__/ [ BearItAll ] on Monday 02 April 2007 13:45 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Mandriva 2007.1: KDE vs. Gnome
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>> | Personally I use both KDE and Gnome, and always encouraged people to
>> | test the two, and see what they like better (if they really have
>> | any preference). Both have their advantages and disadvantages. But
>> | for now, I'll be recommending Gnome to new Mandriva users. Mandriva's
>> | KDE install is currently too bad to be recommended to new users.
>> | Mandriva's Gnome installation on the other hand, is not perfect,
>> | but already very polished.
>> `----
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>
http://artipc10.vub.ac.be/serendipity/archives/13-Mandriva-2007.1-KDE-vs.-Gnome.html
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> I only use gnome, since the work the gnome team did about 3 years back,
> where not much changed on the surface, but behind the scenes gnome became
> much more streamlined. Great use of xml and a very solid shell. I must say
> that when I'm asked I automatically answer that new users should use gnome.
>
> But having said that KDE must still have a place. Maybe their problem is
> that they still seem to be trying to be Windows-like for new users,
> personally I think they could drop that now and go in other directions.
> Could start by dumping the big start button, no need for that anymore and
> it isn't a great idea for a lot of nested menu items anyway. SLES/D and
> openSuse show that with the xml structure you can abandon that menu
> altogether and use any number of different layouts, dialogs or active web
> pages.
>
> I am surprised that a few haven't gone the way of active web for at least
> part of the user's interface. I mean, we are sat here at fully capable web
> machines. Why not have the login take the user straight to their browser
> pages to access their local web applications and tool interfaces. It's the
> only interface we get for most pieces of equipment now, only a matter of
> time before it comes into user space. Ok, not suitable for some
> applications, but those can still be launched from there.
That is an excellent idea. Integration like this can also open the door to
portable menus that go where the user is going, just like
Web-based/synchronised bookmarks. As for menus, I rarely/never use them. I
use xbindkeys to assign actions to keys. It's extremely fast. Even shell
scripts that do some jobs in the background (e.g. backing up some MySQL
databases or physically deleting the song I currently listen to) are bound
to keyboard accelerators.
About KDE, it has some advanced features that I would have to live without.
It's mainly to do with window management.
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