On Monday 08 Feb 2010 06:55:20 Basil Chupin wrote:
On 08/02/10 16:00, David C. Rankin wrote:
Devs,
Where is the system setting layout going? All I can do is shake my head and wonder WTF were the devs thinking???
In K3, you could change your style, window decoration and theme all logically placed under the "Appearance" section. Makes sense since they all relate to appearance.
Oh, David, you just simply do not understand the KDE Development model - sorry to say.
This is from the KDE Development site:
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*KDE P*hilosophy and Core Tenets
* Get it done NOW! If now is as long as it can be drawn out !
* Focus!
Complete lack of ( an absolute must)!
* Use available tools rather than re-inventing existing ones!
But write the available tools first the fritz them up completely !
* When making a suggestion, change "we should.." to "I will..";
When can be bothered to even look at things !
grandiose plans are useless unless you are willing to put in the work. * Improve iteratively.
Yea for sure!
* Start with reasonable functionality and then improve over time.
Start by completely Fritzing everything then claim it was like that before i started guv honest , Then make it look pretty and claim a Huge success out of the exercise !!
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The only additional comment I can make to your post is that your "isn't a bitch or gripe" post should have been posted in the opensuse-kde mail list where the naughty-type "KDE devs" actually lurk :-) .
Thanks for the heads-up i know where to go barrack them now :-) ..
BC
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