Kde4 a step backwards?

[Terry Polzin]

On Tuesday May 20 2008, Marcel Janssen wrote:
> On Monday 19 May 2008, Terry Polzin wrote:
> > I have yet to be able to figure out how to create an application launch
> > icon on the desktop or task manager.
>
> Find the application in the K menu, than right click and select "Add to
> desktop".
>
> > Does the task manager have a "hide" feature?  I have yet to discover
> > where to control that as well.
>
> Good question. I'm not only looking for it to hide but since I always use
> dual head systems to span it. The current panel is too crowded in things to
> find my way and I either need more panels or more space.....
> I had a look at ~/.kde/config/plasma-appletsrc but don't realy see any
> options for this.
>
> In general I do miss some things in KDE4 that I had available in KDE3, but
> perhaps it's just a mater of getting used to the new way of doing things.
> What I miss most is the well working drag & drop from one konqueror window
> to another directly onto a folder icon instead of first opening the folder.
> Some actions require more handling, but I guess that with time
> functionality will be improved.

To my good fortune, a couple of ~.Desktop/???.desktop files survived the 
F8 -->F9 update, I've been able to copy one and configure it to my needs for 
the other java app I needed a desktop icon for.


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