Gnome users who have tried KDE: convince me!

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In KDE that I use I just open both files I want to work in and resize them 
on one desktop to suit whatever I happen to be doing.  or am I missing the 
whole point here???


Bob


On Wed, 30 Dec 2009, Robert Spanjaard wrote:

> Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:20:08 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Robert Spanjaard <spamtrap at arumes.com>
> Reply-To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions"
>     <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: Gnome users who have tried KDE: convince me!
> 
> 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
>
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