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Ars Technica: Deep Inside KDE 3.2
binner writes "Ars Technica features an article 'Deep inside the K Desktop Environment 3.2' written by Datschge and Henrique Pinto. After introducing KDE and the project's structure the authors present some new applications of KDE 3.2. After that they explain the key KDE technologies KParts, DCOP, KIO, Kiosk and KXMLGUI and give examples for code reusage and an overview of efforts to integrate non-KDE applications. For developers Umbrello, Cervisia and Valgrind with KCachegrind are introduced and of course KDevelop 3.0. An examination of licenses precedes the positive conclusion."
Er, dude. Why are dialogue boxes popping up for secretaries for connecting to a VPN?
Because last year when we ran Windows 2000, a box would pop up "Connecting" to VPN, with a Cancel button.
This stuff sounds like something that should be happening transparently - in other words your problem. I've seen a lot of people shift their problems onto usability issues.
Me, too. Luckily, that isn't the case here.
Besides, he wasn't actually talking about the ambiguous OK stuff, which I agree with in many ways. He was talking about the button ordering which just looks stupid - plain and simple.
No, it doesn't. Gnome actually follows usability tests and guidelines. Use it for a while, it makes sense. KDE still gives me a headache if I use it for too long, which is bizarre because I also work with Windows XP all day with no problems.
Sounds like a porn fick...