Re: [trinity-devel] KDE vs. Trinity: Is One Really Better?

http://www.datamation.com/open-source/kde-vs.-trinity-is-one-really-better-… > I always read Bruce's writings with a proverbial grain of salt. He tends > toward sensationalism and likes to play a game of creating rifts like he > did in this article. His journalism tends toward what used to be called > muckraking. When he writes in that mode I remind myself that everything is > his opinion only and subjective. Everybody has an opinion and a poop > chute. Both often stink. :) > Nothing he wrote requires or demands a public response. He has his opinion > and we should let that be. > So much for that. > I am concerned about his reports of instability. We should receive such > comments seriously. I hope he filed bug reports or contacted somebody on > the development team. Even if he didn't this kind of publicity dictates > that quality assurance must be a priority over release schedules. That > means a lot of usability testing and not just pumping out code and > packages. > I hope everybody here receives his article in a constructive manner. :) > Darrell Ouch. Sounds like we need a nice, long QA period for R14.0. And I do take issue with some things he says, primarily on the usability end. He admits himself (at the end) that he found the KDE 3 GUI somewhat hard to use, so I wouldn't worry too much about the KDE4/TDE comparisons he makes regarding the interface. I have always suspected that KDE4 is geared towards salespersons, journalists, and people in non-technical professions, and the article would seem to confirm this. That's not a bad thing, just more proof of the difference in type of user base between the two desktops. :-) Tim