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Re: Kids are the future
by Nurul Choudhury on Sunday 25/Nov/2007, @06:39

I have to be honest the only version of KDE4 I have tried is the Debian live CD for KDE beta4. I do not think that it had Oxygen theme in these. I am sure the Oxygen theme improves the look but that is not what I am talking about. It really has to do with fonts, layouts and the general feel of the environment.

I am not saying in any way the KDE is bad, far from it I think the system is an amazing achievement it terms of capability offered to end users. The presentation of KDE really does look like 'developers' put the visuals together and not visual designers. It is not a criticism of 'developers' - I have been one for more years than I care to remember. It is that you would not use a doctor to do the job of a lawyer would you?

One of the most interesting aspects of KDE is Plasma. The most interesting aspect is that it gives visual designers to create the interface and the look of the applets. For KDE to really reach new aesthetic heights there has to be a way for all applications to have their interface look and layout be created by graphic artists and interface designers. I wish I could tell you how that would be done; but making that a stated goal of KDE 4.x would bring far smarter minds than mine to the issue of creating a visually beautiful interface as well a an ergonomic one.

Open source has come a long way in this arena.

Installation was difficult in the past – now it is simply amazing
Configuring the system was difficult – now it get getting easier and easier
Drivers and hardware interface was a challenge – now it is very good
Fonts were ugly – it has been steadily improving

What I am saying is the open source has met and excelled at every challenge thrown at it yet many more remain. Ultimately it is the ‘Red Queen’ problem, as you get better the bar keeps rising – welcome to the real world.

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