Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> > I've never used the Activity Manager and don't understand what it's for >> > in a system that already supports multiple VTs (kind of - the >> > KDE/Plasma version doesn't work well for me), as well as multiple >> > desktops which I do use extensively, so why do we need another layer of >> > multiplexing? I haven't been plagued by crashes, but there has been a notification once or twice in the past few weeks? months? that an application crashed. Since I had only just logged in, had not even started any program and everything appeared to be working fine, I opted not to report. Yes, I thought, right from the start, that activities were a major waste of effort that produced _no_ discernible advantage and were actually very confusing. I think they are supposed to set an environment and open all of the programs you use for that particular purpose automatically. I suppose if one has a complex environment that requires the use of a dozen or more programs at once that one is doing on a daily basis, but for a typical user who has 2-4 opened, perhaps for a few moments even a 5th... activities just don't offer any practical advantage. Agreed: I could barely use the system without Virtual Desktops (or did you really mean Virtual Terminals?). Frequently, I need to have 3 or even 4 programs open at one time—perhaps the intended purpose of activities?—but I just open the programs as need and I close them all when I'm done. That's a tidy desktop. I don't leave desk drawers on a physical desk opened, either. >> IIRC kactivitymanagerd takes care also of the recent files >> and documents in the application launcher menu. Recent Files are ok, but not a necessity for me. Sure, when a list is offered, I click on it instead of seeking the file in my directory hierarchy, but it is just a piddling convenience that hardly warrants a major feature such as activities. To me, activities were the useless invention of the past decade. Gnome introduced a similar version, but much simpler. It is almost impossible to use that desktop as a result. You have the one window for selecting the application and the other one for the opened application, but when you have more than one open at a time you can only see one and, I guess, you are supposed to flip back and forth by clicking on the task bar... it is a grievous restriction of the user's method of working that frustrates to distraction. I feel like I have discovered new continents when I come back to KDE and have Virtual Desktops. _______________________________________________ kde mailing list -- kde@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to kde-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
