Whenever something in KDE has frustrated me in the last month I've added it to a list:
- Tidy Konqueror. Konqueror has hardly changed since KDE 2 although the settings menu has gained a few extra unnecessary entries (which should be merged into the main Configure Konqueror dialogue). The sidebar should maybe be part of each tab not global to the window and a context sensitive sidebar for file manager would be nice.
- Kicker's Add to Panel and Remove from Panel menus should be dialogues.
- HAL support in KDE 3.4 is nice but Konqueror should pop up into the forground when a device is entered not have to wait for the user.
- The Help Centre suffers from much the same usability issues as Konqueror, it's got too much stuff in it's user interface.
- I'm not convinced that long manuals are the best format for documentation, shorter articles on specific actions which can be easily searched might work better. So in KWord if I search for mail merge it can give me a two or three paragraph article about how to do a mail merge.
- Systempreferences (in kdenonbeta) makes a good KControl replacement, of course there are larger plans afoot for KControl.
- Share folders sensibly. kpf is nifty but the user interface is all wrong (in kicker when it should be in Konqueror). And I've never got the right click on folder->share folders to work.
- A single download dialogue to replace all those file copying dialogues. Being able to pause and resume downloads would be nice to. KGet can do that but there's no reason for it to be separate from KDE core.
- Improved KNotify. This is where dbus needs to replace dcop since then everything down to syslogd can pop up friendly messages on screen as required. Juk pops up messages when playing a new song and amarok pops up slightly more pretty looking messages but there's no reason why that can't be done through KNotify. See Growl for this being done well on MacOS.
- Search in minicli. I should be able to type something into minicli and it will pop up with all the relevent applications, recent e-mails, files on my hard disk, contacts in address book, etc. See Quicksilver for MacOS goodness. Sounds like a perfect use of Tenor (klink).
- An option to say that actually I really would like to quit when I close the window and please stop telling me you're going to be hiding in the system tray.
- abakus, because I've wanted something like it for ages.
- Maybe a new icon theme, one that actually is based on SVG so that it can be maintined. Maybe call it Appeal. Standardised icon names too.
- Nicer website, with photos and pretty things. More usable wiki.
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Thinner look and feel
When I think about KDE, I see everything thick and big (thick borders, big buttons). I'd love to see everything thinner and more professional in KDE 4.
Charles.
If it is possible, add the
If it is possible, add the possibility to change configuration file from the control center (xorg.conf, fstab, and some other in /etc)
In xorg.conf (ipotetic "graphic server configuratio") for example:
I could change the device of the mouse or add&remove some options like buttons, resolution, ecc.. Change the layout of the keyboard or keyboard model. Quickly change the graphical card, graphic options. Like ago already YaST or DrakeConf in SuSe or Mandrake distros.
This will be useful for the customers that as me uses gentoo. A graphical tool would be indeed useful
Add a "temporary modality" if graphic driver fail, using automatically vga driver, so user not expert can quickly solve this problem without use "vi" to change xorg.conf or lock in log files
Opera features
I'd like to have most Opera features in Konqueror, including, but not limited to:
- A wand (click an icon, and the browser anto-fills your personal password, and submits the form for you), not just a password manager
- Session saver: If you have several tabs open, if you close and re-open the browser you still have them open.
- An "Identify as IE" option to be able to access all web sites
Charles.
User agent switching been available for ages
An "Identify as IE" option to be able to access all web sites
How would this be different to the current possibility to identify as several other browser, including a couple of IE options?
You can even create site specific standard identifications if necessary.
Speaking of wishlists...
Is this a good one for volunteering ideas or should I go elsewhere?
I'd really like to see KDE lead the charge in putting real "datatypes" into Unix/Linux. MIME types are limited.
http://dot.kde.org/1119375704/1119386240/1119386491/1119468433
HAL to use auto.ini and icons
Hi
It would be nice if hal would use any icons on a cd specified by the auto.ini file. Rather than just showing a cd on the desktop
I'm sure this would be very easy to implement
Mike
Unified copy/move/transfer dialog
Hello,
this is something I wanted to see in KGet. However if it can be done in KDE core, I'd be just as happy: http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=102285
Firefox and Safari make good download managers. They only miss the "download all links from this page" feature that Konqueror has ... but I'd like to see that cleaned up a bit as well.
>HAL support in KDE 3.4 is ni
>HAL support in KDE 3.4 is nice but Konqueror should pop up into the forground when a device is entered not have to wait for the user.
This is a behaviour, which really would piss me off. Plugging in some usb stick and Konquerer yells "here am I"... *argh* As broken as having to press the shift key to supress autostart in Windows.
Accessign media
Well, there IS a method behind that madness. When you plug in a USB-drive (for example), you are obviously going to use it, right? Why else would you plug it in? And if you want to use it, you need to access it with a filemanager. So you need to start up Konqueror. So this behavior actually saves hassle.
But, I agree with you: that is not the way I would like it done either. What would I like to see? Aaron and others are designing "Extender" as part of Plasma. See here:
http://img99.echo.cx/my.php?image=kicker4extenderalertexpandredu.png
I would like to see that used with removable media. When you insert a removeable media, an icon appears in Kicker, maybe gently flashing once or twice. The user will notice it, but it wont be obtrusive. Want to save files to that media? Drag the files on the icon in the kicker. Want to browse files in the media? Click on the icon, and an extender appear with the files and folder of that media. Simple, usable and elegant.
Aaron also mentioned of using one app for all of these kinds of notifications. Handling media could be handled there as well.
This discussion is worth reading: http://kde-artists.org/main/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,48/expv,0/topic,13.0
> When you plug in a USB-driv
> When you plug in a USB-drive (for example), you are obviously going to use it, right? Why else would you plug it in? And if you want to use it, you need to access it with a filemanager. So you need to start up Konqueror. So this behavior actually saves hassle.
Maybe the programm, wich will use the usb stick is allready open? Maybe I will use the the shell to access it? Maybe I will use it LATER, not right now.
I HATE the behavior of Windows, which popups a anoying window.