tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39185005644106910572024-03-19T02:21:33.531-07:00Introducing KDE 4Little articles covering KDE 4.x new applications, features, and improvements over its predecessor.Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-605545714593171802009-04-18T11:16:00.000-07:002009-04-19T10:49:33.592-07:00Kontact: Feeds (Akregator)<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Sorry it took me a little bit more, but there's a literature contest, and is my biggest priority right now, and it's very time consuming.</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to another issue of the Kontact series, this week we will give a look to Feeds part of Kontact, I used to use this application on KDE 3.5, and it seems like it didn't change much, but, don't misunderstand me, this isn't a bad thing, since Akregator probably have on of the simplest, powerful and easy to use interfaces all around KDE. Let's go on ;-)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Akregator<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0LZKYtj_fNuAN52bPe1e0yoNJUb6HUEPAR8I1yrpQeyKta9bEMy9j-OJl3PSic4jv9-5apmdM7uYYT8kiITtaQe6veHLVLsj1SXf8y91bckEoGfCbEG4mU9gwkdl1FLK8EwaNK3kLPY/s1600-h/feeds1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin0LZKYtj_fNuAN52bPe1e0yoNJUb6HUEPAR8I1yrpQeyKta9bEMy9j-OJl3PSic4jv9-5apmdM7uYYT8kiITtaQe6veHLVLsj1SXf8y91bckEoGfCbEG4mU9gwkdl1FLK8EwaNK3kLPY/s400/feeds1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326154948464767682" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">By default it looks like this:<br /><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirShdYepzOOzs-OCbwhItkxYS9uwcNN41HAStuSf92bX7gFiuLkn-0ptzMmOeeaJENh2I8rUT_cuE2cIgJKVFMdwSsd3GEKFWyhgr81HYB07KjE-M6HTXAgLwUyp_OAXHk65VFO3YHbGM/s1600-h/feeds2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirShdYepzOOzs-OCbwhItkxYS9uwcNN41HAStuSf92bX7gFiuLkn-0ptzMmOeeaJENh2I8rUT_cuE2cIgJKVFMdwSsd3GEKFWyhgr81HYB07KjE-M6HTXAgLwUyp_OAXHk65VFO3YHbGM/s400/feeds2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326154946342555138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Even, if the toolbar has many icons, the only one that can be removed (in it's current state) is the "What's this?" Icon. </span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The browser part is useful when you're looking at the whole story, however, I'm not sure how much the user will actually browse using tabs inside Akregator. In fact, the best would be a dynamic toolbar, when you're at the main interface, they should dissapear, and when you're looking at a full story, they should appear (but it would be good if merged stop and reload), yet, the interface looks well (and not cluttered) anyway.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Akregator supports different view modes, all of them are quite good actually, with their strong point and minor weak points :-) On all views there's a little flaw, they show the feed source on the feed list, this is unnecessary, since you're looking at the feed source at the side bar ;-).<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeTC-Oa7CdbIPKrHURGCeWjBFHheza_X17oz50dniXnMTNTcW_ylvJq0tTsaUmc_ZnuAbkgK2CE7_D1OPB1RnI3FLZ1J19xMAteYA6_r1ty2R3KF60rhBmeASkMIGOtsbwFjTl-nlKCs/s1600-h/feeds4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizeTC-Oa7CdbIPKrHURGCeWjBFHheza_X17oz50dniXnMTNTcW_ylvJq0tTsaUmc_ZnuAbkgK2CE7_D1OPB1RnI3FLZ1J19xMAteYA6_r1ty2R3KF60rhBmeASkMIGOtsbwFjTl-nlKCs/s400/feeds4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326154957236290866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;">So I removed it for all the following screenshots but many seem confused, getting rid of it while viewing individual feeds, won't change the layout while looking at multiple feeds (all feeds or folders)</span>:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeDZviOBWfwZMkhM4XUGR62NmEMzu6XmyY-EnIRDHBhuR2pC6MMXOTyuYJFEkai2xwlcdEMNLEHFRcVtq9mw6kq9KHo5ajdF4i1PW5q8pERZkZRa7zEtHwcaC_WPrE-TCbqICphArR6M/s1600-h/feeds3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeDZviOBWfwZMkhM4XUGR62NmEMzu6XmyY-EnIRDHBhuR2pC6MMXOTyuYJFEkai2xwlcdEMNLEHFRcVtq9mw6kq9KHo5ajdF4i1PW5q8pERZkZRa7zEtHwcaC_WPrE-TCbqICphArR6M/s400/feeds3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326154949582822082" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tC-pUZ3D41NvuS1dbUQwn_6CFYroNmRJAbb7niaV0766-cEKhOyKePU-JarQ66xc8w_F7jgJpFppSoX4Cia7eup8G2PX0dPb7-8618DBx4vP8Z0GIgobifSgXVn4lrIERwMEfX2nZKk/s1600-h/feeds15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tC-pUZ3D41NvuS1dbUQwn_6CFYroNmRJAbb7niaV0766-cEKhOyKePU-JarQ66xc8w_F7jgJpFppSoX4Cia7eup8G2PX0dPb7-8618DBx4vP8Z0GIgobifSgXVn4lrIERwMEfX2nZKk/s400/feeds15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155353109874930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Normal View: The feed viewer is on the bottom while the feeds list is at the top. The flaw with this arrange, is that if the feed is a little bit long, you'll have to scroll a lot to look at the actual feed:</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeDZviOBWfwZMkhM4XUGR62NmEMzu6XmyY-EnIRDHBhuR2pC6MMXOTyuYJFEkai2xwlcdEMNLEHFRcVtq9mw6kq9KHo5ajdF4i1PW5q8pERZkZRa7zEtHwcaC_WPrE-TCbqICphArR6M/s1600-h/feeds3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSeDZviOBWfwZMkhM4XUGR62NmEMzu6XmyY-EnIRDHBhuR2pC6MMXOTyuYJFEkai2xwlcdEMNLEHFRcVtq9mw6kq9KHo5ajdF4i1PW5q8pERZkZRa7zEtHwcaC_WPrE-TCbqICphArR6M/s400/feeds3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326154949582822082" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;">Widescreen view: This one gets pretty cluttered easily, however, if you plan on using the application maximized, it will be definitively the best view (however, I think that any interface that needs many space to work is flawed, and the kontact window default size is my reference):</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWC1WiXd8z0882aWap7Uy4_AJTcRmwSSpKZCZ2DfgAGnz-fPRkIT2NAbGNrt21oql0DI4SfJf6Q18iQijnm0ARhTh6MJvb0YLGWXavNHL5cfBGG4iQ5IlX07qyqpvlEGhUBZBmHPp6KU/s1600-h/feeds6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWC1WiXd8z0882aWap7Uy4_AJTcRmwSSpKZCZ2DfgAGnz-fPRkIT2NAbGNrt21oql0DI4SfJf6Q18iQijnm0ARhTh6MJvb0YLGWXavNHL5cfBGG4iQ5IlX07qyqpvlEGhUBZBmHPp6KU/s400/feeds6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155132236794866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Combined view: Will give the biggest space to look at the actual feed, however, you lose the list of the feeds, meaning more scrolling to actually know what's new and might interest you.