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Subject: Re: User plea!
From: Kevin Boyce <kevin.boyce () ngc ! com>
Date: 2008-05-27 12:38:10
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I would also have to agree with Anne's assessment.  One of the things
that set KDE apart from gnome was the flexibility and how customizable
it was.  While it is evident that much work has gone into kde4 (and
these updates are much appreciated).  I feel that some features have
been forgotten at the expense of ease of implementation.  

Particular concerns are panel settings (currently I can only adjust the
height).  I miss being able to make it semi-transparent, and only
consume 90% of the screen width, etc.  Also, I noticed that when adding
new plasmoids to the panel, they always appear from the right.  The
workaround is to delete all the widgets and start over from left to
right (kind of a pain).  Also, I miss the old style of Kontrol Center,
where there was much more hardware information available at the users
fingertips.

I realize that plasma has been designed to be highly flexible, so I hope
to see further development which extends the usability beyond KDE3's
capabilities.

Anyways, thanks for the hard work.  I hope to see KDE4 mature rather
quickly.

Kevin 

On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 09:58 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:

> I am very concerned that I keep reading in this list messages that imply that 
> the usability team will define the way I work.  I recognise that you need to 
> define the defaults, but the advantage of linux in general, and kde in 
> particular, has always been choice.  Please make sure that it is possible for 
> us, the old hands, to do things the way we like.  You will definitely lose a 
> lot of users if you don't, and that would be a pity after all the work that 
> has gone into kde 4.
> 
> Anne
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> kde-usability mailing list
> kde-usability@kde.org
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I would also have to agree with Anne's assessment.&nbsp; One of the things that set \
KDE apart from gnome was the flexibility and how customizable it was.&nbsp; While it \
is evident that much work has gone into kde4 (and these updates are much \
appreciated).&nbsp; I feel that some features have been forgotten at the expense of \
ease of implementation.&nbsp; 
Particular concerns are panel settings (currently I can only adjust the \
height).&nbsp; I miss being able to make it semi-transparent, and only consume 90% of \
the screen width, etc.&nbsp; Also, I noticed that when adding new plasmoids to the \
panel, they always appear from the right.&nbsp; The workaround is to delete all the \
widgets and start over from left to right (kind of a pain).&nbsp; Also, I miss the \
old style of Kontrol Center, where there was much more hardware information available \
at the users fingertips. 
I realize that plasma has been designed to be highly flexible, so I hope to see \
further development which extends the usability beyond KDE3's capabilities. 
Anyways, thanks for the hard work.&nbsp; I hope to see KDE4 mature rather \
quickly. 
Kevin 
 
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 09:58 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
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I am very concerned that I keep reading in this list messages \
that imply that the usability team will define the way \
I work. I recognise that you need to define the \
defaults, but the advantage of linux in general, and kde in particular, has always been choice. Please make sure that it is \
possible for us, the old hands, to do things the way we \
like. You will definitely lose a lot of users if you \
don't, and that would be a pity after all the work that has gone into kde 4.

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