24 Aug
2009
24 Aug
'09
7:12 a.m.
I'm pretty busy at the moment, but I will
definitely try to provide
specific examples of what I am talking about. I have to load up KDE4.3
and KDE3.5 in a VM, and then I will take screenshots side-by-side of the
equivalent programs, with the items that are unintuitive or difficult to
use in KDE4.3 highlighted. Will this help?
Yes, very much, thanks! Can I repost the images to bugzilla other
KDE-related pages?
Hmm...a KDE3.5.11 release isn't a bad idea at all.
I'd still like to make
a few more changes to the UI before another release, but it's a worthy
goal. Trouble is, I have no idea how to get my changes into the KDE SVN
and actually make a release! Any help here would be greatly appreciated.
I'll get on it. Of course, it would have to be tested on distros other
than *buntu, but that can be by users of those distros.
One other thing. Microsoft removed the classic option
in Vista--I used it
for one day before deciding it was easier (and better) to go to Linux than
to put up with that garbage. I have also used a very recent Mac desktop
in a store (they had one on display that you could use), and I actually
counted the mouse clicks needed to do a simple task like creating,
renaming, and deleting a folder on the desktop. I counted over three
times the number of clicks for each operation vs. KDE3.5 or Windows XP. I
left wondering why people use Macs at all!
Because people like to click! Seriously, it makes them feel productive
and smart. There was a discussion on slashdot about this maybe a year
or two ago. Webpages: less click are better. Applications' UI: more
clicks are better. Especially for work-related applications.
Thanks for trying to make KDE4 better for all of us!
Thank _you_ for patching and packaging!
--
Dotan Cohen
http://what-is-what.com
http://gibberish.co.il