</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhMLV89huQFqxFYyVuuWNmPFsxcd7xqxSWSS8aznBFqPalRRF-nCjqErg8YWNMnlEARrYFWEjz8xy7gJ-brBUaxPRiaoqPvy9LPaorbr6XaxqFztZBseA8FZYu_gjZ6yyNVq2Kh1o1TQ/s1600-h/feeds7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifhMLV89huQFqxFYyVuuWNmPFsxcd7xqxSWSS8aznBFqPalRRF-nCjqErg8YWNMnlEARrYFWEjz8xy7gJ-brBUaxPRiaoqPvy9LPaorbr6XaxqFztZBseA8FZYu_gjZ6yyNVq2Kh1o1TQ/s400/feeds7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155135604367474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I personally believe the normal is the best one overall, and it's a pretty good default :-)<br /><br />As I said in the first article, Kontact is a suite made of different application all combined by using KParts, this is great, and can be used by any application, Akregator makes a pretty good use of them. How's this? When you click to read the whole story, it will open inside Kontact, on a tab. This is great, of course, if you want to, you can open it on the browser too:</span><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPXJ6nMaRst89Q4iLMNRomoitNNG-DJv-ckAk5dYRW0M0oQq_-dr2t-z0ApgetoFPfj0rMiBz4Y70WxROeow4_VBDHxDh38BS8INuxBoh1WNP9AEP1EuagcrEsiMyaElJ0bOArJZ7CIM/s1600-h/feeds8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqPXJ6nMaRst89Q4iLMNRomoitNNG-DJv-ckAk5dYRW0M0oQq_-dr2t-z0ApgetoFPfj0rMiBz4Y70WxROeow4_VBDHxDh38BS8INuxBoh1WNP9AEP1EuagcrEsiMyaElJ0bOArJZ7CIM/s400/feeds8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155140921741730" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Disclaimer: I couldn't care less of a cat spinning... I just wanted a feed with youtube video.<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Adding new feeds is very easy, you just click "Add new feed" and you're done:</span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gOE67abuhJj2NOoOEOLTzMYZKVmUOoAcfaPkkus2Y9ClqEU2y7elRcOuaE0CsK4RvcOsjgqIrQd6UbOhbKEw-db6hW21mhsoUFWSl_iTtH1NuzmlS1iTXMW_qhV3Dox8-HyLhsiyKNc/s1600-h/feeds9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 383px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1gOE67abuhJj2NOoOEOLTzMYZKVmUOoAcfaPkkus2Y9ClqEU2y7elRcOuaE0CsK4RvcOsjgqIrQd6UbOhbKEw-db6hW21mhsoUFWSl_iTtH1NuzmlS1iTXMW_qhV3Dox8-HyLhsiyKNc/s400/feeds9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155139040949314" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Then you get a small dialog for tweaking the name of the feed, and other little things (like intervals), it's extremely well done, clean and easy. Kudos to the developers, Akregator interface is sooooo well done:<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeHdix9vYXywaSIhqYLzIOIaJCWi8cuif3VNA6dEnj6iDRXMUve_tolSLAvsxVPCq8WuRRaw5kcBhLtw0d-AhmDgzKNMI6Awso0v9qrru4IPTTv8uPrh5YuiazfiqMHPQ416RV5xXkCw/s1600-h/feeds10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDeHdix9vYXywaSIhqYLzIOIaJCWi8cuif3VNA6dEnj6iDRXMUve_tolSLAvsxVPCq8WuRRaw5kcBhLtw0d-AhmDgzKNMI6Awso0v9qrru4IPTTv8uPrh5YuiazfiqMHPQ416RV5xXkCw/s400/feeds10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155142990979218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVfMyn-QXjXSnWBwHTrybPk_nOQXLXfo9ApdEFDLnYZdkGTnbH4r6pighANVPyFt1eA2Gi8Iy5I7CwnCeVXuxXZVKKSrVOzHB4MkiLPB2sW5H_qoOpFES3IFILYGkyxyakpS4Ko81XMw/s1600-h/feeds11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizVfMyn-QXjXSnWBwHTrybPk_nOQXLXfo9ApdEFDLnYZdkGTnbH4r6pighANVPyFt1eA2Gi8Iy5I7CwnCeVXuxXZVKKSrVOzHB4MkiLPB2sW5H_qoOpFES3IFILYGkyxyakpS4Ko81XMw/s400/feeds11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155346742105842" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Lm6Rg1mUUfhq3Qrfrdg-WychxfuuUqVVEnwpAFBS6MYhPJPQpjNO_G4OPFOcvaDle1m7IQGAV3ldF4fuGUENPBFRPn8PegdVhoWBinjELRYrRF4gsNeHX6bowz9788Lo0_DIT3or18E/s1600-h/feeds12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Lm6Rg1mUUfhq3Qrfrdg-WychxfuuUqVVEnwpAFBS6MYhPJPQpjNO_G4OPFOcvaDle1m7IQGAV3ldF4fuGUENPBFRPn8PegdVhoWBinjELRYrRF4gsNeHX6bowz9788Lo0_DIT3or18E/s400/feeds12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155348170960290" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">You can arrange them on folders:<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tC-pUZ3D41NvuS1dbUQwn_6CFYroNmRJAbb7niaV0766-cEKhOyKePU-JarQ66xc8w_F7jgJpFppSoX4Cia7eup8G2PX0dPb7-8618DBx4vP8Z0GIgobifSgXVn4lrIERwMEfX2nZKk/s1600-h/feeds15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tC-pUZ3D41NvuS1dbUQwn_6CFYroNmRJAbb7niaV0766-cEKhOyKePU-JarQ66xc8w_F7jgJpFppSoX4Cia7eup8G2PX0dPb7-8618DBx4vP8Z0GIgobifSgXVn4lrIERwMEfX2nZKk/s400/feeds15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155353109874930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Once again, search works as expected:<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTERcL7v6IhTtPFAc9ZyVw37Xuts7bxwZurVibU4aEDq_H2srOl2mqzmmV7B1A046wmGNd_9dGv0NYTsukOlJwL_yVvz7qk3jfQffg3tfe3Mc1QcLKB7L2N9KD0x7XlWeTWuvv-DUe6o/s1600-h/feeds13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMTERcL7v6IhTtPFAc9ZyVw37Xuts7bxwZurVibU4aEDq_H2srOl2mqzmmV7B1A046wmGNd_9dGv0NYTsukOlJwL_yVvz7qk3jfQffg3tfe3Mc1QcLKB7L2N9KD0x7XlWeTWuvv-DUe6o/s400/feeds13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155349860569234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size:100%;">You can narrow your results easily:<br /></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSFNP_Cs96EAVVppgvQZCFMJoccZvMqvQqklczARwa6XVxVk1pYW1RUs2FM1TSK_NkEhVyVNYz92jrFsqkqoVW_6n9FpkVNyc7kNbkjbph5BsQb0T6j1rJWEE4vqyZx91oGlCFviIfvM/s1600-h/feeds14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQSFNP_Cs96EAVVppgvQZCFMJoccZvMqvQqklczARwa6XVxVk1pYW1RUs2FM1TSK_NkEhVyVNYz92jrFsqkqoVW_6n9FpkVNyc7kNbkjbph5BsQb0T6j1rJWEE4vqyZx91oGlCFviIfvM/s400/feeds14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155352467991234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />The configuration dialogues are very clean and straight forward </span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ><span>(self-explanatory)</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">, take a look:<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvxkAnWo0MQYGD9Sc8eDwZmW-qLg4_VGOzDUpYITjOX0OrkN_a__StU1pL2JFjb6Vl8pXQLyZMRn50h3WXjPtFQ-dCfN6MukUexpHB4tF-D3rT4HCtsPzkEIlVbjXky42685tp2xYv9o/s1600-h/feeds16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDvxkAnWo0MQYGD9Sc8eDwZmW-qLg4_VGOzDUpYITjOX0OrkN_a__StU1pL2JFjb6Vl8pXQLyZMRn50h3WXjPtFQ-dCfN6MukUexpHB4tF-D3rT4HCtsPzkEIlVbjXky42685tp2xYv9o/s400/feeds16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155529584812754" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWtUqyupjM_l2jUrup65lIwD2nW1O1iDESStpnh9WVMIbASas-csreXz7BWPHn1Jv478fz2RNYnVSeC16FYW_yff5_Jf3FMG9QhtmIUJIEbUwcLrlegnnkqmHouB456TdGAOIL-TqDMo/s1600-h/feeds17.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwWtUqyupjM_l2jUrup65lIwD2nW1O1iDESStpnh9WVMIbASas-csreXz7BWPHn1Jv478fz2RNYnVSeC16FYW_yff5_Jf3FMG9QhtmIUJIEbUwcLrlegnnkqmHouB456TdGAOIL-TqDMo/s400/feeds17.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155532955338450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3fqREVhfnvHTY0jLX2YmpSikVLXTcO_80f_2-mvtvt80z73EGTTQ0g6iydwISbzibu7-BGVcGPPNzw_T2Wn4HL3bn2an-g0g6kNyBJXZqVtUFWe2WlTMtFC3QdCDh25sUxgYr4I5O3k/s1600-h/feeds18.