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Thank you!!
by Ronald on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @06:10
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Hi Danny,
thanks for the digest and congrats for these wonderful digests these last two years. I've read them all and it was worth it every time!
Best regards,
Ronald
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Award
by Emil Sedgh on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @06:20
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and the 'SVN Log Message Of The Week' goes to:
Jonathan Riddell: die die ktip, bwahahahah
this should be entered on theDots quotes list to appear in the footer =)
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Interface redesign for KOffice?
by yman on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @08:38
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Is KOffice going to use the ribbon interface like MS Office 2007? because that's what the screenshots make it look like. From what I can tell, the ribbon interface isn't the standard of KDE 4, so if it is used in KOffice, it will cause inconsistency.
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Back to 3.X
by Iuri Fiedoruk on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @08:46
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After using KDE 4 from 0.0 to 0.3 I returned to KDE3 and I have to say: Thanks god, it was already time!
Not that KDE4 is horrible, but 4.0 series is so unstable I could not work on it without a Plasma crash, and Plasma was not saving my settings (added plasmoids, geometry, etc), so every time I logged in KDE I had to re-add the plasmoids :-P
So, two questions:
- is there a way to force plasma save? I know that in 4.1 series plasma now save geometry often (there was a bug about this that I've read)
- is there a way to use a dark kicker (much like the one in KDE4) without having to change all colors to deal with a dark background? (I mean having white fonts only in the panel, because black fonts over black is not nice to read).
Thanks in advance, and I'll wait for KDE 4.1.. or 4.2 :-P
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caution, off topic post, save kde-forum
by mimoune djouallah on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @09:43
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hi all
please save kde-forum it is invaded by evil spammers .
friendly
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Parsek
by ac is people on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @09:57
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Parsek sounds great.
Konquest is fun for a game or two but it's just too simplistic. I don't expect anything to rival the complexity of Galactic Civilizations II or Master of Orion III (which is actually a pretty good game with current fan patches and mods. Too bad it was a buggy, unplayable monster at release) but a 4X game with a bit more depth would be a great addition for KDE Games. :)
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KDETV vs. UVC-VIDEO
by mark on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @11:41
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Every single time I use Kdetv with my uvc-based webcam Kdetv doesn't want to exit properly and I must kill the application. Does this happens to me only?
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Mousegestures?
by Anon on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @13:10
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The rework of the hotkeys stuff reminds me of the mouse gestures.
Iirc, someone wanted to rework the mouse gesture recognition, and there were also several possible starting points for a new codebase. Is someone still working on it, even in a 4.1 timeframe? would be really cool to have working/renewed mouse gestures and also the "rocker" gestures known from Firefox and Opera.. would be really useful to have it for navigation in Konqueror for browsing the web. With that and the latest additions to Konqueror like sessions and restoring closed tabs Konqueror wouldn't need to hide itself from a feature point of view (the rendering engine already stands out), a browser that you could recommend and use without bad conscience..
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Comments on the dot
by T on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @18:20
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To follow up on the blog linked to by Danny: I'd like to suggest that this post be my last, and that the dot stop accepting comments.
I'm not a KDE developer, so it's not like I'm proposing this because I can't take criticism of my work. It's because I can't take callous criticism of OTHER people's work without occasionally stepping in. So please, take mercy on the 98% of your users who love the work of the KDE devs/artists/packagers/translators, who feel compelled to wade through the morass each week just to try to restore some sense of decency and balance to the poisonous tone that has seeped in. Make that 98%'s lives easier by just shutting the dot down for comments.
All I want is a place to go to hear the latest news about KDE. We don't need comments for that.
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Compositioning effects wishlist =)
by Max on Monday 07/Apr/2008, @19:28
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This list is just a wishlist that I've compiled from the last dot, and from suggestions for compositioning effects by others, and mine.
Don't take this as an absolute wishlist. Think of it more as brainstorming that should get some effects programmers exited, and maybe they can come up with others that aren't mentioned. (Obviously, there is no deadline, so I'm just gratefully if they'll be added to the KDE 4 branch "eventually" )
Feel free to add your own ideas to it. (describe them as best you could.)
