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List:       kde-edu-devel
Subject:    Re: [kde-edu-devel] Usability and Style issues in KDEdu
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-04-18 18:40:23
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On Wednesday 17 April 2002 11:23 pm, Scott Wheeler wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 April 2002 06:40 pm, Whitehawk Stormchaser wrote:
> > Why the credits shouldn't be in the splashscreen? I mean, in KHM in H=
EAD
> > I have stuck the "cultural" Help button, but still I wander, why I
> > culdn't keep the "original authour in their splash screen...
>
> Ok, more on my opinion; please just take it as such.  KDEdu apps seem t=
o be
> the only apps in KDE CVS that do this.  I think that there needs to be =
a
> good reason to be different from the rest of KDE, and I'm not sure that
> there is one.  Concistancy is important.

And our users value it:

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Subject: KDE... quite impressive
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 13:32:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: Michael Chang <miranda at ion.uranus.com>


Dear Kurt (and the entire KDE team)...

First: Wow.  KDE is a very impressive desktop environment.
The first time I tried KDE was years and years ago, and it just didn't fi=
t
well with me.  Granted, neither did any environment for X, but it was
GNOME that I ended up staying with.
It was only this past month, however, when a friend of mine told me to
check out the new KDE.  Since the very first moment when I switched to
KDE, I've been extremely impressed --- in fact, I'm sure I'll never run
GNOME again, as long as I have a choice.
Anyway, I'd like to take my hat off to all of you.
Some nice things to note: KDE is quite fast (I really never have to wait)=
;
it's stable (not only has it not crashed yet, but I haven't even seen one
tiny glitch); it's pretty; the interface design and the layout have
obviously been thought-out well --- I'm joyed to see consistency in widge=
t
placement (finally, I don't have to *look* for the placement of default
buttons, since they seem more or less "standardized," therefore I get to
incorporate motor memory with regard to where I click); Konqueror is, ver=
y
honestly, the FASTEST BROWSER that I have ever used, and it actually
supports CSS and ECMA script, something that's hard to find on a
UNIX/Linux platform.
Overall, I can tell that KDE is a very integrated desktop, unlike other U=
Is
that seem to be a mish-mash of pieces that don't fit together well.

KDE is easily more of a good example of where UNIX/Linux desktops should
be heading toward.  I wish all of you the best of luck, and I hope that
your hard work will pay off more and more in the years to come.

Sincerely,
Michael Chang

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