Removing icons from KDE 4 Menus

[Frans Englich]

On Sunday 04 September 2005 13:16, Jens Herden wrote:
> > I know people still use 800x600. But, just like you pointed out above,
> > they are doing that because they are using broken systems that don't
> > change the DPI as they should.
>
> I am living in Cambodia and I can tell you that many computer here use
> 800x600 because they can not use any higher resolution. You simply can not
> compare the computer infrastructure of rich countries with what you find in
> poor countries.
>
> Given that Open Source and KDE is getting more and more important in poor
> countries like Cambodia dropping this screen resolution would be a very bad
> move of KDE.

Agreed. I also emphasize the importance of keeping compatiblity with 800x600, 
an area which there have been invested quite some work in already.

I haven't closely followed this thread, but as a general comment I say that 
just because something doesn't fit, one shouldn't assume it is the screen 
size's fault. Instead of thinking "we need more space", think "we need to get 
better at designing UIs" and "we need to get better at finding alternatives 
to 'solving' problems by adding gazillions of config options".

Another argument, except for the ones already given in this thread, is that 
the larger windows get, the less flexible they get. That is, large windows 
makes multi tasking(switching between different programs/windows) less 
flexible and one moves towards the old "one large MDI program fills the 
screen" approach.  Apple's designers manages to design neat windows that 
(can) be small enhough to be arranged as small units lying next to each 
other.

This symptom, that KDE's programs doesn't fit on screens, can be good to keep 
in mind as one of the side effects when the usual arguments of "flexibility" 
and "power" are given as the reasons to add yet another config 
option/whatever.


Cheers,

		Frans