The subject *IS* misleading, face it, as with most/. subjects.
I'd say it is unfair for suspend2 not to be included in the vanilla kernel and I'd use a subject that is more offensive towards the kernel developers because we have so many other features in there but not this one that is really great, really working and almost ready for shipping in the kernel.
Such a behaviour from kernel maintainers would make any developer be dissapointed and not wanting to throw in more energy in his project.
>A deep unwavering belief is a sure sign you're missing something...
No, I am not missing something. I am a KDE user since 0.9x if you want to know and if you re-read my post, I never claimed that KDE is perfect the way it is now, neither that it hasn't copied some annoying features from Windoze.
What I'm trying to say is that the developers need to find a unique style of solving these usability problems. If they have a constant pressure about "n00bs can't this and n00bs can't that", then the only thing they'll do is a better Windows copy, because statistically Windows is successfull for new computer users who want an UI.
These usability problems mentioned cannot be solved just by cutting down the number of options exposed to the first time user. Perhaps they need a better regrouping but the idea of hiding and hiding more and more options IMHO is the standard behaviour on Windows, where you NEED to configure something and can't find the damn thing.
That's my concern. KDE is not perfect but it is easier to track down the location of a customizable option in KDE Control Center than in a Windows environment.
> IMO the single biggest issue is probably the overwhelming number of options that are exposed to a first-time user.
Please, MERCY, stop putting pressure on the KDE developers so that they turn KDE into a Windoze kind of sh*tty UI, just in order to please the newbs.
> However, I have seen myself just how quickly beginners get turned off by the very busy option screens.
Yes, but we don't care for lazy newbs, ok ?
> There must be a better way of showing a sane number of options while still allowing power users to access the more esoteric ones. Anyone have any thoughts?
If they want to use something so easy and so lazy and so crappy, just let them use Windows, FFS!
There is a very clever way to avoid these license kind of things with names. We all know EA Fifa is already having (and of course keeps building) a nice fan (half-mod making) community.
The company can simply release the game without any player names at all!! Beginning from the next day, all these half-moders[0] will release TONS of roster packs and stuff that put all the correct names for the players:> Plain and Simple.
[0] For me they are half-moders because EA hasn't officialy released a SDK and because they cannot modify the game code. They can only "hack" some of the graphics files and the team database files using some other tools.
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... http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/ ?? It's already out there for a while now!!
The subject *IS* misleading, face it, as with most /. subjects.
I'd say it is unfair for suspend2 not to be included in the vanilla kernel and I'd use a subject that is more offensive towards the kernel developers because we have so many other features in there but not this one that is really great, really working and almost ready for shipping in the kernel.
Such a behaviour from kernel maintainers would make any developer be dissapointed and not wanting to throw in more energy in his project.
No, I am not missing something. I am a KDE user since 0.9x if you want to know and if you re-read my post, I never claimed that KDE is perfect the way it is now, neither that it hasn't copied some annoying features from Windoze.
What I'm trying to say is that the developers need to find a unique style of solving these usability problems. If they have a constant pressure about "n00bs can't this and n00bs can't that", then the only thing they'll do is a better Windows copy, because statistically Windows is successfull for new computer users who want an UI.
These usability problems mentioned cannot be solved just by cutting down the number of options exposed to the first time user. Perhaps they need a better regrouping but the idea of hiding and hiding more and more options IMHO is the standard behaviour on Windows, where you NEED to configure something and can't find the damn thing.
That's my concern. KDE is not perfect but it is easier to track down the location of a customizable option in KDE Control Center than in a Windows environment.
Please, MERCY, stop putting pressure on the KDE developers so that they turn KDE into a Windoze kind of sh*tty UI, just in order to please the newbs.
> However, I have seen myself just how quickly beginners get turned off by the very busy option screens.
Yes, but we don't care for lazy newbs, ok ?
> There must be a better way of showing a sane number of options while still allowing power users to access the more esoteric ones. Anyone have any thoughts?
If they want to use something so easy and so lazy and so crappy, just let them use Windows, FFS!
... but I always prefer demos. A demo is the best way to judge a game before you actually buy it.
;)
And perhaps trailers/movies and screenshots are a good way to choose which demos not to download
JEESH!!
What ELSE could it have so that it could be regarded as "more violent" ??
The only thing left is the ability to rape the chicks, FFS!
There is a very clever way to avoid these license kind of things with names. We all know EA Fifa is already having (and of course keeps building) a nice fan (half-mod making) community.
:> Plain and Simple.
The company can simply release the game without any player names at all!! Beginning from the next day, all these half-moders[0] will release TONS of roster packs and stuff that put all the correct names for the players
[0] For me they are half-moders because EA hasn't officialy released a SDK and because they cannot modify the game code. They can only "hack" some of the graphics files and the team database files using some other tools.