Re: [users] In defense of TDE (or any mature software for that matter)

On 2018-09-22 05:44:36 Felix Miata wrote: Too true. The worst part of it isn't the "change merely for the sake of change," but the lack of recognition that the "non-enthusiast" user wants or needs certain features (in a desktop environment, at least), like clearly distinguishable icons, or straightforward configuration tools, because, while necessary, these are not the primary reason for using the software, but merely a means for making it user-friendly so that they can get their work done. We saw when KDE3 was abandoned that the developers had apparently lost sight of the purpose of KDE as a usability tool and had moved to providing 'eye-candy' and 'gee-whiz' features while making configurability more difficult. That wouldn't have been so bad if they had left some of the old components, like Hicolor-Classic icons, in their "improved" desktop instead of throwing them away. Leslie