On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:04:26AM +0200, Liviu Andronic wrote: > > the advantages a user finds in a typical GTK application over a Qt > > application ;-) > > I try to avoid QT applications since these, well, don't give the look > and feel of GTK applications. [...]
I wouldn't mind more specific details. Are we talking about different colors/margins/whatever? > I have little against QT applications (or based on other toolkits, for > the matter), as long as these provide me with the functionality and > ease-of-usage I need. Good examples are Opera, LyX and Scribus. > However, many (most) QT applications are KDE-based. For me KDE is an > issue; not the least it saves me hours-to-days of compiling (I'm on > Gentoo) and certain disk-space. So this is a non-argument in this particular discussion as LyX does not have any KDE dependency. > [...] > > As to bugs and compared to KDE, it is somewhat wishful thinking in > Xfce; here I have in mind buggy, fresh KDE installations that I had > with Mandrake and the months---sometimes years--- the Xfce guys prefer > to delay the release in order polish it up and get it to some > "releasable" form. Again. No KDE here. > I think I could come up with more ideas, but it should suffice for an > evening. Basically I could sum up like this: I've tried "KDE-like" > applications, switched to "Xfce-like" applications and currently find > little (read, no) reasons to consider any form of switch-back. Still no KDE. Not even installed on the machine I am currently sitting on. > Hope you had some pleasant reading, ^_^ Well, there was no real foundation for a nice little flame-war... Andre' PS: Just to give an impression what I'd consider a "decent working environment" I'll attach a screenshot of my current "session". So be assured that I rarely get lost in KDE menus...
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