KDE 4.0 - Constructive Critisizm
KDE4.0 - Is it ready to be a desktop? Let's start by pointing out the good things... Plasma looks cool in screenshots, and the black taskbar is reminiscent of a semi-fashionable look and feel. The Oxygen artwork is some of the best scalable icons in existence right now... comparable only with the highly acclaimed OS X artwork and eye candy. Dolphin has everything Konqueror needed as a file browser, with larger previews and really exploiting the Oxygen artwork without taking up too much real estate. Now for the bad: Task Bar The new black task bar is black and only black. No easy option to change. No easy way to drag contents around, and no easy way to put the clock in 24 hr format. And please don't suggest retexturing or modifying a ~/.kde/ file. Those things only further slow the already long winded transition to a new desktop environment in the first place. Konqueror? For those using newer versions of KDE 3.5, you'll notice a big change in Konqueror. First is, it's n...