On Wednesday 03 July 2002 14:22, Paul Davis wrote: > You all just knew I'd be on this like a fly on cow dung, right? :)))
:) > Theme Support: comes from the toolkit, not the DE. Interesting. I can't speak for GNOME (where my experience is nil), but in Qt/KDE, the themeing is very much in the DE, not in Qt. I have heard some faint rumblings that that might be changing in Qt 4, but thus far Trolltech hasn't said much about it. > Help Systems: I've said here, and others have agree with me, that > these are invariably either useless or close to useless. > The best help system seems to come from getting a decent > HTML browser to view a well-written HTML documentation > package. Its true that GNOME and KDE come with simple > and nicely encapsulated ways to do this that work along > with the user's preferred browser. I agree they're useless as many developers choose to (mostly not) implement them. Properly used, they can be quite valuable. > Congratulations, > you've just given me *one* reason to use a desktop > environment :) Now I know my day hasn't been wasted! :) > I think the list of riches will need to be a bit deeper than this to > convince me to switch. The "polish" we've spoken about doesn't come > the features that KDE and GNOME provide, IMHO. Its a tradeoff, like anything in engineering. Ultimately each developer decides. > More interesting features would involve things like cut-n-paste > between apps of audio+MIDI data. I haven't seen any work in KDE or > GNOME to support this, though for all I know, it might be possible > already. I know KDE has native support for MIDI data. How useful or complete it is though, I have no idea. Cheers! |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Frederick F. Gleason, Jr. | Salem Radio Labs | | Voice: 1-(540)-341-2880 | 87 Lee Highway, Suite 11 | | FAX: 1-(540)-341-7176 | Warrenton, VA 20188 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | To see a need and wait to be asked, is to already refuse. | | -- Anonymous | |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
