Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:35:45 -0400 From: Mike Jeays <mike.jeays@rogers.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KDE3 --> KDE4 Message-ID: <200908260835.45564.mike.jeays@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <200908261250.00903.motoom@xs4all.nl> References: <D9D069F574EE82AE9F203CAB@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <d356c5630908070712h60984206w7fb0bf992652fbdc@mail.gmail.com> <200908261250.00903.motoom@xs4all.nl>
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On August 26, 2009 06:50:00 am Michiel Overtoom wrote: > On Friday 07 August 2009 16:12:03 Andrew Gould wrote: > > Is there an increase in usability/benefit to match the increase in > > resource consumption? > > As I see it, KDE4 fell in the Vista trap. I tried KDE4 and was showered > with eye candy effects, some of which couldn't even be disabled. Also, > quite a few features I used in KDE3 were missing from KDE4. > > I never understood the need for transparent windows. If you're working in > a window you want to concentrate on its contents, not on stuff that's > happening beneath it. It breaks the flow. I think it's indicative of the > ritalin-generation of teens who can't concentrate for two minutes and need > to constantly tweet about nonsense. Geez, I'm getting old ;-) > > In my time, we didn't have color screens. We had machine code on the bare > metal, and a USER PORT to hook up your hardware. > > Greetings, The need for semi-transparent windows is a big question in my mind too. I suspect it has been implemented because it is possible, and initially looks 'cool'. But it seems to be a distraction from actually doing useful work. Much better to turn it off, IMHO. -- Mike Jeays http://www.jeays.ca http://www.rotarycpmm.ca
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