Tried KDE 4.1.2

[Paul Lemmons]

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Subject: Tried KDE 4.1.2
From: "Richard S. Crawford" <rscrawford at mossroot.com>
To: kubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Date: 10/08/2008 11:47 AM
> 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.
>
>
>   
There is a quicklaunch widgit out on kde-look that works. It is still in 
its infancy and is somewhat of a pain to get setup. You add applications 
by opening the "*.desktop" associated with the application. Not too 
difficult, just tedious.

-- 
Sometimes I wonder.  Were our faith able to stand upright and look around, would it be looking down at the mustard seed or standing in awe of the height and breadth of it.

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