KDE3 --> KDE4

[Mike Jeays]

On August 26, 2009 06:50:00 am Michiel Overtoom wrote:
> On Friday 07 August 2009 16:12:03 Andrew Gould wrote:
> > Is there an increase in usability/benefit to match the increase in
> > resource consumption?
>
> As I see it, KDE4 fell in the Vista trap.  I tried KDE4 and was showered
> with eye candy effects, some of which couldn't even be disabled.  Also,
> quite a few features I used in KDE3 were missing from KDE4.
>
> I never understood the need for transparent windows.  If you're working in
> a window you want to concentrate on its contents, not on stuff that's
> happening beneath it.  It breaks the flow.  I think it's indicative of the
> ritalin-generation of teens who can't concentrate for two minutes and need
> to constantly tweet about nonsense.  Geez, I'm getting old ;-)
>
> In my time, we didn't have color screens.  We had machine code on the bare
> metal, and a USER PORT to hook up your hardware.
>
> Greetings,

The need for semi-transparent windows is a big question in my mind too. I 
suspect it has been implemented because it is possible, and initially looks 
'cool'. But it seems to be a distraction from actually doing useful work. Much 
better to turn it off, IMHO.

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