KDE 3.1 Beta Released

shadow303 writes "KDE 3.1 beta has been released. There are numerous improvements, including tabbed browsing with Konqueror." I still can't say I care for tabbed browsing, but a lot of people swear by it. The new style/theme looks quite excellent, as do the various improved dialog boxes.

3.1?

[SpanishInquisition]

Gnome is only 2.0 so I guess KDE is better right?

Re:3.1?

[plugger]

I think I'll wait for KDE 3.11 for workgroups.

Tabbed browsing better for Pron

[Anonymous Coward]

Why is it better... Well its like having everything in the palm of your hand....

OR

Maybe thinking about it as the tabs as a magazine, all nicely bound, rather then pages spread out over the floor...

OR

I know... Its best when someone walks in on your session and all you have to do is kill ONE window to hide Ms Nasty rather then 15.

Posting Anonymously so I don't go blind!

KDE and the new America

[Anonymous Coward]

One has to wonder if it is decent or even moral to use KDE these days. Since the 11th of September, we as Americans have had an opportunity to examine ourselves and our core values, and the question must be asked: does KDE fit into these core values, and is it something that ought to be a part of our day-to-day lives as we come to grips with the new reality that has been thrust upon us?

One thing must be understood: KDE is virtually 100% foreign technology. The foundation of KDE is the Qt toolkit, a set of GUI widgets developed by TrollTech, a Norwegian company. Norway, like the rest of Scandanavia and Europe in general, is an extremely socialist country. Socialism is something that Americans decided long ago would not be allowed in our nation, and yet millions of Linux users are downloading it without so much as a second thought. Beyond that, Norway's liberal immigration laws have allowed all sorts of unsavory characters into their nation... including the Muslims with which we are currently at war.

The rest of the KDE intrinsics are developed by primarily European agitators, folks who would not bat an eyelash at knocking down the capitalist foundation upon which our nation has been built. Bashing Microsoft is a popular sport in this forum, but the truth must be told: MSFT is an American company that employs American citizens with American families. Joke all you want about Microsoft employees, but they need to eat just like the rest of us do. For the life of me, I cannot understand why one would eschew Microsoft products in favor of things such as KDE.

Now, MSFT products are not perfect, but the last time I checked, neither was KDE! So in a very real sense, we are talking about choosing the lesser of two evils, and in this case the choice could not be clearer (at least, in the opinion of this patriot.) Using KDE doesn't help this country one bit, but purchasing dutifully from Microsoft helps to ensure our economic vitality (and, by extension, our nation, our military, and our way of life.)

I doubt that Osama bin Laden owns a PC, but if he did, he'd probably be running KDE. Does this make you comfortable? It shouldn't.

tabbed browsing.

[garcia]

how could you not like it? Instead of having to open 5 different windows of Mozilla I have just one and easy access to each (I use E and don't have the option of a taskbar or icons).

I can have Slashdot open, my banking open, and porn (three different ones usually).

Also probably conserves on my short memory usage ;)

Re:3.1?

[red_dragon]

I think I'll wait for KDE 3.11 for workgroups.

But we'll have to wait 93 years for the release of KDE '95.

Re:The link is messed up...

[peg0cjs]

i mean, only Apple users would want to slow down their system with drop shadows, lickable buttons, translucent drop-down menus? I just want to get work done.

Lickable buttons? Wow! Does that mean we need to get touch-screens now, too? I hope I don't get a <ZOT!>

Re:Tabbed browsing

[Ig0r]

I have five fingers

I could fix that...

Re:Tabbed browsing

[uchian]

Gestures are cool! I've set Mozilla to automatically press the submit button for me when I move my mouse like thi

Re:KDE == ?

[rweir]

I think you mean 'Kommunist Desktop Environment'. Look at what the American education system has come to: good, patrioitic Americans can't even deliberately mispell their racial slurs!

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