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI3fqREVhfnvHTY0jLX2YmpSikVLXTcO_80f_2-mvtvt80z73EGTTQ0g6iydwISbzibu7-BGVcGPPNzw_T2Wn4HL3bn2an-g0g6kNyBJXZqVtUFWe2WlTMtFC3QdCDh25sUxgYr4I5O3k/s400/feeds18.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155536333704050" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgnpZVbWEg-NgShsxyGH2Jtz0I2aOvBrqBDRN-KeFH22DXL2SufsVRF3mv5op2wlHZj8D7QaQRzVm7Mvh5QUzLtca8K07I-X5QXMkOSsMkDpsiuMMJiW_SKGFPAxykMB2seiaAPH7ek0/s1600-h/feeds19.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgnpZVbWEg-NgShsxyGH2Jtz0I2aOvBrqBDRN-KeFH22DXL2SufsVRF3mv5op2wlHZj8D7QaQRzVm7Mvh5QUzLtca8K07I-X5QXMkOSsMkDpsiuMMJiW_SKGFPAxykMB2seiaAPH7ek0/s400/feeds19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155534212349026" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHj-Y8buyJSkR-isqtU0NnivKyolTlskWcDZ_H_AYMccKxpnGMDimJX3e68-XRGE4EvIGshMMxvaZq2bppRpYyGAH9PyBvdHQ4w991NDU8K4IjN9jrZfiEwzeIFxE-b008Y5ppOFKZy4/s1600-h/feeds20.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicHj-Y8buyJSkR-isqtU0NnivKyolTlskWcDZ_H_AYMccKxpnGMDimJX3e68-XRGE4EvIGshMMxvaZq2bppRpYyGAH9PyBvdHQ4w991NDU8K4IjN9jrZfiEwzeIFxE-b008Y5ppOFKZy4/s400/feeds20.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155538172595570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRykLs2dIaD3tyWKAFVfuLX_Ja1iPPDdUwwSaw5Q5K4gG8ibt4dLWWBjvTHgkwgoouuBJ2MSwtJFt7AE7cbSdYp3uU-0IUL-NvG1aBUfGuIhehc6JPJtQ502mFjDaQg3hKgIzvlf_tq5k/s1600-h/feeds21.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRykLs2dIaD3tyWKAFVfuLX_Ja1iPPDdUwwSaw5Q5K4gG8ibt4dLWWBjvTHgkwgoouuBJ2MSwtJFt7AE7cbSdYp3uU-0IUL-NvG1aBUfGuIhehc6JPJtQ502mFjDaQg3hKgIzvlf_tq5k/s400/feeds21.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326155606197693650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Well, this is for today, I hope you like it, as you saw Akgregator is very nice, easy, uncluttered and functional.<br /><br /></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span>Coming up next: Kontact: Journal*</span></span><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" ><span><br />Stay Tuned</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-style: italic;">*Unless somebody tells me about a good free usenet service, since I won't pay for something I find mostly useless (I apologize in advance to the usenet users), if you know about about one, please mail or leave comment here :-)</span></span></span></span><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-88644759071863517482009-04-16T13:18:00.000-07:002009-04-17T10:41:33.436-07:00Kontact: To-do (KOrganizer)<div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome again. This is going to be a small overview, since the "To-Do" is in fact part of KOrganizer, which was mostly seen on the <a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/04/kontacts-calendar-korganizer.html">last article</a>. It's just going be fast view at the main interface, the changes to the interface remain the same as on Calendar.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kontact: To-Do<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwiId3YuD1uZcEir6excXh-_lFyXQzK9U1I-NunXKgZ_duawXxMA61p4yB19KP1LDi8AYDmx5MqRUcNwTGpMXju1qASTbjQA8bYzgOrgPiDWGSn9bSzi7ie8Bk678brJJJYrshxK0dzM/s1600-h/todo9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwiId3YuD1uZcEir6excXh-_lFyXQzK9U1I-NunXKgZ_duawXxMA61p4yB19KP1LDi8AYDmx5MqRUcNwTGpMXju1qASTbjQA8bYzgOrgPiDWGSn9bSzi7ie8Bk678brJJJYrshxK0dzM/s400/todo9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413558222295474" border="0" /></a>By default it looks like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CeamodEg3Pq6-gUkday8pvXCfrI3PkdmOL_4CJbrodcOUB5oNq8OpgINr5_yI2NoGaBh_mpcPfNckKEwJzhEadk4ZjmzAV8BF37mWj0gEtmVHkKovVGaOcAvOy0NPgpbE6TOGMZGVaE/s1600-h/todo1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CeamodEg3Pq6-gUkday8pvXCfrI3PkdmOL_4CJbrodcOUB5oNq8OpgINr5_yI2NoGaBh_mpcPfNckKEwJzhEadk4ZjmzAV8BF37mWj0gEtmVHkKovVGaOcAvOy0NPgpbE6TOGMZGVaE/s400/todo1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413372180645730" border="0" /></a><br />Of course, after some little changes (removing douplicate functionality, like the. unreadble, mini to-do viewer, and the mostly unused resources), however, I need to remark that the calendar is absolutely useless on the To-Do (as it is the "today" toolbar icon) , but revoming it, will remove it too from the Calendar sections, this is a big bug in my humble opinion, it ends like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ_jhGuHYI2kZIWGksp9zsD8SbszDB7Y_0jWII9qgssvAlXzxwhdcZJP3LyQOxv0lA95f-tvq8SNj0Me2DojwgqHAebh6xpc1MVhD3Y7ydb2uQsBy5udkf3k3mEEkSB61ovK-2yVD1Y8/s1600-h/todo.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ_jhGuHYI2kZIWGksp9zsD8SbszDB7Y_0jWII9qgssvAlXzxwhdcZJP3LyQOxv0lA95f-tvq8SNj0Me2DojwgqHAebh6xpc1MVhD3Y7ydb2uQsBy5udkf3k3mEEkSB61ovK-2yVD1Y8/s400/todo.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413368687724194" border="0" /></a><br />The interface works well, if you want to edit the fields, you can easily do it by right clicking them :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuhRZHXTdKNp-4uWk9wHMWS5CnhRRZD-tzj5xNh5R-tenKjBq2hmFB5gQGJjXpwgFLVSYFy4Sal4ynqXcOiGaz-VxkhJqFyBMrMfGnCAmYCHZSKg3Fpc4do6Oy2__etjNK-ZCMA6Stno/s1600-h/todo3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUuhRZHXTdKNp-4uWk9wHMWS5CnhRRZD-tzj5xNh5R-tenKjBq2hmFB5gQGJjXpwgFLVSYFy4Sal4ynqXcOiGaz-VxkhJqFyBMrMfGnCAmYCHZSKg3Fpc4do6Oy2__etjNK-ZCMA6Stno/s400/todo3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413372884770818" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Little update (Thanks Thomas)</span>: I forgot about this, by clicking it once you can get an in-line editor, so you don't need to right click:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTH0z4XOa72-sADm1RrElKY6yhX3nh2Sv_aw0tfNBaT24JgORNhVHcY4I4x7KjQhgGQxcTw-pJuSj7l2mvT-9KHFCi4nrS00BDVZvq4TN169tHD_MznB1SDqARuCelMue5GlsB-IN91U/s1600-h/todo12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTH0z4XOa72-sADm1RrElKY6yhX3nh2Sv_aw0tfNBaT24JgORNhVHcY4I4x7KjQhgGQxcTw-pJuSj7l2mvT-9KHFCi4nrS00BDVZvq4TN169tHD_MznB1SDqARuCelMue5GlsB-IN91U/s400/todo12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325716043781602258" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaIY8v_CUwUFQ7fz49v2YAqBTOQrt6EA_sER3bY1IGnjWubdeA2N6wD9NI5OpusKb3AWS7L7H8zr7pPFQ8CrdPL5MMrkS0eW0MBvbo2noFqiTt7X1H3Fw9UYI9wPlKv7PGBadpyP8Sgg/s1600-h/todo13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkaIY8v_CUwUFQ7fz49v2YAqBTOQrt6EA_sER3bY1IGnjWubdeA2N6wD9NI5OpusKb3AWS7L7H8zr7pPFQ8CrdPL5MMrkS0eW0MBvbo2noFqiTt7X1H3Fw9UYI9wPlKv7PGBadpyP8Sgg/s400/todo13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325716044869283714" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkDfU16rthYIETCJjr_fCKzppqXikKJMZ-cYXvwcPeFB8flzJnCIVw6SkCZvI_hncIypnjzeNwr36ltpbqCa6uN9VBU2MH8JLVtCdP2ItqZNp0MNfOvcp5IZBfQlz5hI6NKOz6f6tkpg/s1600-h/todo14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkDfU16rthYIETCJjr_fCKzppqXikKJMZ-cYXvwcPeFB8flzJnCIVw6SkCZvI_hncIypnjzeNwr36ltpbqCa6uN9VBU2MH8JLVtCdP2ItqZNp0MNfOvcp5IZBfQlz5hI6NKOz6f6tkpg/s400/todo14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325716046739251666" border="0" /></a>You can use flat view or tree view (I prefer the later, and it's the default), so you can easily see sub-to-dos:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVRFBPw4Ouid1rW29TUWcahbWEMbWdWLy7_6wxB-HW-i5-nybw7lRU5S0DcL1P1evu8EorIe9YlCG0Xta_PBwmI3lPxuHACi4pIAUV1f0gB4b4YTvdkj2bvCMxS6AIXmb01NX8n_AwZ0/s1600-h/todo4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVRFBPw4Ouid1rW29TUWcahbWEMbWdWLy7_6wxB-HW-i5-nybw7lRU5S0DcL1P1evu8EorIe9YlCG0Xta_PBwmI3lPxuHACi4pIAUV1f0gB4b4YTvdkj2bvCMxS6AIXmb01NX8n_AwZ0/s400/todo4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413378364933122" border="0" /></a>Creating new To-Dos is extremely easy, just write a tittle and hit enter:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPv6NoiyiM17ojOvRzQk4Gku4jZLD69HJijCxUs2P7bn4E9h69syFOnq3ETBT1pfWzd7bOyznhew7UXl_TQVdy__73F4r1pEskiWRIlMGrjYmhBRq3BWX43NtXmGPK5WjpA-oc_baOjA/s1600-h/todo5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilPv6NoiyiM17ojOvRzQk4Gku4jZLD69HJijCxUs2P7bn4E9h69syFOnq3ETBT1pfWzd7bOyznhew7UXl_TQVdy__73F4r1pEskiWRIlMGrjYmhBRq3BWX43NtXmGPK5WjpA-oc_baOjA/s400/todo5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413550265227090" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-style: italic;">Little update</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">(Thanks Thomas)</span>: You can easily add new sub-to-dos by selecting the desired parent to-do, then you just write the name in the in-line creator, but instead of hitting enter, you press Ctrl + Enter:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCe7qBaudzwTpQrQz-dHtx92KyU26q20Oq7bIygF5Op6VcGD2ToFUxwZFI3IZ8-TGb0ZzawZEMkV-cY6OCzGu6DvzYAK1dQnhVa9Xior_cEOSgy1bml3-0UvqDb1wmcwoTUEHgwEM5tE/s1600-h/todo10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaCe7qBaudzwTpQrQz-dHtx92KyU26q20Oq7bIygF5Op6VcGD2ToFUxwZFI3IZ8-TGb0ZzawZEMkV-cY6OCzGu6DvzYAK1dQnhVa9Xior_cEOSgy1bml3-0UvqDb1wmcwoTUEHgwEM5tE/s400/todo10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325712288323018210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R3eP2apuBW_SLx-0CV-k4qTsCK6tdHvJHgxr81A6QJfizERVqnLhjD2cUSUCD5eJ4B93un0_QGFUnDiqdQOE9rK3wGi4TEJsoqfbqi7OMtRTE5qvAj-GjmBE6zdGnMkuBig8m6D2NEc/s1600-h/todo11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9R3eP2apuBW_SLx-0CV-k4qTsCK6tdHvJHgxr81A6QJfizERVqnLhjD2cUSUCD5eJ4B93un0_QGFUnDiqdQOE9rK3wGi4TEJsoqfbqi7OMtRTE5qvAj-GjmBE6zdGnMkuBig8m6D2NEc/s400/todo11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325712290002449282" border="0" /></a>Being able to see the information without opening the editor is very confortable (at least after removing the mentioned parts at the beginning) :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubqhMBEgg8rlrBftc-kXe2Qd7vLLo71_UpEsiQE2uLIreoRJiV3Gy98wXA9XVulmDKIitsY5DGddxETdPYfrPxrk56dZRvRa3F7xvJBgV24eqCbeefYkle1_IIEcxjlFL5Dw8Q-hIOUQ/s1600-h/todo6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiubqhMBEgg8rlrBftc-kXe2Qd7vLLo71_UpEsiQE2uLIreoRJiV3Gy98wXA9XVulmDKIitsY5DGddxETdPYfrPxrk56dZRvRa3F7xvJBgV24eqCbeefYkle1_IIEcxjlFL5Dw8Q-hIOUQ/s400/todo6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413551735988018" border="0" /></a>Search works as expected:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHUpA0gt6Yz5GylvbEFjO1C45PoYsM9inC3W7uyeIY0UADd8vZJhyphenhyphenjWfEq22rveHMDvf0068aZVHTJ31ONrfYu0gzW4WqcDKeLO6nDoUGJUqCnHCaakBVrdP0mtr0NRWCVynGgNXvgLM/s1600-h/todo7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHUpA0gt6Yz5GylvbEFjO1C45PoYsM9inC3W7uyeIY0UADd8vZJhyphenhyphenjWfEq22rveHMDvf0068aZVHTJ31ONrfYu0gzW4WqcDKeLO6nDoUGJUqCnHCaakBVrdP0mtr0NRWCVynGgNXvgLM/s400/todo7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413555886672594" border="0" /></a>You can filter categories (and it will affect search too):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNLtQ_zHiOMVXKrqx46_cv6hebqOFShWJvDrRfO9xDacheHjC-FaFGd8peJc4VE_-WHJ5Sd4bsOGe2OIFRkRhf8QFtCdG9N4jqiUasUvTg316D6wcqEQbNfFkV7nNrL0eoelLEOZm5e8/s1600-h/todo8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNLtQ_zHiOMVXKrqx46_cv6hebqOFShWJvDrRfO9xDacheHjC-FaFGd8peJc4VE_-WHJ5Sd4bsOGe2OIFRkRhf8QFtCdG9N4jqiUasUvTg316D6wcqEQbNfFkV7nNrL0eoelLEOZm5e8/s400/todo8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325413557881910802" border="0" /></a><br />Well, this is one was very short, but most was covered on the Calendar article, if you didn't read it, in that one you'll find the Add, configuration, attendees, categories dialogues among others. Thanks in advance for you attention, and I hope you like it, I will publish the "Feeds" article later today :-) (this is one was way too short).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Coming up later today: Kontact: Feeds</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-84301947240686717792009-04-07T13:09:00.000-07:002009-04-07T19:27:50.117-07:00Kontacts: Calendar (KOrganizer)<div style="text-align: justify;">Welcome to the third issue of the Kontact suit series. Today we'll give a look at the Calendar kpart (KOrganizer):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfEDbgUPAevwVh4r39TiQNwmMj7xSmBMbjiz3DRwr8mlb2oyXPG68rXX5F5NCIuRzBfHGakMpN7jq0eKhBbrRzBTjGed7pt_xlXi4WD8GxH1CVB-5beBmznq1wEZziFIffj6nLCc58Do/s1600-h/Calendar.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNfEDbgUPAevwVh4r39TiQNwmMj7xSmBMbjiz3DRwr8mlb2oyXPG68rXX5F5NCIuRzBfHGakMpN7jq0eKhBbrRzBTjGed7pt_xlXi4WD8GxH1CVB-5beBmznq1wEZziFIffj6nLCc58Do/s400/Calendar.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322071040635255330" border="0" /></a>By default, it shares many interface problems with Contacts, they both show non-sense information by default, take a look:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdPT1pt_lOwcZbf6OC0EVFZCI1swLzzJOhsJ3eAbnTgxfmLmG1tjIaOHbWkIvEfEak4FgjSK_6DdaXH6OEyb7YbO1r-HnNi5w64yMk_11OoHczzbOciHt_u1i3S8h9Bx51Lja5XhpLBY/s1600-h/Calendar3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVdPT1pt_lOwcZbf6OC0EVFZCI1swLzzJOhsJ3eAbnTgxfmLmG1tjIaOHbWkIvEfEak4FgjSK_6DdaXH6OEyb7YbO1r-HnNi5w64yMk_11OoHczzbOciHt_u1i3S8h9Bx51Lja5XhpLBY/s400/Calendar3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322071045379402418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Critics to the main interface first</span><br /></div><br />The toolbar, I mean, come on, how many icons are there? Remember, for a sane interface try to never pass 7 toolbar icons, some application need to, but 99% of them don't. That your application supports copy, cut and paste doesn't mean it deserves a place on the toolbar!:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E0VMUVEw5XID4mVN3L7Qkd-T_ikYAe2RjmJ7nF4YGWfcIljG1K1OCOlLJcz5EKabDU0jdN9NkYo1M_egInDTZJTuT4Y-EK8WBtEFjCCv84XKcYb2afFT46rNmOheSem-YUgZ0e3BFwE/s1600-h/Calendar4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 35px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1E0VMUVEw5XID4mVN3L7Qkd-T_ikYAe2RjmJ7nF4YGWfcIljG1K1OCOlLJcz5EKabDU0jdN9NkYo1M_egInDTZJTuT4Y-EK8WBtEFjCCv84XKcYb2afFT46rNmOheSem-YUgZ0e3BFwE/s400/Calendar4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322071048587007826" border="0" /></a><br />You see the arrow at the left? There's still one more:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMEiqd4PBWn8EDht9iBfTNRCfr0Nm3VVahoVqQYAJWpsQgZcZfnrGL8_2nBoKxUu9bs6LastLVgxFRrfmKR46SxOmglMekyerLTNLqEjh5LVe96uF-YcrbsbhNROS0rLG2zH34i1TFNY/s1600-h/Calendar5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 32px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMEiqd4PBWn8EDht9iBfTNRCfr0Nm3VVahoVqQYAJWpsQgZcZfnrGL8_2nBoKxUu9bs6LastLVgxFRrfmKR46SxOmglMekyerLTNLqEjh5LVe96uF-YcrbsbhNROS0rLG2zH34i1TFNY/s400/Calendar5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322071046266979490" border="0" /></a>The toobar could easily be reduced to seven icons, the most used seven icons, the rest of the views are still on the"view" menu, also, forward and backward button are useless, since there's a calendar:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNyK3DtW1lmew-ER2q0I2P0vpXmcgcnTQY4TfqHaDQFDHfcQ_zFRzrQMYuwNv09ncnHp_X74gqX1_qEftVGsMhuBLGcUBfnJ3kW_cJYdburrse8nhYoILcFtfgA42a4r5M8G0hE2QdCo/s1600-h/Calendar6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 27px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyNyK3DtW1lmew-ER2q0I2P0vpXmcgcnTQY4TfqHaDQFDHfcQ_zFRzrQMYuwNv09ncnHp_X74gqX1_qEftVGsMhuBLGcUBfnJ3kW_cJYdburrse8nhYoILcFtfgA42a4r5M8G0hE2QdCo/s400/Calendar6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322071051753921442" border="0" /></a><br />The sidebar, is amazingly crowdy, full of non-sense, Akonadi resource is the first thing we should get rid of:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMhiMrj1cIsjfux3CVJwZWS_C5Pn1ykeHoTtqQW26-p6JZYOzBQ6SxpRGBwzEkUQyTnrx-2r4FDS0ZVm2TuyCXiYci07zxXeERpjN6pKS5PW5j1guPa-Qu5R-hH_KNY4pC0LDo-GdgI8/s1600-h/Calendar7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNMhiMrj1cIsjfux3CVJwZWS_C5Pn1ykeHoTtqQW26-p6JZYOzBQ6SxpRGBwzEkUQyTnrx-2r4FDS0ZVm2TuyCXiYci07zxXeERpjN6pKS5PW5j1guPa-Qu5R-hH_KNY4pC0LDo-GdgI8/s400/Calendar7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322075370082040194" border="0" /></a>And, to be fair, we should get rid of the to-do viewer, since it's functionality is much better presented on the to-do list section of Kontact:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDLeU9Xu4MBjUq9c8HB-D4qzC-LtgNssMQ2ViuH0LUvL8g4UlNnf4CgEvsjhuC1dBtGnL-fjTx6xC2qlkuYZ9OYkpQjPZtk9tntK7Nw7-4rDHZxXpPDaho4KH933AI9FRC7wAX8yOn1s/s1600-h/Calendar8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtDLeU9Xu4MBjUq9c8HB-D4qzC-LtgNssMQ2ViuH0LUvL8g4UlNnf4CgEvsjhuC1dBtGnL-fjTx6xC2qlkuYZ9OYkpQjPZtk9tntK7Nw7-4rDHZxXpPDaho4KH933AI9FRC7wAX8yOn1s/s400/Calendar8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322075366565411202" border="0" /></a>It's looking much better, isn't it? And it looks even better by reducing the size of the calendar, and increasing the size of the "content view":<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJr3SRxYLih0I8dV9fiJKwuW6AjqHPuygDE7n7gVGqkKv2LZjia3PF7SdQvOu2DxTnh_VSlGNK_SXfRYAlf_cu0dq7dxVRczMzucplT6tdyiB3FujsmU9eOBSDELiQmAkjj_XBFxW5CgA/s1600-h/Calendar10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJr3SRxYLih0I8dV9fiJKwuW6AjqHPuygDE7n7gVGqkKv2LZjia3PF7SdQvOu2DxTnh_VSlGNK_SXfRYAlf_cu0dq7dxVRczMzucplT6tdyiB3FujsmU9eOBSDELiQmAkjj_XBFxW5CgA/s400/Calendar10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322075370201986514" border="0" /></a>A lot less cluttered, and we didn't lose anything per se.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" >End of critics</span><br /></div><br />It has plenty of features, adding items is quite easy, you can either select a specific time using the mouse and then right clicking, or using the "New" dropdown menu of the toolbar, the dialog itself looks differently depending of what you select, for example, New to-do will confuse, and scare newbies, but then again, features are there, on the other hand, the new "event", even if it's very similar, doesn't look too cluttered :-)<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New to-do dialog:</span> As you can see it offers many features, priority and percentage of completeness, however, it isn't really showing much information, but it's using plenty of space to do it:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYl5Yf3KNanPPlUMTopQ6Z7lIZItUx7Z8gmoNqqgqhqZJS5lHWy53kR_7nYxQb23XB0Vfi2lGw7lasPbGLMzel32lqX3YKwHOYhzSt1atb01Lla9b6Nugu9MZHpJnnPbEughv40YD5Jo/s1600-h/Calendar12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigYl5Yf3KNanPPlUMTopQ6Z7lIZItUx7Z8gmoNqqgqhqZJS5lHWy53kR_7nYxQb23XB0Vfi2lGw7lasPbGLMzel32lqX3YKwHOYhzSt1atb01Lla9b6Nugu9MZHpJnnPbEughv40YD5Jo/s400/Calendar12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322076884237660290" border="0" /></a>The recurrence dialog seems perfect to me, it doesn't look cluttered, and it's very well organized :-) You can select the recurrence type and rules to show them, the range of recurrence and the exception to the rules, all very well presented:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnzWyFeEQGnZgNeH8s7tAd6VJwO3sB1kTGykpQG94NIk2LZjl5rmycWqOkuWAnG_JZk7HDSHB-EsCWbO0TG9T1f1xm5xZ_lShWWJUT61CpOAcxAHFNUGIha4K5YBEtS-f3Qa2OVUG73Y/s1600-h/Calendar13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 353px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnzWyFeEQGnZgNeH8s7tAd6VJwO3sB1kTGykpQG94NIk2LZjl5rmycWqOkuWAnG_JZk7HDSHB-EsCWbO0TG9T1f1xm5xZ_lShWWJUT61CpOAcxAHFNUGIha4K5YBEtS-f3Qa2OVUG73Y/s400/Calendar13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322076893193822002" border="0" /></a>On truly good feature, around all Kontact, but which, for some reason I didn't show before, is that when you click any date, you get a calendar, so adding exceptions, dates, birthdays, events, etc. it's very easy and straight forward:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjieOajT9YUnHEKjW11UuDPu6eZRkpnHbsnopWTRsiIIco5959yGCC80c3Ip32D4JQASTiIaC1M-MWGYDGKMtSJCkc31E98fjaPvOrYFK5eac8G1YwtsJOR5rpEm2ZfT8APhnVJAlG1HI/s1600-h/Calendar14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjieOajT9YUnHEKjW11UuDPu6eZRkpnHbsnopWTRsiIIco5959yGCC80c3Ip32D4JQASTiIaC1M-MWGYDGKMtSJCkc31E98fjaPvOrYFK5eac8G1YwtsJOR5rpEm2ZfT8APhnVJAlG1HI/s400/Calendar14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322076897054729858" border="0" /></a>And you can easily add, and review, other members of the to-do:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jacK-YXuCg2NefG_F5dn84AVPd0xLSfiO8y9XYJJYAaMNL-3exeB3ex9xINHgv7a4JckDii3yhbTEQVuIFRNsXbDItmbwcZTSUqTaPJ6R9lDCj0gXcJ_5vu_hSML7BqOXRxHTF3loQU/s1600-h/Calendar16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 352px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_jacK-YXuCg2NefG_F5dn84AVPd0xLSfiO8y9XYJJYAaMNL-3exeB3ex9xINHgv7a4JckDii3yhbTEQVuIFRNsXbDItmbwcZTSUqTaPJ6R9lDCj0gXcJ_5vu_hSML7BqOXRxHTF3loQU/s400/Calendar16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322076904583160818" border="0" /></a>You can also create templates if you usually work with certain groups of people :-). This way, you don't have to add them manually every single time, you just select the group (or template) and you're done:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D-DYkWRlFrO4J7DZGALgqUGv-_iD0pcARsc4U2LihSfkJBA4wsJgFrwoK_yBIEmok65KmEvaBKwgYCk-XikcbmaenJKA_dJpOrX8F_SpRT1elfutc_uC1aJk06Y_kqfvo_SREgKDx0I/s1600-h/Calendar17.