A look at GNOME 2.14, comparison to KDE

[Mr Bulldog]

well it is more of a criticism of kde, i prefer being able to do stuff on an
oss, however there is configuration options that can for example make the
icons bigger and you have got the old version of konqueror, which has a much
nicer "k" button. Where if you don't want a sidebar you can get rid of it. I
know kde has to be straightforward more but it gives users an ability to
configure it how you want

On 20/02/06, Janne Ojaniemi <janne.ojaniemi at nbl.fi> wrote:
>
> You might have seen already (or maybe not):
>
> http://www.gnome.org/~davyd/gnome-2-14/
>
> Anyway, here are my comments:
>
> I'm VERY impressed! Of course I'm not talking about actual functionality
> (that
> would require actually using the software ;)), but they seem to have
> worked
> very hard on this release!
>
> And if we look at the look 'n feel of the UI, I think GNOME handidly beats
> KDE
> here. I don't know how they do it (I do have few ideas, read on), but
> somehow
> they manage to make their UI look so smooth and uncluttered, whereas KDE
> looks very busy. And take a look at the Windecs. While Plastik looks OK,
> the
> GNOME-windec looks even better. I don't know how they did it, but it looks
> VERY smooth and easy on the eyes!
>
> I think the clutterness and unclutterness of the UI is due to small
> things.
> KDE-apps tend to have borders, lines, UI-elements and such that are not
> really needed in the end. GNOME does not have those. This is a pet-peeve
> of
> mine, but it's worth repeating. To illustrate my point: Take a look at
> Nautilus:
>
> http://alblinux.homelinux.org/albums/GNOME212/Nautilus_01.png
>
> Then take a look at Konqueror:
>
> http://kde.org/screenshots/images/3.4/snapshot06.png
>
> If you don't see the difference in UI-clutter, pay attention to following:
>
> - Konqueror has 4 borders separating the icons from each other. Nautilus
> has
> one
>
> - For some weird reason, the content-area in Konqueror is framed (notice
> the
> two dark-gray lines surrounding the content-area). Nautilus does not have
> this framing.
>
> - Notice the lines and borders that separate the sidebar from the
> content-area
> in Konqueror. Again, Nautilus does not have these.
>
> - Notice the multitude of lines and borders underneath the content-area in
> Konqueror. Again, Nautilus does not have these.
>
> - Notice the KDE-icon in the top-right corner on Konqueror. Again, it has
> lines and borders around it. Similar icon in Nautilus has no such lines.
>
> - Does the Location-bar in Konqueror REALLY need that border around it? No
> it
> does not.
>
> Seriously, I have no idea why KDE insist that all UI-elements must be
> framed
> inside lines and borders. It makes the UI look very unsmooth and
> cluttered,
> while it serves no real purpose. And you can see these differences
> everywhere
> in GNOME and KDE, so it's not only these two apps.
>
> Other things to notice:
>
> - Konqueror has nine top-level menu's, Nautilus has six
>
> - Konqueror has 12 icons cramped closely together, Nautilus has 7 (9 if
> you
> include the zoom/unzoom-icons) icons with lots of space between them.
>
> - Notice the six icons in the sidebar in Konqueror. Nautilus does not have
> them, but they seem to be using a drop-menu instead (the "Informacione").
> Konqueror's implementation presents several UI-elements and makes the UI
> look
> busy, whereas Nautilus's implementation has only one UI-element visible,
> making the UI less cluttered.
>
> KDE has a lot of work ahead of it. A lot. I'm really looking forward to
> KDE4,
> and I really, really hope that it delivers on this front. I would guess
> that
> UI-changes like this are relatively easy to do, but for some reason I feel
> that changes like these are the ones that would face the most
> opposition...
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