Trinity Desktop Environment Feedback

Hello Timothy, I just want to say that you are doing a marvelous job with TDE. Words cannot express how happy I am with TDE. Basically, TDE is a dream come true. I don't know whether you get any feedback or not but as a developer I know that feedback is extremely important - it motivates developers do more coding and improve their work! I had been looking for a proper Linux Desktop since the time I first started experimenting with Linux - 1998. Every single DE until TDE came out has/had been a major disappointment. It has been a major disappointment because basic concepts of desktop computing such as Drag&Drop, Search, Copy/Paste, Print Screen etc have not been met and are not working and this happens right now with some well known DEs with their latest releases... TDE however is addressing all of these concepts and goes way beyond. TDE meets and it well exceeds the basic concepts of desktop computing! What I like about TDE? - I can drop any icon/shortcut to the panel - be it a folder, shortcut, image or a URL from any window regardless what toolkit it is using (I have tried both GTK and QT)! I can even drag browser URLs into the panel! The basic concepts of desktop computing!! This is like Windows!! Well done!! - When I drag the object/icon on the panel (rearranging icons), the space between the icons is evenly adjusted automatically between the shortcuts/icons! This is simply awesome!! The basic concepts of desktop computing!! Well done!!! Basic concepts of desktop computing are actually working in TDE! Well done!! - The Search field on the top right of KNQ is awesome! Well done!! It works better than Windows and it is very quick!! - Find Files and Folders dialog - Well done!! Well done!!! - The Search in the T menu - awesome work!! Well done! (I just wish it could be moved to the bottom but no biggie) - Well done!! - Print Screen!! Well done!! It works from any app from any widget regardless which widget has the focus! I have seen poor attempts in the past where some DEs try to make Print Screen work like in Windows but the funny thing is it only works when the desktop itself is focused. Once it looses the focus it does not work. The PRNT SCR stroke is not captured. Yours however is done the right way! It seems to bypass the focused widget ignoring its keystroke events and it travels all the way and it captures the screenshot. Again, basics of desktop computing. *Well Done!!!* - Mounted drive icons on the desktop - the tooltip and the property dialog box show the device they are pointing to - e.g: /dev/sdb2 - Well done! Marvelous job!! With other DEs I have to use long-cuts to find out what/where everything is! Again, well done!!! - Your Quick Launch applet on the panel - again, it works pretty much like the Windows one with full Drag&Drop support from any window and spaces between icons are automatically and evenly adjusted - Well done!!! - Right click context menus from the T menu (Copy To Run Dialog, Edit Menu Entry etc) - Absolutely marvelous!! I just donated to show my support. Please continue the excellent work! Words cannot express the high quality of your work. I can see true professionalism and potential! Well done!! Any way, please keep up the current path and do not make the same mistake other teams have done. The basics of desktop computing in other DEs are not working and they give us these flashy and useless special effects instead! Usability first, special effects second, not the otherway around! Ignore negative comments and trolls - there aren't any negatives in TDE. Any negative comments are made by people that don't understand the basic concepts of desktop computing. However, You do! TDE does, you've done it right, You are on the right path. Keep up! TDE has done it right! (I think based on my feedback, you can tell I have been a Windows user but with TDE, *literally*, that is changing. Again, awesome work, keep up the good work. I am a hobby developer BCB, VC++, AMX, I might even contribute with code (C++ here) in the future). P.S. You need to do something about your site - it looks a little bit plain!! My colleague at work said, "before I start using a product, I first look at their web site and if it doesn't look professional...etc etc". Either way I explained to him that "TDE is an exception" and I encourage him try it. Don't make the site bloated, just make it less plain. P.S. I introduce TDE to people at work, showing them screenshots and pointing them at the download URL. Everyone of us should all do the same and I encourage every single one of us to donate and support this project. Cheers