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| Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, December 08 2012 @ 12:51 PM EST |
I often think that the programmers that design UI's get
caught up in the "Jee-wiz" of what they are doing. Faster
CPU's and more memory convert into more things that can be
done to "enhance" the user experience. I think that most
people just want the computer to be a tool that allows them
to accomplish something. I also think that most people soon
get over the entertainment factor of using the computer
unless they have some sort of mental issue and find that
using the computer is entertainment in itself.
In the early days, perhaps people were gaga about the
computer itself. I know I was when I first ecnountered
a "Big Iron" mainframe, trying to learn Fortran as an
engineering student. The smells, the punch cards and line
printers, all the cabinets and cables, Wow! Those days are
over though. The computer has become like a toaster - just
do the job and toast the bread, and don't try to entertain
me. I have books, movies, and other things for that.
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| Authored by: celtic_hackr on Monday, December 10 2012 @ 10:12 AM EST |
Yep, I'm with you on that.
I'm now running on XFCE, after having for decades used primarily KDE. Oh sure,
I've played around with just about all of them, but I always came back to KDE.
Now, it's just too annoying with the constant messages popping up and almost
impossible ability to turn them all off, because Nepomuk and Akonadi are pretty
much required. Sure there is someway to turn it all off, but:
1) it should be easy from the interface to and,
2) shouldn't be required for something as trivial as a "digital
clock". Srsly, a clock? What other widgets might "need" akonadi
and/or nepomuk?
3) I could go on and on about this, but the takeaway, is this: "Christmas
gift for someone you hate", could almost as easily be applied to KDE or
Gnome today as well. When people start forking your UI, that's a BIG clue stick
you've messed up big-time. Unfortunately, for them, Microsoft will never get
that kind of clue, because no one can fork Windows.
But it's extremely annoying to be working or trying to work and have a message
come up, covering an eight of the screen, that won't let you shut it off, click
and make it go away, or make it go away some other way. Making it go away
"temporarily" (until it times out) as long as your mouse is over it
isn't a "neat" solution, it's annoying.
KDE, please, stop muking up the UI with nepomuk![ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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