I respectfully need to disagree with your assessment of KDE 4.3+. It
would seem you are expecting the "old" way of doing things in a new
system. If you prefer the old way, KDE 3.5 is still available and
supported. KDE 4.x was a conscious departure from those old ways (at a
code level) to facilitate modern approaches and pave the way for easier,
more focused usage while still keeping the flexibility. I think they
have succeeded, but it does mean some of the old apps are no longer the
best tool to be using in a KDE 4.x environment.
The specific issues you mentioned are mostly addressed via applications
other than Konqeror. Dolphin for file management, and Gwenview for the
image viewer. Take a look at the various options for both and you'll
find everything you are looking for, I think. Regarding the task bar,
it is not intended to be an application launcher, but you can make it do
that if you want (add a folder view icon, and put your shortcut icons in
that folder...)
KDE is not on a 6 month release cycle like Ubuntu is. So there is a
disconnect between what version gets included with the more recent
*buntu. Not to mention that Kubuntu seems to be the unwanted step-child
of Ubuntu, and does not get the attention it should. But that is still
not a KDE issue.
(all said in a discussion tone. I do respect your opinion and views.)
Shawn
Richard Carter wrote:
In my somewhat limited experience the choice between kde and gnome
depends entirely on the version of kde. A long time ago I settled on
kde mostly because konqueror was a great file manager. I also found the
task bar easy to manage.That's still the case for konqueror ver 3.5.9
with kde ver 3.5.10 running on my debian desk top.
But I find kde ver 4.4 on my kubuntu lap top to be quite poor.
Konqueror has been emasculated. It's difficult to move/copy blocks of
files, there is no longer an image view, the forward and back arrows
don't work and there is no longer a "settings" menu. The task bar is
also much less useful with kde 4.4: it's not possible to add icons,
especially for non-kde applications
Perhaps the practise of bringing out a new version of kubuntu every six
months is a mistake.
Robin Carter
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