KDE 3.2-beta2 - Towards a Better KDE?

JigSaw writes "KDE 3.2-beta2 was released last week for general testing and OSNews offers a preview of what's expected from the 'popular X11 desktop environment' early next year upon its release. The article mentions KDE's new features (faster loading times, Konqueror's Service Menus, Kontact, KPDF, Plastik theme etc), the problems that still plague it (cluttered Kmenu and Konqueror menus, too many disorganized kontrol center modules) and some constructive suggestions on how to get over the bloat without losing the functionality."

Comments

Misspelling?

[SeanTobin]

I liked the review, but in the end they misspelled "Konclusion".

Re:Misspelling?

[American AC in Paris]

I liked the review, but in the end they misspelled "Konclusion".

Gnerd.

Re:Misspelling?

[Anonymous Coward]

Amen to that! The reason I like KDE is because of its extensive use of the letter 'K' wherever it can be shoehorned in. It's very professional, and is sure to appeal to a wide audience. The average Joe User, konfronted with these kwirky spelling kontortions, will surely not be turned off. On the kontrary, he will surely be impressed by the efficient leverage of this most esteemed letter of the alphabet, and is likely to keep koming bak for more. "Kudos to KDE", he will say, "Keep Windows. I don't knead Mikrosoft, just give me more of this LinuKs OS. I am produktive, kontent, and in Kontrol!"

Remember, that letter, again, is "K". Rhymes with "gay".

Re:Kan't stand it

[SeanTobin]

I always thought it was pretty Kool.

Java App.

[Anonymous Coward]

Why do geeks think prefixing K (or G) to everything is witty? It's not; it's just annoying and confusing.

I wrote an app in Java to change all the names because I hate that annoying style too. It's called Jrenamer.

Re:I think

[selfabuse]

I think that commands are the way forward, for example, pressing 'fsck /dev/hda1' opens fsck oh wait..

Just wait till some developers get pissed...

[jared_hanson]

and you will end up with names like:

OpenKonqueror
FreeKontact
GNUKPDF
FreePlastik
etc.

The only thing worse than an overused prefix is two overused prefixes.

Re:Kan't stand it

[wobblie]

What don't you understand? Don't you understand this, properly, as a letter "k" and "g" conspriracy?

We have a choice, and it is either "K" or "G". In the furture everything will start with K or G. Get used to it, because you will be the letter "K" or "G"'s bitch, whether you like it or not.

At least it's not everything being appended with "32" or "Enterprise Pro Edition" right?

Re:Kan't stand it

[MikeXpop]

iDunno, but iAgree. iThink it's iStupid.

Re:Kan't stand it

[sicking]

If my brain was an eyeball it would be bleeding! Why do geeks think prefixing K (or G) to everything is witty? It's not; it's just annoying and confusing.

You mean Konfusing?