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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Use settings:/ in Konqeuror instead of KControl in 3.2?
From:       Dominic Chambers <dominic () enkasa ! com>
Date:       2003-12-22 18:37:02
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ArkLinux, which I am currently using, does something like this right now 
(Mission Control), so you may want to take a look at that to get some tips.

It contains a mix of KDE configuration apps and shortcuts to some control 
center modules which it embeds locally. For a beginner it is incredibly 
useful, although I find it slightly annoying because I have to go to the 
'Mission Control' before I can click 'KDE Control Center' from the 'See Also' 
link in the left hand side (think WinXP).

From using it personally I very much like it, but I do pander to ease of use 
over pure power. My only complaint is that when I do need the KDE Control 
Center it is still as oddly laid out as ever (you can never be sure under 
which heading something may be located). It would also be nice if KDE CC 
could be laid out more intuitively so that I always guessed right first time. 
Perhaps that should be the first priority since you will never truly know how 
to make this new layer optimal until the existing one is as could as it could 
be.

BTW: If you haven't tried ArkLinux and are looking for a quality KDE 
distribution, I can reccomend it highly. Even though it is still Alpha it is 
full featured and incredibly well behaved.

On Monday 22 Dec 2003 7:00 pm, Jason Keirstead wrote:
> I make this suggestion after talking with a few people who feel that
> KControl is horribly difficult to use, but find settings:/ much simpler.
> settings:/ Is a drill down view, which is very familiar to both Windows and
> Mac users for adjusting their control settings. It also gets rd of the
> scary monstrous tree that makes many wary of KControl.
>
> What I suggest is to make KMenu->Settings->Control Center launch a
> Konqueror window pointed at settings:/, instead of launching KControl.
>
> We can still keep the KControl application around for people who are used
> to it, if desired.
>
> What do people think of this?

 
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