Control Center are two examples of decision that destroy function. We need to make it clear to the maintainers that we need and want more configurability and functionality - not less.
If I wanted a dumbed-down computer, I would have used Windows.
Well this is where we differ. I like OpenSuse, but I don't care much for some of the changes in 11.1 that make it less functional. I really don't like KDE4, but I'll keep trying new versions to see if they're ready to use. Not yet, in my view. And that may be in part because we're so used to the polished nature of KDE 3.5.
I would say that KDE 4 shows promise in some ways, but not when it is a watered down version with some extra eyecandy. The Configure Desktop is nothing like Control Center. Those responsible for its development should understand that a lot of users want maximum configurability. By dumbing down Open Source software one only paves the ground for more Windows domination - and Microsoft knows how to create simplified software for those who refuse to do much more than to press the ON/OFF button.
We must make it absolutely clear that we want something else. We need to go to the KDE people and give them some constructive feedback.
Per Inge Oestmoen
The problem here is the horrible truth behind it all is they ARE NDUMBING it down on purpose to attract the windBloZe brigade at the expense of loosing those of us that like being able to configure or systems and you aint gunna change that without chages at the top in both Opensuse and Novelle sad but true Pete . -- SuSE Linux 10.3-Alpha3. (Linux is like a wigwam - no Gates, no Windows, and an Apache inside.) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org