Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 192.168.40.186]
on August 26, 2008 12:23 AM
I tried SuSE at home recently and chose KDE 4 as well. I cried tears of pain when I saw the start menu and the convoluted, awful way it worked. Even I was lost finding things, shuffling back and forth between 'screens' within the start menu. Why should a veteran computer user feel like they have to learn things all over again? Truly awful. I lasted not even 10 minutes before I hit the reset button on that abomination. I'll try it with KDE 3 next time.
I hope distros keep shipping with KDE 3 for some time yet. The Linux community seems to want to copy Microsofts mistakes with great zeal, which is really, really sad. There is nothing wrong with keeping certain UI elements static. Not everything has to be revamped every few years. Car manufacturers don't look at cars and think "wheels are old, why are we still using wheels when they were used 50 years ago. Lets put a hexxagon instead, the suspension is good enough". Sometimes a simple solution is the best one, and the simple start menu was such a solution, like a steering wheel.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 192.168.40.186] on August 26, 2008 12:23 AMI hope distros keep shipping with KDE 3 for some time yet. The Linux community seems to want to copy Microsofts mistakes with great zeal, which is really, really sad. There is nothing wrong with keeping certain UI elements static. Not everything has to be revamped every few years. Car manufacturers don't look at cars and think "wheels are old, why are we still using wheels when they were used 50 years ago. Lets put a hexxagon instead, the suspension is good enough". Sometimes a simple solution is the best one, and the simple start menu was such a solution, like a steering wheel.
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