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Domino
by T. J. Brumfield on Friday 08/Feb/2008, @20:14
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Forgive me for repeating this comment from another dot article, but all the replies were about QT, and I never got a reply about Domino. The original author didn't appear to update Domino, and it has been a few years.
Will some kind soul port over Domino to KDE 4? Maybe even somewhat of a cross breed between Oxygen and Domino? And these two improvements to Domino?
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Domino+menu+hack+for+Beryl+shadows?content=72631
http://kde-look.org/content/show.php/Domino+Mockup?content=72412 |
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Re: Domino
by Patcito on Friday 08/Feb/2008, @21:07
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> about QT
You write it Qt and pronounce it cute, not QT.
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Re: Domino
by T. J. Brumfield on Friday 08/Feb/2008, @21:20
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Thanks. I always assumed it was pronounced with a long e at the end, such as saying the letters Q-T.
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Re: Domino
by Martin on Saturday 09/Feb/2008, @12:33
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I disagree. This piece of info has to be posted sometimes so that people know. Lately the (QT)/(Qt) ratio has been way too high in dot postings...
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Re: Domino
by Peppe Bergqvist on Saturday 09/Feb/2008, @23:16
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Maybe if you are native english speaker. In swedish I pronounce it "Q-T" (but in swedish of course), there is no such word as "cute" in swedish. An alternative could be "kut" which is a baby seal.
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Re: Domino
by Chris on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @06:43
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"Maybe if you are native english speaker"
I believe you'll find far more German and Norwegian influences in its name than English.
"there is no such word as "cute" in swedish"
There's no such words as "Peppe" and "Bergqvist" in English. Would you like me to call you "Pepper Burger"? Seriously, "Cute" is how it's pronounced no matter what your native language is. That doesn't get translated.
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Re: Domino
by Martin on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @09:34
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Well, actually, despite my comment above, I often pronounce it "q-t" as well. This is so people understand what I'm talking about without additional explanation. Saying "cute" just gives me strange looks. And the reason for that is that many people only ever saw it in writing. This discussion might add to the number of people who know how to pronounce it though!
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Re: Domino
by Tony O'Bryan on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @12:50
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"Well, actually, despite my comment above, I often pronounce it "q-t" as well."
When I first started promoting Qt to business people years ago, I tried using "cute" and got dismissed out of hand after the initial derisive chuckles. When I started calling it "queue tee", I started grabbing people's attention. It's hard to make people take something new (to them) seriously when it has a comical name.
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Re: Domino
by Peppe Bergqvist on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @13:05
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"Seriously, 'CuteĻ' is how it's pronounced no matter what your native language is. That doesn't get translated."
So you don't translate words/abbrivations in to your own language? That is just silly.. I donīt prononuce Linux the way that americans do but more close to how Linus Torvalds pronounces it, http://suseroot.com/about-suse-linux/how-do-you-pronounce-linux.php
If I would follow your example then you would have to learn how "Peppe Bergqvist" is pronounced in swedish even if you would use that name in a normal conversation in english. So no more localizations of any word, is that your point?
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Re: Domino
by SMB on Wednesday 13/Feb/2008, @06:51
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Names (proper nouns) are rarely translated. For instance, if I meet someone from a Spanish/Latin country named Jesus, I don't pronounce it 'Jesus' as it would be in English, I pronounce it 'hey-zus' (going for phonetical here) which is what it sounds like in their language.
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Re: Domino
by whatever noticed on Monday 11/Feb/2008, @05:34
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" An alternative could be "kut" which is a baby seal."
Well, it is a female organ in Dutch :o)
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Re: Domino
by Oscar on Friday 15/Feb/2008, @10:32
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Bwahahahahaha!!!
Laugh of the day. Thanks. :-)
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Re: Domino
by logixoul on Friday 08/Feb/2008, @23:33
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Sure, a lot of good stuff needs porting. Might as well quit repeating it ;)
Domino's author works on Oxygen now, and for anyone else porting Domino is a matter of motivation. As is porting any other part of kde3.
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Re: Domino
by Bobby on Saturday 09/Feb/2008, @15:52
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I was expecting to see a lot of themes/styles ported to KDE 4 and some hot new ones but that's not the case unfortunately. For the exception of Bespin which is very nice but still not finished.
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Bespin
by T. J. Brumfield on Saturday 09/Feb/2008, @19:27
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I thought the Bespin code is largely the old Oxygen code that was rejected for poor performance, and for being a mess. If my choices are Oxygen and Bespin, I'll wait for more options. Oxygen is decent, but my hopes were set high with Pinheiro's incredible mockups.
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Quarticurve
by Kevin Kofler on Saturday 09/Feb/2008, @21:13
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No, those aren't the only options. I have ported Bluecurve:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Quarticurve?content=59884
This is packaged in Fedora as qt4-theme-quarticurve.
A port of the Bluecurve KWin theme is also available:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/Quarticurve-KWin+(for+KDE+3.96+)?content=59972
This is packaged in Fedora as quarticurve-kwin-theme.
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More KDE3 themes ported to KDE4
by Craig on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @04:51
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QtCurve (with a kwin decoration): http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/?content=40492
Polyester: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php/?content=27968
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Re: More KDE3 themes ported to KDE4
by Bobby on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @09:14
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I actually like Qtcurve and Polester but I haven't tried Polester on KDE 4 as yet (I will try it later today). Anyway my favorite KDE 3.5x theme was Baghira which I still use. I like Bespin because it has a little reseblance to Baghira. I am still hoping to see some fresh, new and excited themes though. New KDE, new themes ;)
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Re: More KDE3 themes ported to KDE4
by Scott Knauert on Saturday 05/Apr/2008, @04:57
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Please do make more classic themes for KDE4. I personally think that no matter how great the new UI is, there should always be a "make things look like the previous release" option for loyal users who liked the old theme. Especially since KDE4 is now much more customizable, this shouldn't be too hard.
My favorite widget and Kwin themes are: Karamik and Plastik
Ideally a KDE3 theme converter (so they all just work) or some instructions for contributors (I couldn't find any instructions on how to do a manual conversion myself) would be most appreciated.
Finally, dashboard widgets that more closely mimic the KDE3 K-Menu and panel would also be nice. Ideally all of this tied together with some default KDE4 classic theme option.
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Re: Bespin
by Bobby on Sunday 10/Feb/2008, @07:02
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I don't know how good the code is but I am using Bespin for quite a while now and the performance seems to be quite good. Apart from that I like the subtle effects when one hover over the icons with the mouse and the dark menu background fits the KDE 4.0 desktop quite well but it seems to be somewhat half finished, something is still missing.
What's the present status of Pinheiro's work? Including Raptor?
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