Re: KDE Community Working Group takes care of the community
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 71.188.225.166]
on September 06, 2008 05:48 PM
Out of my cold dead hand!
KDE4 may actually be what Linux needs. I get that. But what I need is KDE3.
Don't want no plasma. Plasma is a like a Colgate Invisible shield that prevents me from interacting directly with my desktop. I keep telling myself that Konqueror hasn't been sabatoged so Dolphin can take its place, and they'll get around to fixing it eventually, but in my heart, I can't entirely banish the fear that they did a Tonya Harding on Konqueror when they took away the filter bar, but put one in Dolphin. In KDE3, Konqueror was the application that contained all of KDE in one place, and this allowed all kinds of creative possibiltes, but now, our Desktop experience is being planned out for us. You kids need to use Konqueror instead of firefox. for your web browsing. This is your web browser, this is your file manager.
I used to hate and fear KDE4, but now I'm just bored. The code is supposed to beautiful, whatever that means, but I 've spent about fifty to sixty hours with it, and I don't see any real shift in the desktop paradigm. All those widgets are just applets, except applets don't need to be locked, unlocked, moved, resized, and otherwise adjusted all the time. All those dark, fuzzy pretentious themes just annoy me now.
This is maybe my one hundred fiftieth anti-KDE4 post. I feel bad criticising someone else's hard work, which many people love. But I can't let go of it, because it confronts me daily. I'm going to be expected to let go of something that I find to be so much simpler and friendlier, and that I have been building my desktop around for years. Whenever I see that banner that says "Don't Look Back" at KDE. ORG, it reads to me like "F*** you, Keith!" And I'm pretty sure it was meant that way.
I think there needs to be a fork, not because KDE4 is worthless, but because it's worthwhile enough that it should be permitted to make its way without guys like me raining on its parade. Okay, it's still too soon to be sure. We'll know for sure when KDE3 is finally no longer maintained. But I'm getting ready. Taking another crack at the Rute User book. The mathematical stuff in the beginning with all the exponents always stopped me cold. I'm not talking about development, I'm talking about maintainance. I bet it's not as impossible as they say. Depends on how many refugees there are like me.
Anyway, I know it seems schizo, but let me take a few deep breaths and congratulate KDE on the fine work they've done. I really admire KDE4; I just wouldn't be caught dead using it. KDE3 is pretty close to perfect in a limited way, and that's the point where you have to brak the mold and piss people off. You guys did exactly what you had to do, and so am I. I repeat: OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HAND!
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Re: KDE Community Working Group takes care of the community
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 71.188.225.166] on September 06, 2008 05:48 PMKDE4 may actually be what Linux needs. I get that. But what I need is KDE3.
Don't want no plasma. Plasma is a like a Colgate Invisible shield that prevents me from interacting directly with my desktop. I keep telling myself that Konqueror hasn't been sabatoged so Dolphin can take its place, and they'll get around to fixing it eventually, but in my heart, I can't entirely banish the fear that they did a Tonya Harding on Konqueror when they took away the filter bar, but put one in Dolphin. In KDE3, Konqueror was the application that contained all of KDE in one place, and this allowed all kinds of creative possibiltes, but now, our Desktop experience is being planned out for us. You kids need to use Konqueror instead of firefox. for your web browsing. This is your web browser, this is your file manager.
I used to hate and fear KDE4, but now I'm just bored. The code is supposed to beautiful, whatever that means, but I 've spent about fifty to sixty hours with it, and I don't see any real shift in the desktop paradigm. All those widgets are just applets, except applets don't need to be locked, unlocked, moved, resized, and otherwise adjusted all the time. All those dark, fuzzy pretentious themes just annoy me now.
This is maybe my one hundred fiftieth anti-KDE4 post. I feel bad criticising someone else's hard work, which many people love. But I can't let go of it, because it confronts me daily. I'm going to be expected to let go of something that I find to be so much simpler and friendlier, and that I have been building my desktop around for years. Whenever I see that banner that says "Don't Look Back" at KDE. ORG, it reads to me like "F*** you, Keith!" And I'm pretty sure it was meant that way.
I think there needs to be a fork, not because KDE4 is worthless, but because it's worthwhile enough that it should be permitted to make its way without guys like me raining on its parade. Okay, it's still too soon to be sure. We'll know for sure when KDE3 is finally no longer maintained. But I'm getting ready. Taking another crack at the Rute User book. The mathematical stuff in the beginning with all the exponents always stopped me cold. I'm not talking about development, I'm talking about maintainance. I bet it's not as impossible as they say. Depends on how many refugees there are like me.
Anyway, I know it seems schizo, but let me take a few deep breaths and congratulate KDE on the fine work they've done. I really admire KDE4; I just wouldn't be caught dead using it. KDE3 is pretty close to perfect in a limited way, and that's the point where you have to brak the mold and piss people off. You guys did exactly what you had to do, and so am I. I repeat: OUT OF MY COLD DEAD HAND!
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