"The first KDE 4 release will come along with several major changes compared to KDE 3.x. While explanations for these changes have been posted at several places before there is a central list missing which explains the reasons to normal users. This post lists some hot topics and tries to shed some light on the reasons behind certain decisions." Update: The release date for KDE 4.0 has been postponed from mid-December to January 11th 2008. I'll be sure to give you my address, Aaron. Insert smiley face.
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Member since:2005-07-06
> testing cards seems to get played a lot
yes, it's absurd that actual data is used instead of just personal musings. maybe that's what's wrong with all the various fields in science. repeatable experimentation is such a silly idea.
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seriously though, there are aesthetic issues to take into consideration, there are general usability principles to keep in mind ... and those are augmented by testing.
having people offering personal opinions on a whim really doesn't help much. it just leads to a cacophony of equally valid statements with no way to measure what makes for a good solution.
it may be more "fun" to just to sit in an armchair and expound randomly, but .. yeah .. the software stands a better chance to improve this way.
Member since:2005-10-02
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2005-07-06
the testing cards seems to get played a lot when there is opposition voiced towards changes related to usability.
in many ways its a bit like reductio ad hitlerum for gui debates...