KDE 4.1: Unacceptable ! Was: whew ! That is more like it ! Folderview and panel questions...

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 12:24 -0600, linuxguy wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 11:14 -0700, Craig White wrote:
> > On Wed, 2008-09-10 at 12:07 -0600, linuxguy wrote:
> > > I got updated to KDE 4.1 this morning.  It looks a lot better.
> > > 
> > > I have a couple questions.
> > > 
> > > 1) How do I install application icons in the panel ?  I would like an
> > > icon for Konqueror, Evolution, Dolphin, etc.  I think it used to be in
> > > Add Widgets or something like that.  Where is it now ?
> > ----
> > right click in empty space but to be honest, I've found that launchers
> > in the main panel disappointing
> 
> I have right clicked.   I don't see how to add a single icon for a
> single application.  Ie: one used to be able to add an Evolution icon
> and if you clicked it, it launched Evolution.  I don't want to go
> through the menu to start commonly used applications all the time.

Craig was mistaken. Right-click on empty space to a get a menu which
includes adding widgets. To add an app, Right-click on it in Kicker (or
Dolphin).

> > ----
> > > 
> > > 2) How do I resize the Desktop folder view ?   I click the resize icon
> > > in the taskbar that appears on the side.  If I try long enough I can get
> > > the folderview to move.  But I can't seem to resize it.  What am I doing
> > > wrong ?
> > ----
> > Desktop folder widget is awfully unfinished at the moment
> 
> This is a totally unacceptable statement.  I understand that Fedora is
> bleeding edge.  I've been running RH/F since RH8.  I understand that
> there might be bugs.
> 
> What is totally unacceptable is to ship an OS that totally lacks the
> very basic functionality that one uses everyday.

KDE is not an OS.

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