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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: A real KDE review
From:       Henrique Pinto <henrique.pinto () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2004-01-03 0:31:22
Message-ID: 200401022137.39345.henrique.pinto () kdemail ! net
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On Friday 02 January 2004 19:44, Gérard Delafond wrote:
> -He likes Plastik. Like everybody. The new default theme ?

There's no sense in discussing the default theme at this point in the 
release cycle. My personal opinion is that the default theme should not be 
changed before KDE 4.0, and it should only be changed if there are really 
convincing arguments. Many people love Plastik (me included!). Many people 
love Keramik. Arguments such as "everybody likes Plastik" or "plastik 
looks better" are not good at all. If you really believe a change should 
be made, then you should compile a list of arguments pointing out why the 
change should happen, and provide us this list for discussion at the 
beginning of the development cycle (and not at the end, such as this 
time). One should also note that Plastik still has some problems, and it 
would be nice if these problems were solved.

> -He does not like KControl
> *After reading several similar comments, I think Kcontrol should start
> on the search tab. The tree view is too hard to understand.

KControl has severe usability problems. People know that. You are likely to 
see many discussion about it post-3.2, and hopefully its weaknesses will 
be solved for KDE 3.3 (or 4.0, assuming there's no 3.3).

> *My conclusions
>
> KDE reviews never talk about the real strengh of KDE, because it is
> about hidden qualities :
> -complete documentation (but people never read it)
> -many little details (auto-completions, on-the-fly spellchecking, etc.)
> -centralisation (keyboard shortcuts, addressbook, spellchecking, etc.)
> -administration possibilities (kiosk)
>
> Perhaps the KDE team should more communicate about the invisible KDE
> superiorities.

The KDE promotion team is working hard on that. Expect many positive 
reviews of KDE strengths by the time 3.2 is released next month.

-- 
	Henrique Pinto
	henrique.pinto@kdemail.net



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