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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Back to basics
From:       Anne Wilson <annew () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-08-17 18:24:04
Message-ID: 502E8C44.9090204 () kde ! org
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On 17/08/12 18:48, James Cain wrote:
> On Friday, August 17, 2012 04:19:28 PM Anne Wilson wrote:
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> > On 17/08/12 12:07, Felix Michel wrote:
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> > > And what should the default setting of a KDE desktop be? The
> 
> > > current default is just unusable and the first thing i have to
> > > do
> 
> > > is adapt a lot of different settings. It is great to have a lot
> > > of
> 
> > > settings, but actually i prefer to have good standards, which i
> > > can
> 
> > > adapt to my needs. KDE can be so beautiful. Why shouldnt we
> > > deliver
> 
> > > a beautiful KDE right out of the box?
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> > 
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> > You know the problem of that, of course. We all have our own
> > ideas
> 
> > about beauty and functionality. Many people don't see the use
> > for
> 
> > Desktop setting with Folderviews. I won't have it any other way.
> > We
> 
> > have to be careful to stick to issues that will work however
> > people
> 
> > want their desktop configured, not ones where choice is
> > important.
> 
> > 
> 
> > Anne
> 
> 
> 
> I think, more to the point that I think was intended, is that even 
> though KDE is vastly superior in the "you can tweak the hell out of
> it" department, first impressions matter. And, the less tweaking
> the better.
> 
> 
> 
> One little thing that I would change, for example, would be to have
> the folder view icon set at Home by default.

Yet many would want it to point to the old Desktop folder, where all
their shortcut icons are.

In the same way, I use krunner far more than the menu, but when I do
want the menu, I want kickoff for its search bar.  How many users,
though, immediately change back to Classic menu?

> No first time user knows what a Folder View icon is nor do they
> know what it does. They may not even be able to find the wrench
> icon for settings...
> 
> My other niggles are distro-specific.
> 
> I also like the old Windows XP approach to having a guided tour on
> first run, and have always wondered if there was a project to
> impliment such a thing.
> 
As long as it's optional, that sounds an excellent idea, but out of
scope for this project, I think.  Perhaps something that a SoC project
might do?

Believe me, I'm not knocking this initiative, just warning about
trying to be too prescriptive, since there is no accounting for
personal prefs :-)

Anne
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