first post in a long time on/. but this is one topic that has been burning my ass for a while.
I will admit kde4 at the core is still sort of KDE, but the current release of kde 4.x doesn't hold a candle to kde 3.5
KDE 4 originally was supposed to be a unifying update around a core library change (qt3>qt4) and tying a lot of subsystems together into neat little bundles.
In reality they managed to switch to qt4, added a lot of "eyecandy" and broke/killed off about 40% of the functionality of kde 3.5 and clusterfucked everything else.
Gnome 3 is a raging pain in the ass to use and is completely fucking broken IMO.
gnome 2x wasn't terrible after a good bit of tweaking, I'm not sure what the fuck the plan was with gnome 3 (lets chase the touch gimmick and remove any power user functionality. maybe? The Linux DE for retards who should have just bought an ipad?)
Currently I'm rather fond of XFCE. There are still menus, buttons,etc, fairly configurable. Its ugly (I'm sure you can make it pretty but i never much gave a fuck whether it was pretty or not) but It has a good convenience/power tradeoff and stays out of my way when I need to get things done.
Windows 7 in comparison to XP
I'll give it to Microsoft, for the most part windows 7 was a major upgrade in usability. There's a few dumb ass features that could have been left out (libraries? lets tie a bunch of folders together into libraries so people have no clue where the fuck their files actually are) but all in all windows 7 was an improvement.
I have a feeling windows 8 is going to be a clusterfuck because of the shitty new UI, and the sad part is they're actually doing some pretty nice under the hood kernel work.
OSX - for the most part pretty consistent, Apple has mastered the principal of least astonishment.
I see that tablets/touch/fingerprintery shit is flying off the shelves, and a lot of people are happy with them. A lot of people realize they bought a tablet and wanted a laptop.
The "consumerification" of the pc market in general I think is the cause. Hopefully at some point the suits and design committees will realize that yes you can make simplified devices and interfaces for the average joe jerkoff who's computer use is confined to facebook and watching porn but a lot of people still use computers to get work done and we can't be dicking about with broken "gimmickey" interfaces made for the least common denominator.
Dark Blue/Navy background with white/light grey text
or the inverse, dark blue on light grey.
its not really pretty (i guess to some peoples tastes) but it isn't high contrast and you won't get headaches looking at it.
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This is OLD news. They're not shutting off the free service, just limiting it, and if you were already a free customer it doesn't affect you.
first post in a long time on /. but this is one topic that has been burning my ass for a while.
I will admit kde4 at the core is still sort of KDE, but the current release of kde 4.x doesn't hold a candle to kde 3.5
KDE 4 originally was supposed to be a unifying update around a core library change (qt3>qt4) and tying a lot of subsystems together into neat little bundles.
In reality they managed to switch to qt4, added a lot of "eyecandy" and broke/killed off about 40% of the functionality of kde 3.5 and clusterfucked everything else.
Gnome 3 is a raging pain in the ass to use and is completely fucking broken IMO.
gnome 2x wasn't terrible after a good bit of tweaking, I'm not sure what the fuck the plan was with gnome 3 (lets chase the touch gimmick and remove any power user functionality. maybe? The Linux DE for retards who should have just bought an ipad?)
Currently I'm rather fond of XFCE. There are still menus, buttons,etc, fairly configurable. Its ugly (I'm sure you can make it pretty but i never much gave a fuck whether it was pretty or not) but It has a good convenience/power tradeoff and stays out of my way when I need to get things done.
Windows 7 in comparison to XP
I'll give it to Microsoft, for the most part windows 7 was a major upgrade in usability. There's a few dumb ass features that could have been left out (libraries? lets tie a bunch of folders together into libraries so people have no clue where the fuck their files actually are) but all in all windows 7 was an improvement.
I have a feeling windows 8 is going to be a clusterfuck because of the shitty new UI, and the sad part is they're actually doing some pretty nice under the hood kernel work.
OSX - for the most part pretty consistent, Apple has mastered the principal of least astonishment.
I see that tablets/touch/fingerprintery shit is flying off the shelves, and a lot of people are happy with them. A lot of people realize they bought a tablet and wanted a laptop.
The "consumerification" of the pc market in general I think is the cause. Hopefully at some point the suits and design committees will realize that yes you can make simplified devices and interfaces for the average joe jerkoff who's computer use is confined to facebook and watching porn but a lot of people still use computers to get work done and we can't be dicking about with broken "gimmickey" interfaces made for the least common denominator.
Dark Blue/Navy background with white/light grey text or the inverse, dark blue on light grey. its not really pretty (i guess to some peoples tastes) but it isn't high contrast and you won't get headaches looking at it.