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On Tuesday 18 September 2007, Ian Wadham wrote:
> I am sorry this post has been so lengthy, but I hope you have had
> a few laughs and I really wanted to get across some flavour of
> what KDE can be like for a first-time user.  And that *is* a matter for
> developers to consider IMHO.=20

so if i cut through everything here, i see exactly three concrete issues yo=
u=20
raise:

=2D finding file associations; action items might include:
	- how easy *can* this be made?=20
	- what are all the ways available now?
	- is this documented in a place people can find said documentation?
	- write patches to make it more obvious in line with the three Qs above
	- is it easier to find right now in kde4's systemsettings vs kcontrol?
=2D setting file associations
	- write a patch to concretely improve the file associations dialog
=2D listing of attachments in kmail
	- right now there is a list possible, but it isn't easy to find in the con=
fig
	- write a patch to move the inline attachment list (View ->=20
Attachments -> "As Icons") to just underneath the header; perhaps change 'A=
s=20
Icons' to simple "list". this won't remove all need for the structure viewe=
r=20
as that is there for more hard core security requirements AFAIK, but would =
be=20
a nice improvement and would be pretty easy to do.

the patch for kmail is probably the easiest of the three actually. it would=
 be=20
nice to do a visual update to the headers while at it as they are looking a=
=20
bit old (oxy artists might be able to help out there..). but yeah, it's a=20
pretty simple patch since the code to grab the attachments and make a list =
is=20
already there, the output just needs to be rearranged a bit. the file to=20
patch would be kdepim/kmail/kmreaderwin.cpp

so the options are:

=2D wait for someone else to do it (and don't complain if it doesn't happen=
 soon=20
enough for you)
=2D write some patches

and before someone bitches at me for the "write a patch" answer, this is=20
the -devel list. which is to say, this is precisely where "write a patch" i=
s=20
the right answer. this is *not* a user support list. =3D)

> I'm hoping KDE 4.0 will be a lot easier to use ...

as Robert pointed out, some things are better some things are the same.=20
perhaps a better phrasing would be "hoping KDE4" as that gives us a few mor=
e=20
releases ;)

=2D-=20
Aaron J. Seigo
humru othro a kohnu se
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