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Give me real filesystem extensions that work in *all* applications, not just KDE apps.

There's a KIO-FUSE module that does exactly that. It allows you to mount the KDE ioslave hierarchy on a local directory, where it becomes accessible to non-KDE applications.

Bullshit. Gnome isn't anything like OS-X - it's a complete copy of Windows XP! It's KDE that's a complete copy of OS-X. And it's a copy of Windows XP. Shit, I'm just confusing myself now. Lets just settle this by saying that Linux just copies everything, the arseholes.

http://kde.ground.cz/tiki-index.php?page=KIO+Fuse+ Gateway

It needs work still, and isn't integrated into anything yet. However, it's still a start!

I noticed that the article didn't mention LUFS. This alone allows for tremenduous possibilities, not least of which is rapid development of filesystems. Do any other systems (besides GNU HURD) have userspace filesystems?

LUFS hasn't been maintained since 2003, and is therefore almost dead. FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) is the most promising alternative that is getting merged into the 2.6.14 mainline Linux kernel. It works with several network filesystem protocols like:
SMB for FUSE
SSH Filesystem (SSHFS)
FuseDAV (WebDAV)

Linux-FUSE can also provide all applications on the system (even shell utilities) with access to network locations set up under KDE. There's a tutorial for how to do this, but last time I tried it did not compile :-(

These are much needed improvements to usability of the Linux desktop, because unprivileged (non-root) users shouldn't have to contact their sys. admins everytime they need to mount network locations. The KDE approach to providing network access is not complete without Linux-FUSE, because only KDE apps can open/save to network locations set up under KDE. Hopefully the KDE devs will create a GUI for mounting/unmounting FUSE shares so that all apps (GTK, Motif, even shell utilities) can access network files.

Lower level than the kernel?

(I've not tried it myself, but it looks like it could be a great thing -- I wish they'd get some official kernel support though; I find it hard to trust third party modules)

There was a project called Fuse, (File system in User SpacE) that aimed to make a kernel module that would let linux users actually mount anything that the KDE I/O Slaves can handle.

Does anyone know what happened to it

Its home page moved to SourceForge. However, it doesn't itself handle stuff the KDE IOSlaves can handle; for that you'd also want the KIO Fuse Gateway.

and if there are any other projects that would do this?

lufs?

http://kde.ground.cz/tiki-index.php?page=KIO+Fuse+ Gateway

There was a project called Fuse, (File system in User SpacE) that aimed to make a kernel module that would let linux users actually mount anything that the KDE I/O Slaves can handle. This seemed like a great idea to me; it would let non-KDE apps and the command line have access to all those networked devices. But the project seems kind of dead:

http://kde.ground.cz/tiki-index.php?page=KIO+Fuse+ Gateway

Does anyone know what happened to it and if there are any other projects that would do this?

can one "cat perldoc://someuri/perldoc1" ?

if not then it is at the wrong layer to be "transparent"

plan's approach of a unified file system approach is far more transparent

a daemon runs and serves the appropriate files in the namespace as regular filenames

cat /dev/usb1/1/data

grep bunny /n/ftp/pub/*/readme

etc.

Sure, no problem. It's still a work-in-progress, though.

but I don't think you could mount it as a normal home directory or fs

Sure you can.

Don't forget the hidden hover tab close buttons feature explained at on this KDE Wiki page.

The KDE Wiki links to several screenshot galleries.

1. More consistentcy between apps due to the Human Interface Guidelines
And this has been a big problem in KDE?

2. Nicer interface layout. Better spacing, and I like the OS 9 style menu up the top, feels less like a windows clone, taking the best from both worlds. Also less flashly, more standard than KDE.
Well, I like the KDE one is better, and ofcourse you can customize them as you like. Not big problem.. Btw, what do you mean with more standard?

3. Options. Apart from Gconf, GNOME comes with far less options. KDE is nice, but trying to locate an option in the KDE Control Center is hell. GConf is a far better way to go.
Have you tried the search of kcontrol? Anyways yes, it's too complicated imho too. But it's far more userfriendly than gconf.. But if you like gconf is better, maybe you should try kconfedit when it comes out (don't ask me when :)

4. Apps. GNOME/GTK2+ has all the apps I want. Gems like Rhythmbox and the GIMP when there is nothing that compares on KDE. Also the old standbys like Abiword, Bluefish and Gnumeric.
Oh, since when GIMP has been a gnome app? Yes I've heard something work on this is going on, but it isn't yet here.. And there is JuK in KDE which is pretty similiar Rhythmbox, I think.. And how about koffice stuff? Bluefish is HTML editor right? Quanta+ then..

5. Lastly, the GNOME community! Sites like planet.gnome.org and gnomedesktop.org help GNOME rock just that much more.
Yes, I love KDE community a lot too! :) Sites like Dot aka news.kde.org, KDE-Look and KDE-Apps are pretty actives and you can see from those what's happening there in community. For developer stuff there's KDEDevelopers site with developer blogs on it. And at last there's a good wiki (KDE Community Wiki Site) maintained by developers and users of KDE.

http://kde.ground.cz/tiki-index.php?page=Screensho ts