<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd"><html><head><meta name="qrichtext" content="1" /><style type="text/css">p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }</style></head><body style=" font-family:'DejaVu Sans'; font-size:9pt; font-weight:400; font-style:normal;">Hi:<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>First of all, I am most appreciative of having the use of your open source software, and for the work you put into it. I have been using KDE for several years, with various Linux distributions, but mostly Kubuntu.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>The 9:04 version I found very different. When I upgraded it changed many of the actions; e.g. my keyboard was changed so I could not do apostrophes etc. It took me quite a bit of time to find the way to correct these.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>I have not upgraded to 9:10 because after going through the changes with 9:04 I can't afford to screw up my important files or go through finding out how to make things to work for me.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>One thing that is still a problem for me is cut (or copy) & paste. I had difficulty finding Klipper on a menu even though it was shown as installed. (I am not a computer or Linux expert although I have been using them for quite a long time.) I finally did get it installed on my task bar. Sometimes when I cut an item, then go to paste it, I find it's gone--doesn't paste, doesn't show on the Klipper menu. When I try to copy & paste in OO Spreadsheet, sometimes I have to do the action repeatedly--it won't copy the first time, but after 2 or 3 tries it will. The same goes if I want to paste something into multiple cells; usually it will only paste it once, but sometimes it will. I have not been able to figure a pattern to this apparently erratic behaviour, but it slows my work down and frustrates me. In some applications I can relocate items by drag & drop; in others (like Kmail composer) it won't do that.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>I also find that Firefox at times locks up and I can only exit by cutting the power. There seems to also be a problem with playing internet videos on Firefox. Sometimes they show the "play" arrow, and they will play; other times the video screen is black. This can happen on the same web site (e.g. Youtube). I have not been able to figure out where the difference is, in terms of missing plugins etc.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>I am not able to decipher which of the issues belong to KDE, which to Ubuntu, and which to the specific application.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>Again, thank you for the gift of open source software.<br>
<p style="-qt-paragraph-type:empty; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px; -qt-block-indent:0; text-indent:0px; -qt-user-state:0;"><br></p>Sincerely, Keith Shackleton</p></body></html>