On 7 May 2010 11:56, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 06 May 2010 18:22:18 you wrote: >> >> You still have gnustep, xfce, lxde, no using any or simply never >> >> upgrade. >> > >> > I have looked at all those, in addition to KDE 4 and Gnome. None appeals >> > to me. Each has something that I strongly dislike or does not have >> > something that I like and use a lot. >> >> Please tell me what KDE 4.4 is missing, or what it has that you >> dislike. I can help address those issues. > > I doubt it, because I think that the problem is the basic philosophy. They > have sacrificed funtionality in favour of glitz. > > E.g. > 1. You cannot turn off all those horrible, and to me actually physically > painful (I have problems with my eyes) "special effects" _before_ being > subjected to them. (All that horrible wobbly, wavy, shimmery, spinning > transparent glitz.)
That boils down to "it's on by default". Just go turn them off. And the defaults do not have wobbly windows, wavy effects, or anything shimmering. Nothing spins either, but the Alt-tab dialogue does slide. There is plenty of transparency, though, and I hate that too. So I turn it off. My mother suffers from what she calls "vertigo" and the effects do not upset her. Nor do they upset the autistics that I volunteer with. They are merely an annoyance to those annoyed by them, nothing wild. > 2. ctrl+tab does not move to the next window. Do you mean between tabs? Fixed: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=231541 > 3. alt+F2 is cumbersome and unhelpful. (In KDE 3.5.x I can type e.g. k and be > presented with a list of all the applications that I have previously used > beginning with k.) It works that way in KDE 4 as well, so long as you have opened them from Krunner in the past. That is how I open all my applications. > 4. Alt+F1 does not bring up the menu. It's Alt-F5 for the Kmenu. Has been since KDE 3 I think. > 5. Kcontrol no longer exists. It's called System Settings, and with the Tree menu it's very similar. It is being reworked for KDE 4.5, so if you have any suggestions then now is the time to make them! > etc etc. > Tell me more! >> > I am, however, very sad that KDE 3.5, which I regard as the pinnacle of >> > DE's, is being laid to rest. >> >> Then help me shape it's successor. What is not suitable about KDE 4? > > Why would I rather have a Toyota hatchback (especially a hybrid one) than a > two seater sports car? > You evaded the question. I cannot help when you evade the question. -- Dotan Cohen http://bido.com http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/g2h880dece01005070919yce94d995rd670844d68f5b...@mail.gmail.com
