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In a default Mandriva KDE installation I already have +</I>><i> > > more than 10 internet applications. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > I do not use kde, but that doesn't sound good. +</I>><i> > What are the entries ? Are all of them really needed ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> - akregator +</I>><i> - kaddressbook +</I>><i> - kmail +</I>><i> - network center (mandriva) +</I>><i> - kbluetooth +</I>><i> - kget (download manager) +</I>><i> - knetattach (= add a network +</I>><i> - knode : newsgroups reader (unless I installed it manually, not sure) +</I>><i> - konqueror +</I>><i> - kontact +</I>><i> - konversation +</I>><i> - kopete +</I>><i> - korganizer +</I>><i> - kppp +</I>><i> - krdc +</I>><i> - krfb +</I>><i> - ktorrent (unless I installed it manually) +</I>><i> - firefox +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And I agree that many of those will not be used by most people +</I> +There is some duplicate : +firefox / konqueror +kontact / korganiser / kmail / kadressboo, that somehow all overlap ( IIRC from my kde days ) +- kppp / network center / knetattach -> manage network + +><i> > +</I>><i> > > I prefer 3 quick steps rather than 2 long steps. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > This would requires some testing and measures to see which is faster, +</I>><i> > which is more confusing. Fcrozat did some tests, but I think the report +</I>><i> > were not published :/ +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > > And KDE gives you the +</I>><i> > > "recently used applications" on top of the menu, so the extra step is no +</I>><i> > > big deal. +</I>><i> > +</I>><i> > Shall I remind that there is more than KDE in the world ? +</I>><i> +</I>><i> No, because it suggests I forgot it, which is not the case :) +</I>><i> But you mean there is no such functionality in GNOME and other commonly used +</I>><i> environments ? +</I> +I never seen this on windows, ( which is still the most common used +evnironment, even if my own usage date back to xp ), neither on mac os x +( on 10.5 ). + +If there is in gnome 2, then I have disabled it long ago. And I doubt +there is on lighter desktop environment ( ie, that's why there are +light, because there is a different tradeoff between feature and memory +footprint ). I need to check with someone running lxde and xfce. + +There is something like this on gnome 3. + +-- +Michael Scherer + +</PRE> + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="002825.html">[Mageia-dev] Importing Licensing Policy +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="002831.html">[Mageia-dev] freedesktop spec and categories +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#2826">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#2826">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#2826">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#2826">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |