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I would really like to see a function like in MacOSX, where you install desklets (superkaramba), but they become visible only when you push F11 (or something like that) - the other windows fades out and the desklets become visible. F11 again, and they disappear. This is IMO much better then having those desklets around all the time, cluttering the desktop. You could of course have an option to make some desklets stay permanently on the desktop, like it is today. (for people who like this - and for some desklets like Sensor-Management this could make sense). I think this is one of the cooler features in OSX besides the XGL-like effects, and I really would like to see it in my favorite desktop KDE.

so what is a 'desklet'? Never heard of it.

A desklet is a small graphical program (currently it is laying on the desktop), for example a desklet showing the current weather, current CPU/RAM/etc.-status, current song playing in a player, a small calculator, and so on. In KDE 3.5 Superkaramba does this job. I think it is called "Desktop Widgets" here.

Hello!
Here's my kde4 wish-list:
* support for multimedia keyboards and mouses (i mean extra buttons here)
* more developers' attention to national languages (non-english) in terms of 1. shortcuts (swithcing to another plenty of shortcuts stop to work) 2. layout switching (i don't know anyone who use kde's default tool) 3. FONTS!
* transform quantity of kde applications into quality
* multimedia support, especially web browser-embedded

In general, all linux environments lacks: devices support, multimedia ... so, I think theese sould be primary directions of kde's development.

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Originally posted by a550ee
Hello!
Here's my kde4 wish-list:
* support for multimedia keyboards and mouses (i mean extra buttons here)
* more developers' attention to national languages (non-english) in terms of 1. shortcuts (swithcing to another plenty of shortcuts stop to work) 2. layout switching (i don't know anyone who use kde's default tool) 3. FONTS!
* transform quantity of kde applications into quality
* multimedia support, especially web browser-embedded

In general, all linux environments lacks: devices support, multimedia ... so, I think theese sould be primary directions of kde's development.

I agree with these points, especially the keyboard tool thing, now I can't code anything beyond a simple calculator but surely it would be possible for the user to assign buttons to functions manually, i.e. Have some preset keyboards but otherwise let the user press the button they want to do each command e.g. Play, start Kopete, Kontact etc

If the user presses a button on the keyboard and the key isn't functional does that mean the system sees it as nothing happening or it just ignores whatever signal it receives?

Alt-F2:

In gnome, as you type it resolves as if you are pressing tab pn the command line. I would like this feature in kde as well.

eg, I type ether and it shows it can complete it as ethereal when that is the only possible command left. In kde currently, it will show you the history of previously typed commands. In fact a combo of the two would be perfect.

I would like a simple thing for all applications in the official KDE pack, at least - it is to be able to set application start shortcut from whithin each application, not only from the control panel. Actually it is reasanoble that each application (well, excluding the most simple ones) has something like "KDE integration" kind of setting or something.

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the 'start' or menu ikon, kan it be change? i really dislike it it.

some distros like xandros, linspire, and freespire have already changed this. see if you can get a hold of one of those themes

also check out this thread:
Change the K button
and this one:
Hacking KDE Start Icon

the only things that come to mind atm (even though i believe they've already been suggested) is mountiso being a default feature and more 'support' for gnome applications (e.g. the gnome file open/save feature to be automatically replaced by the kde one)

i switched to kde from gnome and i love it... i find it works great and looks great... heres my list of changes i'd like to see in kde4..

1) the kde taskbar...
1a) the icons in the taskbar often touch the edges, like in the screenshot below, the weather icon text is too low.. if there could be some padding on both the top and bottom to make the icons fit in the task bar better i think it would look a bit more polished.. one thing i noticed in gnome is it seems to be more polished and looks a bit more complete and kde.. however, i find kde more functional in a lot of ways....



1b) a few more config options would be nice for the taskbar, like the ability to change the icon that represents Kmenu... more usful widgets, i like the bar in gnome that you could type anything into.. i forget it's name.. but was very practical.. like you could find files in it, or laucnh apps, whatever, was nice..

2) an update for kdm config options... i find its hard to setup kdm to work right, and the toggle for booting up kde with num lock on has NEVER worked... i hate that with a passion !! lol.... also any of the changes i make for kdm never set.. like if i change the background, or any options like that, they never take effect, dunno why really.. lol..

3) kdesu is buggy.... it works most of the time for me, but sometimes, when i try to run an admin application, it freezes, and i dont get the kdesu screen asking me my root password... wierd.. usually i can restart the session and it works.. but still it's annoyin' ..

4) the general appearance of kde to me seems unpollished and 'beta' or something... it looks unfinished unlike gnome or xfce... while it's much more functional, and not the ugliest looking thing.. it's not bad, but i still think and alot of users post comments on kde's looks, that there is much room for improvement..

My only specific request is a better way to manage what plays what multimedia and we're getting phonon but there are policies I'd like to see KDE adopt

More options on everything, IMO KDE should never ever remove an option for the sake of clarity. Ever! Instead they should just put a button called esoteric option in its place and move the offending option thier. Prefribly with good documentation anyway.

