THIS JUST GOES TO SHOW HOW HALFWITTED MOST OF THE LINUX/KDE DEVS TRULY ARE, now obviously these types are good at coding and I really respect that but when it comes to “real life” or basic common sense they are so stupid, even a Tortoise is bright in comparison. I have used linux for nearly 2 years and had a good experience with Gnome 2.xx, until now that they also show how stupid they are by giving everyone a touchscreen interface with NO choice in the matter, KDE is the only nice looking alternative, so I have switched in the last few weeks and find that it takes so much reading and begging just to find the way to do some really basic things in KDE, like many of the things mentioned above and in those basic ‘how to’ animations.

Oh, and btw, dragging & dropping between 2 open windows side by side in KDE is a joke aswell, perhaps some kind soul might write a whole new blog on this just to help the poor folks who will be sticking with this crap.

Unfortunatley I can now see why so many millions of people all over the place like forums, Youtube etc etc say “Linux Sucks” because basically, it does, hows about another “LITTLE” thing like the categorically bad appearance of Firefox in just about every single KDE distro, people then yap on about GTK+Oxygen themes and a whole load of similar garbage, the fonts look so bad in firefox it could seriously damage someones eyesight for chrissakes!. So do I really want to spend ages messing with fonts, changing stupid themes just to view any webpage with the naked human eyes? NO

Back to a proper, professionally developed OS for me, WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit, perfect fonts, perfect stability, far better apps, far better appearance, no messing with fonts and stupid “folder views” just to get a “traditional” desktop, yes the downside is damn security suites and their updating etc but at least I can actually enjoy computing and finally, so many of the stupid Linux users remarks about “blue screens of death”, what bsods? I haven’t seen a bsod since Win 2000, Vista & 7 are rock solid stable.

Enjoy the garbage that is KDE & all other modern DEs since the only half decent one, Gnome 2.xx, is now a thing of the past !!! LOL and BYE

Yes it’s the same as Ctrl+left click. Sometimes it’s useful when you don’t have your other hand on the keyboard, and I’m sure there are people who find clicking on the plus easier. And it’s easier to discover as well.
Personally I like to use keyboard modifiers, for example Alt+left click to move a window or Alt+right click to resize it. But most people I know drag the titlebar or borders to move/resize windows.

Same as the + sign in Dolphin – clicking on it selects the icon. You can disable it in Dolphin but not in Folder View, as far as I know. A possible (“hackish” workaround could be to modify the theme and remove the plus icons.

They just showed up suddenly. I want to make them go away as they are superfluous, and look sucky.

To me the KDE 4 experiment has been a “successful” failure. I much prefer the functionality of KDE 3.5.10. I’ll make the comparison as much the same as between Vista and XP. Some like Vista some don’t. Some swear by XP and wont go past it. I’m at the stage now that when KDE 4.5 comes out, I’ll probably look at it again.

I miss my Konquerer functionality, dual screens and themes. None of which feature in 4.2, or at least allude me. As regular participant at Distrowatch.com, I’ve decided to boycott any distro featuring KDE 4, until at least 4.5.

I have real work to do (running a business) and don’t have time to fully learn (appreciate) the nuances of KDE 4.2, when KDE 3.5.10 is perfect.

BTW. As I’ve stated, I do appreciate the work the KDE team and community are doing at progressing KDE 4 into a mature DE. It’s just not ready for me yet ;^)

I’ve tried retuning to KDE 3.5 but failed. So, I’m back to 4.2 and will live with it, until either I “get it” or find more documentation.