8.10 observations & a question

[Nigel Ridley]

Myriam Schweingruber wrote:
> Hi Nigel,
> 
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Nigel Ridley
> <nigel at prayingforisrael.net> wrote:
>> After installing 8.10 on my boy's box I must admit that I am beginning to like it and am seeing
>> some improvements day by day with the updates.
>>
>> However there is one annoying thing (which I'm sure they must fix soon):
>> Adding, say Firefox, to the [KMenu] Favorites (and also happens when added to the desktop and
>> panel) results in a plain 'gear' icon that cannot be changed.
>> How does one change it?
> 
> Same behavior here, but this seems to be solved in 4.2 (compiled from
> SVN). Could it be that this bug is Kubuntu specific? I can't find a
> report in bugs.kde.org
> 
> Greets
> 
> Myriam
> 
> PS. Using Intrepid 8.10 and KDE 4.2(compile from SVN trunk) updated 2 days ago
> 
>> P.S. I really haven't taken the time to understand all this plasma stuff etc. and what does the
>> 'Dashboard' actually do - or meant to do? It all seems rather complicated.
> 
> PPS. You might get a clue if you check the video made by Aaron Seigo
> and Sebastian Kügler for that:
> http://plasma.kde.org/media/plasma_4.2_overview_sm.avi
> Check this PDF too: http://plasma.kde.org/media/plasma-slides.pdf
> 
> 
Thanks Myriam - that was an interesting and informative view.

Blessings,

Nigel

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