<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Just hang in there for ~6 more weeks. 4.2 provides an option for a traditional desktop look. It even lets you have a traditional desktop (with folder icons) and folder view widgets on top of that!<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Scott Beamer" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.com><br>To: kde@mail.kde.org<br>Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 6:28:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>Subject: [kde] Making the "Folder View" widget less ugly.<br><br>Desktop icons are pretty much a "standard equipment" option everywhere (or even a default in many instances - see KDE 3.5, GNOME 2.x, Windows 95 through Vista or any Mac OS for details).<br><br>And I frankly find that to be my #1 issue with KDE4 (otherwise, KDE4 has a beautiful interface).<br><br>As far as I know, the only way to view icons on the desktop is via the "Folder View" widget.<br><br>The problem is, that widget is just plain ugly.<br><br>At the very least I'd like this widget's background to be *completely* transparent.<br><br>It dries me nuts. It makes the desktop look less "clean". <br><br>Now granted, a bunch of icons on the desktop is also not a "clean" look and I generally do keep my desktop defaults perfectly clean. But depending on what I'm doing, I've always found it convenient to throw something temporarily on the desktop for follow-up. And I really find that this "folder view" widget is just annoying in it's present form.<br><br>Is anyone aware of any plans to implement any changes in this widget?<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br><br>___________________________________________________<br>This message is from the kde mailing list.<br>Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde.<br>Archives: http://lists.kde.org/.<br>More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.<br></div></body></html>