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KDE 3.0 Release Plan Updated
loopkin noted that the dot is running a bit about the KDE 3 Release. Here's
the release schedule,
and as you can see, the upcoming weeks will be interesting. I guess
I should figure out why my truetype fonts all broke on a recent
update to debian unstable so that
I can actually enjoy the new releases :)
KDE 3.0 has plenty of new features. However, I think they should work on fixing up the Klipboard. That's one thing Windows has I wish KDE had... a good clipboard system. I also hope they don't screw up Konqueror with the Smart "window.open" Javascript policy. Right now, I love being able to turn off those X10 pop-ups.
Who cares, isnt this a little like my kid can beat up your kid ????
:)
People bitch about all the libs with gnome , and QT with KDE, The folks over at KDE have a good team a good direction and a good system. I am a gnome user for many reasons, BUT, I wish success to the KDE team, a good plan is always the best start, even if you dont follow it at least it gives you a sense that you have a common goal
We all in the *nix world of course know this not to be true, a common goal, Microsoft has one world domination, many of us *nix people are too worried about little things making it in, some out of ego some out of OUR neccesity.
the KDE team has done a great job all along, whats good for KDE is good for GNOME, if they do it first we can say, well that works nice, or that suck lets not do it that way,
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I care. There's a lot of things going on behind the scenes for Gnome 2. Gnome 2 is a major redesign. If you noticed, the sheer number of compound document/corba/etc architectures that appeared and died in the 1.0->1.2->1.4 cycle could only result in chaos.
Gnome 2 is a big, big clean-up and for the first time Gnome will provide a stable, mature and reliable development architecture. KDE has had this since KDE 2, and just like KDE took off in terms of application and accessory development since the KDE 2 release, Gnome app development will take off once Gnome 2 is out.
Let me explain: The major part of an environment like Gnome or KDE is not what is visible to the user, but the framework. Things like DCOP or KIO in KDE, orbit and bonobo in Gnome. If you want a pretty desktop with nifty features, all you have to do is write some applications which is minor work compared to designing and implementing an application interoperation framework. What was done for Gnome 1.4->2.0 was a complete framework rehaul. What was done in KDE 2.0->3.0 was mostly application development.
I do agree that Gnome 2 is late. They should have ditched 1.4 and gone for 2.0 immediately after the 1.2 release, as the user-visible changes were minor. IMO.
BTW, Gtk 2 offers more than just AA. It's also a completely new text rendering engine (Pango) that kicks the ass of everything else out there.
KDE and GNOME are *not* imitating Windows. They are imitating what works. It just so happens that Microsoft isn't staffed by idiots, so they tend to imitate what works as well.
The first time I saw KDE (1.0) I thought "wow, it's my old OS/2 desktop!" You see, contrary to popular belief and the tripe they feed you in the press, Microsoft did not invent the GUI or the desktop. Xerox PARC did. It was copied by Apple Lisa then Apple Macintosh. OS/2 Warp had that style of desktop before Windows did. But Microsoft saw that the Mac and OS/2 Warp were *usable* interfaces and got worried. So they made a radical design change with the Win95 desktop.
It's a pain in the butt creating a truly original interface. A major pain the arse. It's easy to come up with a concept, but making it usable is the hard part. I am glad that KDE and GNOME didn't decide to join the radical fringe and try to shove a new metaphor down people's throats. They stuck with what worked. The "computer as desktop" metaphor may not be the best metaphor, but it does work and people are used to it.
If you don't like the default setup of KDE or GNOME, you can change it. Try that with Windows. If you don't like the main menu accessible from the panel, change it and make it a root menu. If you don't like the taskbar in the panel, make it a separate taskbar or use KasBar. Get rid of the panel entirely if you wish. If you don't like the file manager to be a plain window with icons representing files, then change it. Add a sidebar or/or shell to it. Use text view mode. Use a norton commander clone mode. Or use a different file manager completely. If you want menus to be on the top like in the Mac, just do it.
This is the truly original interface that KDE and GNOME give you (original for Windows users, but not for Unix users): you are in complete control of your desktop. You get to decide how it will look, feel and work.
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