No fancy Desktop 2.0. Most attempts to replace our current desktop metaphore will end in total failure, and evolutionary deadend that simply serves to tell future programers that its a bad idea. If KDE works for 2 years on creating Desktop 2.0 chances are thats 2 years of wasted development time affecting 10000s of KDE users worldwide. If a smaller project forms around Desktop 2.0 then fails no one will be hurt. Thats the reason its a dedicated Desktop 2.0 project's job to create desktop 2.0, not KDE or Gnome

Stick to Text files, there is no improvement over a set of text files for holding configurations. ANY program can read them, any program can write them, humans can do both, what more can you want?

Don't forget the command line: KDE apps should be fully controlible from the command line, there is a lot of potentual in shellscripts for doing clever things. E.G. you put a shellscript in you're autostart folder that gets todays meetings from kcalender, uses grep to find urgent ones, then sends it into a voice synsathiser to read off todays apointments

What i want? i want KDE stills KDE.
Let's me explain: for somes, KDE is too hard too...mmh...too: TOO. I don't think so.
why am i telling that? why am i thinking that?
Cause when i read some paper for future kde, i see:
"make kde easier, think about new users will get pain with that etc etc.."
NO!
Stop taking user for nuts! Let's them learn KDE with its plethora of stuff , don't try to simplify all things, the learning step is inevitable, so...
I'm telling that by experience cause i made KDE default desktop for most of my friends and i got theirs feedbacks.

But mainly, KDE just undergoes bad troll or this kind of stuff:
"KDE is heavy, KDE is hard, KDE is, is". NO!
What makes me laugh it's often, these critiquors have a lot of gigs in ram and 2GhZ cpu with SATA HD etc etc.
Then, it's a non-sens.
I'm not telling KDE's team doesn't have to take care about performance, but really that's not a break. Especially when current KDE runs smooth on a pIII 800mhz with 368mo and a basic RagePro 8mo.

Now Hard? damn, you can do ONE thing in KDE by more than 3 ways, is it hard? no i call it choice. Having choice is a pain??? Mmh maybe a GNOME rule hehe

Ok, i told a lot of thing but maybe you didn't get my point yet, it's pretty simple: Just think about KDE's users, not get only focus on newer. Don't try to follow Windows, Gnome, OSX standards, each of them impose their own, so why KDE should simply follow?

KDE has nothing to prove, (we) don't need a massive base of users. It's by the difference you'll get more interest.

regards

ps: SORRY for the half-Out of topic

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Such usability testing has actually been performed and the result is Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10. The resulting data (also videos) are free to use for everyone and I hope the KDE team has taken a careful look. See www.betterdesktop.org.

yeah, pretty obvious, considering BetterDesktop is a Novell project, and so is Suse, very unbiased, eh?

I installed Windows Vista Ultimate here, and I can say that KDE is at light years behind Windows Vista. Will KDE have Aero with 3D and transparency effects? I wish KDE were a lot better, it has some potential, but...

How can we directly influenciate developers to integrate some Aero-like tool into KDE 4?

I love the way KDE works now, those who say the interface is looking dated obviously haven't explored some of the themes and window decorators available, I use Baghira/Panther with the glow icon theme and have used my own colour scheme since 1.x, looks great.

The main changes I would like to see in 4 are;

* kmenueditor to use the naming scheme currently set by the user instead of '$description $appName'.
* kmenueditor to provide sort options on the context menu when a folder is selected.
* shortcuts able to be defined when an application menu item is hilighted like GTK/Gnome used to.
* maybe a fork of KWIN with a lot of the fancy stuff Compiz/Beryl are using on AIGLX/Xgl rather than
trying to bundle everything in to the one WM and making it a bloatfest.

Regards .....

compiz. i would like compiz.

Hi :-)
I am using KDE 3.5.5 on Slack 11 and its just awesome!! why? bcoz the things i wished they were changed, can find most of them in 3.5.5. Thanks to the KDE Team for their constant development and commitment.

However, some things can be included in KDE 4, like:
1. Change of icon size in the KMenu
2. Replace the square K button
3. Make the use of tar/untar faster
4. Make the right clink menu a bit organized (too many items)
5. Put some 3D feeling in the windows
and some other that i can't remember this time.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by calande
I installed Windows Vista Ultimate here, and I can say that KDE is at light years behind Windows Vista. Will KDE have Aero with 3D and transparency effects? I wish KDE were a lot better, it has some potential, but...

How can we directly influenciate developers to integrate some Aero-like tool into KDE 4?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compiz
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beryl_%28window_manager%29

And the devs are right not to have that as standard because not everyone has the required 3d card

I wish KDE had drag and drop theme appliers like gnome, but inside of kcontrol. Also i wish that effects like compiz and beryl were applyable without over-ruling themes, including without over-ruling window boarders, etc..

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Originally posted by calande
I installed Windows Vista Ultimate here, and I can say that KDE is at light years behind Windows Vista. Will KDE have Aero with 3D and transparency effects? I wish KDE were a lot better, it has some potential, but...

How can we directly influenciate developers to integrate some Aero-like tool into KDE 4?

KDE already has transparency and 3D effects. Maybe you should try it?