17 Nov
2011
17 Nov
'11
4:01 a.m.
On Wednesday 16 November 2011 03:45:51 pm Timothy Pearson wrote:
All,
Given what has been happening lately with respect to KDE4, and the media
incorrectly attempting to portray us as directly competing with KDE4, and
there only on reliability and direct feature-set parity, I have a
challenge for you:
Write a few sentences stating what you like about TDE most. Leave KDE4
and other desktop environments completely out of the picture (no direct
comparisons), and focus on the strengths of this particular desktop
environment. Mentioning the general theme of your work (i.e. engineering,
software development, sales, etc.) isn't a bad idea either; this would
help us gather some demographics on who uses TDE vs who uses other
desktops.
I use TDE on my home computer, and for literally everything (unless I'm on a
computer too-limited to run a desktop environment). I like to keep things
plain and simple, but I don't like having being limited in my options or
ability to customize. I also don't much care for the "modern look" thing
that
most companies and projects are going for. That's exactly why I use TDE. It
allows me to customize to my heart's content without over complicating things
or forcing a "modern look" on my eyes ;-)
I am also interested in the other side of the coin:
What do you hate about
TDE the most? If other people agree the results could become the basis of
some new enhancement requests, helping to make TDE better overall.
What do I hate the most about TDE? Hmm... Konqueror's KHTML severely outdated
and doesn't work well on modern web sites. Also KOffice, which is too
simplistic even for me. Other than these, I can't really think of
anything :-)
--
Kristopher Gamrat
Ark Linux webmaster
http://www.arklinux.org/