From kde-core-devel Sun Sep 16 16:08:44 2007 From: Kurt Pfeifle Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:08:44 +0000 To: kde-core-devel Subject: Will we support Thin Client computing well with KDE4? (was: "Temporary Message-Id: <46ED550C.5030000 () gmx ! net> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-core-devel&m=118995912526789 Inge Wallin wrote: > Let me just add that for thin clients, changing large parts of the GUI just > because of a shift of focus is a complete no-no! Some things are nice > conceptually and maybe even usability wise, but yet completely impossible for > technical reasons. > > Last week I was in Brazil and at one time doing a test for a medical > organization. They have a large number of smallish sites and they want to > run the computing infrastructure from a central data center. Right now they > are deciding between Linux and Windows and the one most deciding factor is > the bandwidth consumption. If more than just the tiniest change is done when > the user shifts focus, Linux is out! > > I picked this case out of many, so don't tell me this is an atypical example. > Bandwidth is not a universal resource all over the world. We are not just > designing KDE4 for the last generation of fat clients. We also have to take > into account thin clients and older or cheaper desktop computers. > > Remember that thin client installations mean large installations. You > wouldn't want to make KDE impossible in these large installations, would you? > (and no, I'm not directing this to you personally, Jos, just to 'you' in > general.) Design is good, but it always has to work inside the frames > created by available technology and cost considerations. How true, how true, how true! +10 Thanks for bringing this aspect to attention again, Inge! -- Kurt Pfeifle System & Network Printing Consultant ---- Linux/Unix/Windows/Samba/CUPS Infotec Deutschland GmbH ..................... Hedelfinger Strasse 58 A RICOH Company ........................... D-70327 Stuttgart/Germany