On 2018-09-22 18:14:19 deloptes wrote: > J Leslie Turriff 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. > > I would add here doing this with lack of stability and enforcing it to the > end user. > While I like debugging, supporting the community or communities and > contributing, I need most of all stability - when I turn on the computer I > expect the GUI to behave the same way as it behaved the moment when I > stopped it. This was the biggest draw back - neither Gnome nor KDE > v3 > offer such stability as KDE3 (now TDE) does. > Imagine I want to check mails and the mail client suddenly does not work or > some feature of it does not behave the same, because ... whatever in the > background failed to do so. Another example is this indexing that was > starting automatically whenever you log in KDE4 and rendering the desktop > useless. It is just pathethic! Looking back, I realize that wonderful automatic indexing feature was probably the thing that drove me away from KDE4; and KDE users are still complaining about it, and the developers still refuse to provide an Off switch for it. :-( (I must confess that I subscribe to the KDE4 and Plasma lists just so I can watch the on-going train wreck.) :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
