Tried KDE 4.1.2

[pkaplan1 at comcast.net]

There is a quick launch plasmoid (Cashew, Add Widgets)

The quick access plasmoid (same place) should be able to what you want.
Paul

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
> Well, I've been trying KDE 4 off and on.
> 
> Is it okay to just not like it? It's smooth enough and fast enough and
> pretty enough, but there are a couple of things that irked me,
> especially in the panel:
> 
> * I miss the Quicklaunch tool, and haven't been able to find a widget
> like it for KDE 4. I know that I can drag program icons from the K
> menu to the panel, but I have twelve programs listed in my Quicklaunch
> tool, and twelve full-size icons on my KDE 4 panel just isn't going to
> work.
> 
> * I also miss the "Network Folders" icon and the "System Places" icon
> on the panel. I haven't figured out how to replicate these functions
> in KDE 4. And I really dislike the "folder view" widget. I prefer
> having as clean a desktop as possible, and the "folder view" widget
> just clutters it up.
> 
> If anyone can tell me how to replicate these two functions in KDE 4,
> I'd love it. But until I can get these things working, they're pretty
> much a deal breaker for me and KDE 4.
> 
> 
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