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KDE 4.x seems to have lost its way

Fri, 10/30/2009 - 21:18 — will.ballantyne

Tried out KDE 4.3.2 on the latest Ubuntu, and what occurs to me is "wow - that's bad".  After the 4.0 release fiasco I thought they could only go uphill, so I was quite disappointed with the latest version. KDE has really gone downhill from 3.5.x.  I think it should be seen as an example of how not to do things. It seems to have focused on eye candy at the expense of usability.

From a user perspective the ideal desktop should let you just get things done.  A good desktop should let you configure things whichever way you like and then be 'invisible'.  Unfortunately KDE does neither.  It now constantly gets in the way.  It hinders rather than facilitates:

  • It is difficult to hunt through the menus to find the right application
  • It is not intuitive to configure
  • You cannot get rid of the foolish cashew without recompiling things

 Sad.  I cannot recommend the latest KDE.

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