On Thursday 17 November 2011, Sanne wrote: > On Wednesday 16 November 2011, Timothy Pearson wrote: > > Write a few sentences stating what you like about TDE most. > > - I've been using KDE3 as my desktop of choice for many years and with > Trinity I can continue using it in a familiar way. It has many > configuration options that are easily accessible, so I can custonize it > just the way I like it. The general feel when working in Trinity is > efficient and snappy. Trinity doesn't come with much of what I percieve as > visual clutter like animations or other graphical effects, and those there > are I can disable easily. For me Trinity comes with the right balance of > eye candy and efficiency. > > - I'm basically living in my file manager. It's the most important > application for me on any desktop, and I just love Konqueror's file manager > part. It's a powerhorse that lets me have any number of views, has detailed > list view as view type available which I can set as default, has right > click servicemenus that I can customize and even write new ones, and I can > drag and drop files to any application. I can put directories I often need > access to as icons into the bookmark toolbar. I can also use Konqueror as > an ftp client to work with remote file systems in a familiar way. > > - I'm a web developer and have to be able to switch comfortably between > applications like text editor, web browser and file manager. Trinity lets > me do that without any fuss. I also love to use Kate as my editor for HTML > authoring, PHP and Python programming, and love its features like > customizable syntax highlighting for many languages, block selection mode, > intelligent auto-indentation and view splitting. It is also pretty quick > when scrolling large texts. > > - I can customize my panel, move it to any edge of the desktop, give it a > specific height in pixels, can have applications I often use in its > launcher bar, can set the max width of entries in the task bar (only in a > config file though), and can order all panel sections the way I want. > > - The default menu is ordered sensibly. Where I disagree, I can edit it > with a simple right click. I can add my own applications or start scripts > easily. > > - I can customize hotkeys in applications to the way I'm used to, and I can > also set up hotkeys to start applications with a single keystroke. > > I better stop here before it turns into a book :). Those points are the > most important ones for me, though. > > > I am also interested in the other side of the coin: What do you hate > > about TDE the most? > > I don't really hate anything. I'd prefer to not have my file manager > mangled with a web browser, which admittedly I don't use anyway (I'm using > Firefox), but it's not really too important for me. As long as Konqueror > file manager keeps its awesome features, I'm happy. :) > > Thanks, > Sanne > > I agree with everything here, especially about konq, I also live in konq. I do, however, like having konq as a web browser. I feel the html engine should be fixed. Trust me there are some advantages konq has over FF as a web browser. Thanks Kate