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 350px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-D-DYkWRlFrO4J7DZGALgqUGv-_iD0pcARsc4U2LihSfkJBA4wsJgFrwoK_yBIEmok65KmEvaBKwgYCk-XikcbmaenJKA_dJpOrX8F_SpRT1elfutc_uC1aJk06Y_kqfvo_SREgKDx0I/s400/Calendar17.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077192093609778" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">New Event</span>: Looks similar, less cluttered, yet still seems like using much space to show few things, but it's quite acceptable, it also has the "attendees" tab.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaobl0zgZQoyJXMjhOnq2Zra9iu63qNp3YZY05J4rtPRhe7EkUixCZF_rxyb99ScHz2jYuoycOXKfsHKhnfgYBNmNtsejF2vyEDXxH2ov8o0PIRk46tgxgzwrEWHn2jyvtQSnbD4gy-m8/s1600-h/Calendar11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaobl0zgZQoyJXMjhOnq2Zra9iu63qNp3YZY05J4rtPRhe7EkUixCZF_rxyb99ScHz2jYuoycOXKfsHKhnfgYBNmNtsejF2vyEDXxH2ov8o0PIRk46tgxgzwrEWHn2jyvtQSnbD4gy-m8/s400/Calendar11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322075378567628482" border="0" /></a>KOrganizer is quite powerful, you can easily create filters to make your search/review easier, you can select "filters" from the view menu entry:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL2HDQuAMpkLQHVNeKk1xwBlirzX6ytVG8LG_AJenWBx338S-Pb9IOxJe3bFgEWYX0MhjLPU460wBYlmbpknJJrloIXHy0zy3CI2qEti6mPSquHjCEY496_Dcdxt8ugqtPlQsgEKvjAw/s1600-h/Calendar19.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL2HDQuAMpkLQHVNeKk1xwBlirzX6ytVG8LG_AJenWBx338S-Pb9IOxJe3bFgEWYX0MhjLPU460wBYlmbpknJJrloIXHy0zy3CI2qEti6mPSquHjCEY496_Dcdxt8ugqtPlQsgEKvjAw/s400/Calendar19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077196461137314" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxbEZZJK2TvZPSsBP3IwsgB0_5DajIgUZBTwJ3YpUFpHXB4caSWueuwddZhxZzF8aIL-beUm6zkZoZfAQabIBvyn_JZQu-KU5flqBDTOHRKaoXevXrCD9Ar9eMW2PTyGXpl-mT55A8Ko/s1600-h/Calendar20.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxbEZZJK2TvZPSsBP3IwsgB0_5DajIgUZBTwJ3YpUFpHXB4caSWueuwddZhxZzF8aIL-beUm6zkZoZfAQabIBvyn_JZQu-KU5flqBDTOHRKaoXevXrCD9Ar9eMW2PTyGXpl-mT55A8Ko/s400/Calendar20.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077200940209538" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR2P2YR8158l8lTdX_j8Y2m5uxf8-lN6UiaD96SkRXzkpqQ-cIphPLj7nIhSKOLxSqRA69glsc-xzja66Zttr0LZ_bqfBzo5LFv1VUZ42kns4vmIuPbF3JNmnD3oJ22pt7pPy7Y06rqs/s1600-h/Calendar21.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJR2P2YR8158l8lTdX_j8Y2m5uxf8-lN6UiaD96SkRXzkpqQ-cIphPLj7nIhSKOLxSqRA69glsc-xzja66Zttr0LZ_bqfBzo5LFv1VUZ42kns4vmIuPbF3JNmnD3oJ22pt7pPy7Y06rqs/s400/Calendar21.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077203234527890" border="0" /></a><br />Management of categories is a breeze too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBIeeIiqZxzPgjdmL_FPQUZDyVo_lGjCo84e8maZpHVizSHdx8iKYTSXB7R5b1Tl9cE0adqh4dLRK34uLwoDsmH-m2xWUEL3_whD7UTjXN5YOwwo3037IrsaJUa97y5mJcbDn8xjMMZk/s1600-h/Calendar22.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgBIeeIiqZxzPgjdmL_FPQUZDyVo_lGjCo84e8maZpHVizSHdx8iKYTSXB7R5b1Tl9cE0adqh4dLRK34uLwoDsmH-m2xWUEL3_whD7UTjXN5YOwwo3037IrsaJUa97y5mJcbDn8xjMMZk/s400/Calendar22.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077568729845826" border="0" /></a>It also supports many other things, like sending as an iCalendar, vCalendar or as web page file, send an invitation to all the attendees of the selected event/to-do, as well as canceling the invitation, Mail free busy information, you can even import dates from the "Get How New Stuff" service:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtKkV3msqXB-hPK4MRJm7d-e1TlexbGaNuqqmaSjlXXgLzDzh8Ph7nSsadczahA-SDzqmRIgFIjmhRtzBxp-KcoJuEz-TDkLxyn7J1frp2zPNnMNe4NQR4jL7UeKnwR66Gg6TN0FmI5w/s1600-h/Calendar23.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUtKkV3msqXB-hPK4MRJm7d-e1TlexbGaNuqqmaSjlXXgLzDzh8Ph7nSsadczahA-SDzqmRIgFIjmhRtzBxp-KcoJuEz-TDkLxyn7J1frp2zPNnMNe4NQR4jL7UeKnwR66Gg6TN0FmI5w/s400/Calendar23.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077569879089122" border="0" /></a>Now, as always, to close, let's have a look at the configuration dialogs, and... I gotta say it, they're amazingly well done. Very well organized, uncluttered (except the colors in colors & fonts), easy to follow and understand, mostly 100% self-explanatory (congratulations to the KOrganizer devs, in this application it doesn't seem like an easy thing to do):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHl2BV9R8DhzYjMmVdPro9scLhWdpVcbv07z7aX9GhSHOl6VyxoUqgf8Rib78jK_H6bOT7_sdaZ_wektOmSbLmvc9PQviV1X5HbBZlOHYlAUQlpJIm97vJZdfXtmca-k6sUZcHCx9wz84/s1600-h/Calendar24.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHl2BV9R8DhzYjMmVdPro9scLhWdpVcbv07z7aX9GhSHOl6VyxoUqgf8Rib78jK_H6bOT7_sdaZ_wektOmSbLmvc9PQviV1X5HbBZlOHYlAUQlpJIm97vJZdfXtmca-k6sUZcHCx9wz84/s400/Calendar24.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322077571615385218" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj65ApTWXm17tpvCxTN29O9ILW3ZC2cwgVPfjU_HLdXxPYCiH6DPSe8TCueYb90bCufbcZ85yNmlFqy388aHOgFrvgnev_Fo9KhyrnvpyI_BdmiYL4_jtKUc749lpVJN_vY3xVrpEsMQo/s1600-h/Calendar25.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg377psoSb3QMqJAvBsyQBbFTMQ-DUB9v7ZcpZ14xbugFMQ0OqWW9O6zKWsZzXPQH3fuQFVyNN0OVJGQm_rdvsAWBcvLu0boAgt4MjWgsysUy6B9nckhZ7eM5jzWhpsQ7TAM7wUftMHoI/s400/Calendar39.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322080332917830834" border="0" /></a><br />One thing I'm still wondering, is it wouldn't be better to just show the calendar (like iCal), in this, of course, this will mean we have to add the forward and backward button again, yet, it could work better (on the other hand, I like to preview things without opening the editor):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFWu0Cs1s-gNJ0vs9FxNUqFIuQGS7noQVAtP7WgoofDOUdgy77vRgkLxVuT-4epaNv30By2RbU2b0Ve6GQQqS2Ms5DhYGTOssVDbsi_AcWacSx9TJVKhqQvFbgLSQ1nt9RlSMqtADKYM/s1600-h/Calendar40.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 305px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFWu0Cs1s-gNJ0vs9FxNUqFIuQGS7noQVAtP7WgoofDOUdgy77vRgkLxVuT-4epaNv30By2RbU2b0Ve6GQQqS2Ms5DhYGTOssVDbsi_AcWacSx9TJVKhqQvFbgLSQ1nt9RlSMqtADKYM/s400/Calendar40.