Yes, taskbar is really poor compared to 3.x... Huge icons, showing windows on all desktops in the same way no matter if they are minimized or not - it all make taskbar completely unusable: it is really hard to find there application I need. Actually, similar problem is with most applets - really poor functionality... No window list available... kdesu still does not work as sudo... Adding applets to kicker is complicated now - first one needs to dig out desktop, find there active area, guess abou...