Plasma Applets Galore (Part 1) (KDE Commit-Digest Issue 68)

[freakcoda]

I dont see how those widgets, gadgets, applets, whatever... can be usefull. Not only for KDE4, but also the Vista and OS X ones.

Maybe Im too much oldschool, but the only purpose of it is making the screen looking clutered.

[menace82]

KDE4 will be "based" on these widgets. The whole desktop will be a widget!

[freakcoda]

And?

[menace82]

If you don't want your screen cluttered, don't fill your screen with widget. Except that, don't forget that you can put your widgets on the plasma "kicker"

[Philosopher0926]

Yes, but what if we don't want plasmoids, and would rather have regular old-fashioned icons?

[melonfulanez]

Regular old-fashioned icons will be implemented with plasma. Plasma it's just the framework that will allow you to set up a desktop as a desktop looked like 10 years ago, or whatever you come with that nobody has thought yet.

[librano]

absolutely love what you guys are doing with KDE4... i used to use KDE, switched to GNOME when i switched to Ubuntu... but you can be sure i'll be back on KDE once Kubuntu moves on to KDE4... i just hope its soon.

Keep up the brilliant work with KDE4 and these screencasts... doing a good job of whetting me apetite!