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322080334270813266" border="0" /></a><br />Probably this, even if less cluttered, would not be better even if the main editor is changed, and gives more priority to the content (that's reason I don't like to click in order to see the content).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, this is it for today. I hope you like it.<br />See you next time</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Coming up next: Kontact: To-do List<br /><br /></span></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-55216287723569527822009-04-02T20:03:00.000-07:002009-04-02T21:12:20.883-07:00Mini overview: Rekonq<div style="text-align: justify;">KDE 4.x default web browser is Konqueror, I'm not sure, but I think it used to be the only web browser for KDE (if there were others, I apologize with you for the omission), until now. Rekonq is based on Arora (which is a pure Qt application), Arora itself is quite good and fast, Rekonq is as good, as fast but more integrated.<br /><br />It's still on early development, but I would, sincerely, love to see an official K browser which could be... just that... a WB. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Because it simplifies a lot the interface</span>, and this will mean more development on the Browser and WebKit parts I assume...</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Let's have a quick look at it ;-):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJufV0iKiXZmOxleU5oRGitcbwq5TqM2vEa_XmQB386CXKBwI7g9s7MFdC7f4zD9DgsQrft1bqdob7KgI-YlNEoUpm4kYbe18bbh3KnoNrC17ZRZtqLD1DMKkSMiZmiNSHd8vJdcewEE/s1600-h/rekonq.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkJufV0iKiXZmOxleU5oRGitcbwq5TqM2vEa_XmQB386CXKBwI7g9s7MFdC7f4zD9DgsQrft1bqdob7KgI-YlNEoUpm4kYbe18bbh3KnoNrC17ZRZtqLD1DMKkSMiZmiNSHd8vJdcewEE/s400/rekonq.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320303042272495698" border="0" /></a>It renders the pages beautifully (webkit godness):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90pbhmdaQUXX4W3c3AVuo_wRrJqXdedcvluG7bzhwgUVr2EbWFpmoSlLCHcOdntY0XhQscYZ3SalfOapDx2y_avNG9Gvh2uoxoepsFSLN2GyODuIxxW38Di7-jROJDB0fu0iwmL-XlUU/s1600-h/rekonq1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg90pbhmdaQUXX4W3c3AVuo_wRrJqXdedcvluG7bzhwgUVr2EbWFpmoSlLCHcOdntY0XhQscYZ3SalfOapDx2y_avNG9Gvh2uoxoepsFSLN2GyODuIxxW38Di7-jROJDB0fu0iwmL-XlUU/s400/rekonq1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320303043203181250" border="0" /></a>Tabs, unlike Konqueror... Firefox... Safari... Opera... and pretty much all web browser except for Google Chrome (and Chromium obviously), open extremely fast, the transitions are perfect, aka instantly (if you use Bespin, fade in and out between tabs will look plain gorgeous):<br /></div><div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepwRVZDwcfYZSY5zefKtNQZi9_wpIzF2Ynx4kuurYa8DQG4-e4BzyDEqg5Pf5B_Js0ErEdOEZk7GN4bjq3EY5Kj8gs1DkgX-r0S7T3fegvxdzalmlzFibaK2TMjTWEkn6kBIdmtm-heQ/s1600-h/rekonq2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhepwRVZDwcfYZSY5zefKtNQZi9_wpIzF2Ynx4kuurYa8DQG4-e4BzyDEqg5Pf5B_Js0ErEdOEZk7GN4bjq3EY5Kj8gs1DkgX-r0S7T3fegvxdzalmlzFibaK2TMjTWEkn6kBIdmtm-heQ/s400/rekonq2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320303046701853794" border="0" /></a>It handles flash quite well too (thanks to Qt-Webkit):<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5KZ-vs7FhY622J3UKOFUrJIS78O4ceEeCof6SQVLatPeJ3yvkYWJawwmtux8ffLfC_1hO6cpTJ2br6q4ZBOAuTTqN4VD1VdjV-xHT6wDCcBcWQxa1BHbcIIS93jFkkLhSmLMoD5_CAQ/s1600-h/rekonq3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5KZ-vs7FhY622J3UKOFUrJIS78O4ceEeCof6SQVLatPeJ3yvkYWJawwmtux8ffLfC_1hO6cpTJ2br6q4ZBOAuTTqN4VD1VdjV-xHT6wDCcBcWQxa1BHbcIIS93jFkkLhSmLMoD5_CAQ/s400/rekonq3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320303046060191714" border="0" /></a>Somebody asked for something more complex than Youtube, so here it goes: Vimeo with HD ON, fullscreen works well too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR91Bjo2ZnXZKXmA4g0InjlqRNNFDdagvgmWuM4xkwZy5ae5sxn6UXwZ9ACks5G0vJHXlz1eop7hbrA6hTEMBjKHDfx1o31zHeVxZLDpk9ISY0kEcyNM1KqQ8f9qZOLSMF1AJG7oxZIw/s1600-h/rekonq9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYR91Bjo2ZnXZKXmA4g0InjlqRNNFDdagvgmWuM4xkwZy5ae5sxn6UXwZ9ACks5G0vJHXlz1eop7hbrA6hTEMBjKHDfx1o31zHeVxZLDpk9ISY0kEcyNM1KqQ8f9qZOLSMF1AJG7oxZIw/s400/rekonq9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320313067019326242" border="0" /></a>Bookmark editor:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7cN28kpdY7pi6g2k68G1Qki7dTm95UetYkjGfd6zLCNP_vMlNtYB9-OWMBABgceNufbL9BvJweX047mcnKHWd0oQsnmEwLlHFIcwvuMUMexZzYrTtSvKgwxXmaNlVk28TKqQbvnJKvg/s1600-h/rekonq8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb7cN28kpdY7pi6g2k68G1Qki7dTm95UetYkjGfd6zLCNP_vMlNtYB9-OWMBABgceNufbL9BvJweX047mcnKHWd0oQsnmEwLlHFIcwvuMUMexZzYrTtSvKgwxXmaNlVk28TKqQbvnJKvg/s400/rekonq8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320306843574095714" border="0" /></a>It also follow the KDE 4.x HIG. The configuration dialogs are very easy and straight forward (and I hope devs can keep it this way (simple) even when they start adding more options) 100% self-explanatory:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttVgoAxij1wGRuOuAHZJHpGqBLQElc9jcJgLkIWxgkgFhzB5fs-cWqBTEwKgNLlgvWO-mTHkJfNGbLDOvMbtdRmIqomBz5Cz8_v9qaGIbPsJqFaUvcjFvYSaXDzNb1TuuvNJuCdMMz54/s1600-h/rekonq4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhttVgoAxij1wGRuOuAHZJHpGqBLQElc9jcJgLkIWxgkgFhzB5fs-cWqBTEwKgNLlgvWO-mTHkJfNGbLDOvMbtdRmIqomBz5Cz8_v9qaGIbPsJqFaUvcjFvYSaXDzNb1TuuvNJuCdMMz54/s400/rekonq4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320306833555265586" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4xGENKVTmmEVeSnjpt1OU5g0M0TVy2-EZ7eoagHto5fMEiiye74x9Se7Q7DFlAiMIb4u40JXp-P79EPvpqkZqcrpHk5MJXJPOb2-TdOv0RLgLzCDG8NdA18HlIssP25bQ_kEYfsZP0c/s1600-h/rekonq5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN4xGENKVTmmEVeSnjpt1OU5g0M0TVy2-EZ7eoagHto5fMEiiye74x9Se7Q7DFlAiMIb4u40JXp-P79EPvpqkZqcrpHk5MJXJPOb2-TdOv0RLgLzCDG8NdA18HlIssP25bQ_kEYfsZP0c/s400/rekonq5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320306837590968194" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXzRTRe12dpAVqDYjkrKvCIhNK9R4x-Eco75pAe0wROsBAtFyMPiV89_9m6qJDi6yfOmLeQj1EDryvtr1Zj306DZd6U3LAsvY3c5-iEmaKsTPQm34GISTAGz0M7c-iFAFrBUA0wY9n-w/s1600-h/rekonq6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFXzRTRe12dpAVqDYjkrKvCIhNK9R4x-Eco75pAe0wROsBAtFyMPiV89_9m6qJDi6yfOmLeQj1EDryvtr1Zj306DZd6U3LAsvY3c5-iEmaKsTPQm34GISTAGz0M7c-iFAFrBUA0wY9n-w/s400/rekonq6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320306835863039282" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyq7ihBRPNxYQ64nRoSWcQjGiufY2MDwclY_T-1yqhP79B6oj0L2O_LeHnymBwEBVwUxBoKd5pDwO-qS1gN0gvQWvLZTVW18mptcgL4tKLvv_ncrkrFClFznXoZz4X29l_MEzTm9QAPdc/s1600-h/rekonq7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyq7ihBRPNxYQ64nRoSWcQjGiufY2MDwclY_T-1yqhP79B6oj0L2O_LeHnymBwEBVwUxBoKd5pDwO-qS1gN0gvQWvLZTVW18mptcgL4tKLvv_ncrkrFClFznXoZz4X29l_MEzTm9QAPdc/s400/rekonq7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320306840936856994" border="0" /></a>Of course, this alpha software, it lacks many features; like remembering passwords, or adblock, and so on) , it has many little bugs too, like extremely small fonts or, sometimes, when you click on a link it would look as it isn't loading (even if it is).