On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 08:15, Ilya Chernykh <neptunia@...> wrote: > Hi! Is it possible to return some behavior of KDE 3.1 and KDE 2? > > My impression that some things became much worser with later versions of KDE. > > Namely, > > - They removed the 3D appearance of Kicker. First from KDE 3.2 they removed > the frame around the taskbar buttons and make the buttons larger (I would > say, too large). Next, from some later release they removed 3D appearance > from taskbar buttons, so they are not pushed like other buttons any more, > only the bold font shows which application is currently selected. That would be a nice option. > > - Is it possible to make an option to remove the thick separators from the K > menu, like it was in KDE 3.1? Again, an option. > > - In KDE2 when you press K button and then launch another application, the > menu does not disappear, this makes easy making screenshots Could you not just launch the application, hit the K Menu, then use the print screen button? > > - In KDE2 when you hover over the quick launch items, the icons are enlarged. Never used KDE2, but that doesn't sound like a bad idea. > > - In KDE2 when you press "minimize all windows" button and then klick on a > folder on desktop, only that folder opens in a window. In KDE 3.5 all windows > restored. That's basically what Windows does with the "Show Desktop", and it's a good idea. That should actually be default, it's easier. (make an option again?) > > - In KDE2 the frames around names of items on the desktop are dotted like in > Windows and shown reliably: do not twinkle when you press mouse on another > place on the desktop and always shown completely. In KDE3 they twinkle and > sometimes shown only by half. The names of items in KDE2 shown exactly in the > center relative to icon while in KDE 3.5 the names often shifted from the > middle. > > - The K menu in KDE 3.5.10 is often shifted when displayed first time after > reboot or changing settings. This depends on the icon theme used: all OK with > Crystalsvg but problems with Slick, KDE Classic and others Never had this problem? > > - I would also want see more exciting icon themes and Qt styles which one can > see on the old 200-2005 screenshots. > > I'd rather have the new Qt4 styles, frankly. -- later, Robert Xu