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(this list includes effects currently under development, or already done.)
*/ Rotate Desktop Cube (both normal and inverse) - Win Fish/KDE gears "swimming" in it.
(neat idea: please add "wet floor" and fish swimming outside of the cube. As if the Cube were a fishtank, but strangely the fish swim on the outside. Maybe make some of the fish 3d Penguin "Tux's". I think that would be cool.)
*/ A Compiz effect screensaver/"relaxation effect" for when people are "brainstorming" and would love their desktop cube interact with virtual environments. (neat idea: i.e.: Snowy hill -rolling down, or stuck on the side, floating in the ocean - like a message in a bittle, in a tropical setting - small lonely island with a lonely palmtree. Desktop is perched against the tree.)
*/ A "paper plane"/ or other origami effect for minimizing applications or desktops.
*/ An effect similar to "magic lamp" on minimizing applications.
*/ A "wet floor" effect - Have fun with it, surprise us. (I know it’s overdone, but many people expect to see it in a “modern” desktop. – thank Apple, or whomever they first borrowed the idea from for that.. :p )
*/ Expose - better than desktop cube, it allows all desktops to be seen side by side on a nice glossy surface. (aka.: "wet floor")
*/ Effects such as "Fire" for when programmers/writers are frustrated and need to get rid of some frustrations.
*/ Maybe another effect like the above where a user can throw items (neat idea: such as Toasters, Red swingline staplers, Mice, calculators, notepads, sharpies, and lots of other typical "office equipment" at the desktop) This would then leave “dents” in the desktop background. -- That effect needs to clear easily and quickly, should the muse strike again and I'm ready to do work again.
*/ A "shuffle" effect, where windows bump each other out of the way, when moved violently or brought to foreground. (they should have “weight”/mass)
*/ A compositioning effect that reacts to the music that's playing using KDE's Amarok/Phonom engine. (could also be a screensaver) Make it do something cool with the desktop.
*/ Effects that entertain the user - when he asks for them to be loaded. (DON'T BE "CLIPPY" and show up without asking)
*/ A random effects generator. - for people who can't decide.
*/ A way for emerald window decorations to work - or a similar easy to use engine for getting additional window decorations, mouse effects, etc.
*/ The wobbly windows effect.
*/ A better “minimize” effect. IIRC, Compiz calls it the magic lamp or something like that. It provides a better visualization when minimizing windows.
Disclaimer: I realize many of these effects are less useful and more "fun", but that's what linux and desktop computing should be: FUN!!!!!!
Others please add effects you would like to see. Describe them as best you can, so creative 3d animators/3d effects programmers can incorporate them.
Example 2:
The common "over the shoulder look" by interested non Linux users when one is using a Compiz enabled laptop is a VERY, VERY useful marketing tool.
I've recruited at least 5 people in the last three months to the world of Linux and some to KDE because of "DESKTOP - EYECANDY".
Computer users like to be visually stimulated. Open question: Why do you think French food is prepared in such a nice way. The eye enjoys the meal too, so to speak.
Don't be wasteful with screen real estate either. Notice how big plates are when serving French food, and how little space is used by the actual food, leaving tons of room for "whitespace"?
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Like I said before, please feel free to add your effect suggestions to this list.
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mulit-threaded apps in kde4
by asf on Tuesday 08/Apr/2008, @04:46
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hi everyone,
hope that somebody does read this. i've some (serious) questions on kde4 (why get the troll-thread such attention?!). so i wondered if kde profites from multicores.
i've already read about digikam, which is able to make use of several cores. so i wonder if there are more apps in kde4 which are able to use mulicore-cpus. perhaps someone with a broader knowledge can answer my question, thanks :)
and what is the status about adaptive personal responsive? some rumors is going on^^
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Slight error
by RandomGuy3 on Tuesday 08/Apr/2008, @13:43
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Printer-applet (written in Python) replaces KJobViewer
Unless I missed something in the k-c-d thread, I don't think Printer-applet has been included yet - it's just been suggested by Jonathan Riddell.
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