From kde-core-devel  Fri Feb 01 22:46:30 2002
From: Christoph Cullmann <crossfire () babylon2k ! de>
Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 22:46:30 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: KOnCD
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On Friday 01 February 2002 22:35, Carsten Wolff wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 January 2002 17:48, Joseph Wenninger wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > > For me it doesn't and, AFAIK, the author has not replied to mails f=
or
> > > several weeks already. (At least not to mine or those of another
> > > i18n-de team member.)
> >
> > I tried it some days ago, but it was unable to record a cd with it,
> > whereas KreateCD (an application I work at. The KDE 3.0 version is
> > heavily under development (-> unstable atm) and will be released shor=
t
> > after 3.0 final) has no problems, so recording a CD at least is possi=
ble
> > on my system, but KonCD fails.
>
> I use the debian-packageed version of KreateCD (for KDE2) and I like it
> very much. It has a very well UI and works fine. KonCD works here, too,=
 but
> I would rather see KreateCD in kde-packages, because of it's better UI
> (including drag&drop from different folders to the project, wich is a b=
ig
> advantage over KonCD).
Just checked out kreateCD from sf.net and compiled ;) Really nice.
Can only agree, the UI of KreateCD is much more usable and it "has" an UI=
, not=20
only several dialogs like KonCD. For the normal enduser KreateCD would be=
=20
much more usable, because he can create CD's via drag'n'drop like it shou=
ld=20
be. In KonCD you need to fill out the include/exclude dir/files lists (k,=
 via=20
fileselector, but...) and that will not be easy to use for the normal use=
r=20
(at least not to users coming from windows where the have apps like WinOn=
CD,=20
CreateCD, ....). Joseph is right, KreateCD for 3.0 seems to be pretty muc=
h in=20
alpha/beta stage at the moment, but in my eyes it would be better to swit=
ch=20
to a app with a usable GUI and some porting probs than try to redesign Ko=
nCD=20
to be more "enduser" friendly, which would cause a complete redesign (at=20
least if I am right with the opinion that the current ui isn't very usabl=
e).
Don't want to say KonCD is bad in burning cds, but in my opinion it is a =
too=20
"technical" app for the normal people.

just my 2 cent
Christoph

>
> Carsten.
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