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Hello, As I could not find any other way of providing this
information to KDE support, I hope that you can use it. I am trying to move away from Microsoft to LINUX software
because with the controls Microsoft now exercises over products from XP onwards
it is impossible to rely on their software when you do a system hardware
upgrade and other than at extra expense, it is impossible to provide backup
while securing those upgrades. To this end I have been experimenting with the use of
LINUX for my main internet and administration requirements since the release of
SUSE 8.2. I am now using 9.1 (KDE 3.2.1) although I have incorporated KDE 3.2.3.
During that time I have seen KDE improve enormously. It is now a very good software
suite and almost meets my requirements but I am reluctant to make the final
leap to total commitment to LINUX whilst there are still one or two shortfalls that
make general use more restricted than with the Microsoft equivalent software. 1. When using Konqueror there are certain websites
that it does not reproduce accurately, in some cases fields are misplaced and
others they are missing. If you look at www.bigpockets.co.uk
you will see that there is a blank field where the main menu items should be,
at www.directfrom.com the shop menu is
displaced and at www.ebuyer.com on the first
line fields are compressed. The first item works correctly with the GNOME browser. 2. It would be useful to have a wizard to setup
e-mail accounts in K-mail. 3. It would be useful to be able to import MS Outlook
messages (.pst files) into K-mail. 4. When setting up a free standing network printer
the search does not find the ID or the IP address it has to be entered
manually. 5. It would be useful if a function were provided to
set an external word processor as the main editor in K-mail (selection by
list). 6. As far as I can see there is a lack of web search
facilities in Konqueror. 7. It would be useful if on start up Konqueror would
go to the home website. 8. A wizard to set up samba client and server
facilities together, possibly linked to file management, would be very useful so
that two way access to MS machines could be
established with the minimum of system knowledge. You are probably looking at or have corrected these things
already so I might be wasting your time but as a non-technical user they are
important to me. I do appreciate the scope, quality, time and effort
that have been put into KDE to make it a very sophisticated suite. Best regards, Andrew W Fell MIEE |
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