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KDE 4.0 Beta 4 Screenshots

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KDE 4.0 Beta 4 was released earlier today and it features a number of bug fixes along with cleaning up the KDE code-base and at the same time adding a few new enhancements to the KDE 4.0 feature set.

The OpenSuSE-based KDE Four LiveCD was also upgraded this afternoon to version 0.6. With the changes in KDE 4.0 Beta 4 and the shear number of improvements in KDE 4.0, we have taken some screenshots from this latest testing release and have them here for your viewing pleasure.

The Screenshots




So far, KDE4 isn't showing me much

At the risk of sounding too negative, the KDE 4 Live beta 4 demo that came out today has a user interface that's full of "eye candy" but isn't very functional. It brings up a whole slew of questions, including:

  • What happened to the KDE Control Center? Is this Kubuntu-ish "System Settings" thing what we'll have to use from now on?
  • Likewise, are we going to get a choice between the Kickoff menu, and the old "K Menu," or are we now stuck with Kickoff? (No, I personally don't think Kickoff is an improvement over the old K Menu, openSUSE's useability studies notwithstanding.)
  • The "plasma" version of the kicker bar is, in its current state, a regression from KDE 3's kicker bar. AFAICT, what used to be the kicker bar is now just another plasma widget, rather than an integral part of the UI (and a fairly non-functional one at that).
  • Which brings up the biggest problem — the entire UI seems to be just one gigantic container for plasma widgets, excuse me, "plasmoids." (Come on, there's not even currently a way to put a freaking icon on the desktop!) Sure, they're cool, and all, like Superkaramba on steroids, but do I want my desktop to consist of a bunch of windows floating on top of pretty wallpaper? No, I really don't.

This is starting to worry me a bit. I'm sure the KDE 4 suite of apps is going to be great. But so far, the KDE 4 UI doesn't look like an improvement over KDE 3, it just looks like a half-assed Mac OS X wanna-be. Or something. Grrrrrr.

re: KDE4 isn't showing me much

Yeah, I got to admit feeling a bit unexcited myself.

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