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KDE 4 to feature OS X style Dashboard widgets
KDE 4 is something a lot of us using Linux for the desktop are anticipating. According to one of the lead developers of the KDE project, release 4 will feature Dashboard widgets, much in the same way that is used for BSD-based OS X. Although that may sound like a minor change, it means that code for widgets between both OS X and KDE will be “almost” seamless and be able to function in both environments. Not only does this spurn further development, it bridges more of the gap that exists between PC and Mac, for good or for bad. Some believe this will result in more “Apple” creations becoming standard on the desktop in the years to come.
User Comments (9)
Post a comment| Rhianntp on January 2, 2006 2:19 PM | I personally love KDE  This is great news
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| PanicX on January 2, 2006 2:34 PM | Something about applications interoperability between OS's
makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. They've instantly
expanded the audience for an authors work at no cost to the
content creator. This allows more creativity into more
areas, and allows a user to migrate more smoothly to
whichever platform best suits their needs. If KDE can get a GUI that performs and feels as good as Darwin, that will be a major leap into desktop usability of the Linux OS as a whole.
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| Mictlantecuhtli on January 2, 2006 2:35 PM | The first thing I did when I got Tiger was removing those
widgets. I didn't find any use to them especially
considering they're not on the desktop all the time, you'll
have to press a key to enable Dashboard, and then you can't
do anything else on the desktop until you disable it
again. I have yet to see an useful widget. Computer status? I have several utilities to see that. Weather? I can look outside, check forecast from web or from TV. Calendar? I have a real calendar on my table. A daily comic strip? I can check them from web or from newspaper. RSS? The only RSS feed I use is the BBC News one which comes with Firefox.
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| Noxious Ninja on January 2, 2006 3:24 PM | I wish I had a lot of money to throw at the people working
on KDE and X.org. I want my super-spiffy XEGL+KDE4 desktop
now, dammit! :P
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| luismigilbert on January 2, 2006 4:25 PM | good for linux users..
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| mentaljedi on January 2, 2006 5:18 PM | Linux users will be happy at this news.
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| Kreuger on January 2, 2006 5:49 PM | That's pretty sweet. I'm still using 3.4 because whenever I
try to install 3.5, something doesn't want to update and
causes problems.
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| raystorm on January 3, 2006 10:49 AM | Originally posted by Mictlantecuhtli: The
first thing I did when I got Tiger was removing those
widgets. I didn't find any use to them especially
considering they're not on the desktop all the time, you'll
have to press a key to enable Dashboard, and then you can't
do anything else on the desktop until you disable it
again. Yea I think those widgets are neat but I
have yet to find one I would use on a daily basis. I don't
have a mac or use linux but I tried out that Konfabulator
problem and went through the list of stuff to use and
couldn't find one. I could see how useful it is for some
but at the moment I really dont see the need for it.
I have yet to see an useful widget. Computer status? I have several utilities to see that. Weather? I can look outside, check forecast from web or from TV. Calendar? I have a real calendar on my table. A daily comic strip? I can check them from web or from newspaper. RSS? The only RSS feed I use is the BBC News one which comes with Firefox.
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| barfarf on January 3, 2006 2:25 PM | I only have played around with Gnome and KDE but i do like
the new Tiger MacOS X. As PanicX said having better
interoperability makes for great things. For those who are
interested here are other items that may be seen in KDE
4.0. [link]
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