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Month: February 2012

Re: [trinity-devel] trinity coverage

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:30:22 -0600
>> Here's my other suggestion.  If anyone here finds anything even
>> *slightly*
>> wrong/annoying in KDE 4.8, file bug reports at kde.org.  This would
>> include stupid design decisions like the greyscale task tray icons,
>> which
>> are very difficult to distinguish from one another at a glance.
>>
>> I am sick and tired of "close enough" software on Linux, where the
>> feeling
>> of being pecked to death by ducks (i.e. having thousands of little tiny
>> bugs or visual distractions) slows the user down tremendously, yet each
>> little bug seems so innocuous that no one ever bothers to fix them.
>> Guess
>> what devs, you won't see those users complaining (not that you care
>> anyway, right?) because they will simply go somewhere where their needs
>> are met, such as Windows.
>>
>> Oh, and if KDE closes the bug report as "WONTFIX", or moves the priority
>> to enhancement/wishlist, please post a link to the bug report on the
>> Etherpad I mentioned earlier.
>>
>> Tim
>
> I think I was banned 5 times from kde.org for doing that ... but that was
> a
> year (or 2) ago :-)
>
> Nik
>

Very, very interesting.  That alone should show the KDE project's true
feelings for end users that want to use a professional desktop environment
instead of a cell phone social media app.

Tim