Gnome users who have tried KDE: convince me!

[Robert Spanjaard]

On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 11:30:24 +0000, marc wrote:

>>>> Like most modern filemanagers, Nautilus can have as many 'screens' as
>>>> you want. There's no need for a fixed split-screen anymore. Just open
>>>> an extra window.
>>> 
>>> This is a naive and rather myopic point of view.
>>
>> That's a naive and rather myopic judgement.
> 
> You effectively said that I don't need a tractor, but that I should
> walk; it gets me from A to B, after all. Trouble is, I want to plough a
> field. Hence, your POV is myopic.
> 
> And your retort is also naive and myopic, but with bells on.

We were discussing the benefit of a split-screen. Nautilus may be limited 
in other features, but that is the only feature we were talking about.
Next time you'd better put some extra effort in the _reading_ part, 
instead of analogies, conclusions and retorts.

>> That's a naive and rather myopic judgement. I've used split-screen
>> filemanagers for about 15 years, so I think I do have some idea of what
>> I'm talking about.
> 
> I routinely work with folk who have been doing the same job for 15 years
> and still have no idea how to do it. Time of use/doing something is in
> no way proportional to knowledge of it.

Maybe not with the folk you work with. But your generalisation sucks.

>>> I tend to use a console for file management, but when I fire up a file
>>> manager, I use either krusader or dolphin (both KDE apps); nautilus
>>> has incredibly limited functionality.
>>> 
>>> However, if you want to see how it should be done, take a look at Opus
>>> Directory on Windows
>>
>> DOpus became my favorite on the Amiga when it reached version 4 (IIRC),
>> Before that, I used the much faster (but less configurable) FileMaster.
> 
> Y'know, things might have moved on!

Indeed. Now we have drag&drop instead of a source screen, destination 
screen, and a copy/move/whatever button.

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Regards, Robert                                      http://www.arumes.com