KDE Usability - 3.1 Alpha 1

Matt Perry <[email protected]> Thu, 1 Aug 2002 11:16:44 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.kde.look
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi,

I recently compiled and began using KDE 3.1 Alpha 1.  Overall, it had a nice 
look and feel to it, but eventually I encountered some issues which made me 
revert back to 3.0.2.

First off, KOrganizer was destroyed.  The right-hand scrollbar was missing 
making it time consuming and cumbersome to navigate my calendar (monthly 
view) and all of my entries for the month of August were gone.  The latter 
might have been a glitch somewhere (it is Alpha software after all) but the 
first became quite a problem.  I searched the docs and options and couldn't 
find a way to turn the side scroll bar back on.

Second, I had many usability problems regarding KWin.  No matter how many 
times I "stored settings" on KMail's window, it would not open up to the same 
size/position I saved it as (perhaps due to the pop-up window that cleans up 
on exit).  This became _very_ annoying.

Saving settings was also a huge problem.  Again with the KWin problem, Konsole 
started up with the "KDE Default" scheme opened regardless of what I saved as 
its settings.

These are all minor glitches, but they effect KDE usability.  I know its Alpha 
software, but I would hate to see all of these little annoyances make their 
way in to KDE 3.1.

Keep up the good work!
	- Matt