<br /></div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i>Anyway, congrats to the Rekonq (and Arora and Qt-Webkit) developer(s). I'm looking forward to this application! I'm truly falling in love here (it's already my default K Web Browser).<br /><br /><br /></i></b></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-35027673214179276582009-03-28T22:57:00.000-07:002009-03-28T23:01:42.219-07:00Music Player MockupI'm not a designer, but I tried my best to reflect my idea of how a Music Player for KDE could look like. Of course it isn't suppose to look so primitive, but, then again, I'm not a designer.<br /><br />This is the initial mockup (I hope to publish one article with all windows and sections soon). Hope you like it:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVAcZQsWXX3-2n5EyrVd2s8LwccLxJr0mvcYVCzXsBxRBNwAJ3Ss66KcmsCpPL0uedeb8yOfBWRAwgd65hTQpmUkszso1sqtlvmZ2MuP3EFVXedAzYBvp_BVTYRonNZTJDtcsTgdjaIs/s1600-h/KMP2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 270px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFVAcZQsWXX3-2n5EyrVd2s8LwccLxJr0mvcYVCzXsBxRBNwAJ3Ss66KcmsCpPL0uedeb8yOfBWRAwgd65hTQpmUkszso1sqtlvmZ2MuP3EFVXedAzYBvp_BVTYRonNZTJDtcsTgdjaIs/s400/KMP2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318485682676648034" border="0" /></a><br />Thanks for your attention :-)Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-90360028088198445002009-03-24T12:13:00.000-07:002009-03-24T13:59:01.962-07:00Kontact: Contacts (KAddressBook)In the last article I was very positive toward the Kontact suit. However, Contacts is the exception to this. The interface is way too cluttered and wastes too much space. From the main interface to the Contact editor, everything seems like it could be fairly better.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />On the other hand, If I recall correctly, a new Contact application is being developed (and makes use of Akonadi), the interface of this new one seems a lot better (a lot like the Mac OS X Contacts application, which isn't bad in this particular case). It's called<a href="http://commit-digest.org/issues/2009-01-25/"> KContactManager</a>.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Critics aside, let's have a look at KAdressBook:<br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-B_wfoJnl-72l27JyrXZ6O5UlxI4-_VIBcIu1JLigLPI8RPUq_2ooubtQTLGSn5tmisHMjEpS17J9XDn2SckpI0003s2fIvmg7VHgDrTseGcs4BAAHox5Zojd4sM4x_sWSTNUdKtqXoY/s1600-h/KAdressBook.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-B_wfoJnl-72l27JyrXZ6O5UlxI4-_VIBcIu1JLigLPI8RPUq_2ooubtQTLGSn5tmisHMjEpS17J9XDn2SckpI0003s2fIvmg7VHgDrTseGcs4BAAHox5Zojd4sM4x_sWSTNUdKtqXoY/s400/KAdressBook.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316853848249523762" border="0" /></a>By default it shows the "Address Books" resources, which is absolutely no-sense for 90% of the usage scenarios, so I got rid of it (fortunately, it's 2 clicks away):<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1jf9OJriiZPi4zQODYqt6QYzwbhN1XM65MfaFeNzelexcD5mQNoe5uauBbroi14gppsSb0hWueUekFv4TMe2Gve2J27gLjizTvLJx5zY3PgfBF2VtMsezwrr3vEKxJn7HEdu3K7RxD8/s1600-h/snapshot4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1jf9OJriiZPi4zQODYqt6QYzwbhN1XM65MfaFeNzelexcD5mQNoe5uauBbroi14gppsSb0hWueUekFv4TMe2Gve2J27gLjizTvLJx5zY3PgfBF2VtMsezwrr3vEKxJn7HEdu3K7RxD8/s400/snapshot4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316853854116341378" border="0" /></a>Also, for some reason, while using any Distribution list instead of "All contacts" the information is presented differently. The first one (When all contacts is selected) shows more information, but on an awful white background, while in the second one, you get much less information (just the email actually) but the info in now presented using the theme background itself. Check it out youself:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">All Contacts:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1jf9OJriiZPi4zQODYqt6QYzwbhN1XM65MfaFeNzelexcD5mQNoe5uauBbroi14gppsSb0hWueUekFv4TMe2Gve2J27gLjizTvLJx5zY3PgfBF2VtMsezwrr3vEKxJn7HEdu3K7RxD8/s1600-h/snapshot4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL1jf9OJriiZPi4zQODYqt6QYzwbhN1XM65MfaFeNzelexcD5mQNoe5uauBbroi14gppsSb0hWueUekFv4TMe2Gve2J27gLjizTvLJx5zY3PgfBF2VtMsezwrr3vEKxJn7HEdu3K7RxD8/s400/snapshot4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316853854116341378" border="0" /></a><br />Distribution Lists:<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7342_7MsFbrynjNk4E5E0MMsKYWZzFGn9BVC0s3NDhVfso6s5jZ5hVuknRVgdfWj7QJ4LTXrM5OvIMUkhzD1u5L0pkPFmJ-mCwZPJCLB098WVDgq4Kg7asj0hEQSrHEwdCw8WFQwu4hw/s1600-h/snapshot3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7342_7MsFbrynjNk4E5E0MMsKYWZzFGn9BVC0s3NDhVfso6s5jZ5hVuknRVgdfWj7QJ4LTXrM5OvIMUkhzD1u5L0pkPFmJ-mCwZPJCLB098WVDgq4Kg7asj0hEQSrHEwdCw8WFQwu4hw/s400/snapshot3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316853857938389138" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br />The distribution list editor, looks simple, it works kinda weird, but it's easy to understand (you start writing a name, and it autocompletes, once you're done with it, it makes another space, for another contact), however, it gets extremely cluttered without doing much:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DqgWMRUvMTqzDyyT8MM7nhK-9wdPQCO8g797f3KsS1ULENrjlHGqPsQDV9hkt7W681-Zm_xbpuWQNUuWBAhiJObYRIBdFiRpwMCRFrOMBU-SgnYReaYRT8yfIS012y8nRMeQlutR8wU/s1600-h/snapshot5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0DqgWMRUvMTqzDyyT8MM7nhK-9wdPQCO8g797f3KsS1ULENrjlHGqPsQDV9hkt7W681-Zm_xbpuWQNUuWBAhiJObYRIBdFiRpwMCRFrOMBU-SgnYReaYRT8yfIS012y8nRMeQlutR8wU/s400/snapshot5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316853863863910594" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cn0CPtB_P0Fx25ZMYs7_J1wfSkmw-C6oy0vBWhjUryoqbNSCAvIkyK8IfU5VsYMoqQl-2iYbulXLTSaDcjSks4QQDLxn8V9TvFB1_jO70Q_LRIeF0UkrzDm78lSvjjW1sQH3Q1sdyqw/s1600-h/snapshot6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2cn0CPtB_P0Fx25ZMYs7_J1wfSkmw-C6oy0vBWhjUryoqbNSCAvIkyK8IfU5VsYMoqQl-2iYbulXLTSaDcjSks4QQDLxn8V9TvFB1_jO70Q_LRIeF0UkrzDm78lSvjjW1sQH3Q1sdyqw/s400/snapshot6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316853866432582322" border="0" /></a>The contact editor will probably scare new people, which just wanted a space for putting a name, a phone number, an email and an address (and it looks waaay more cluttered if you use Oxygen instead of Bespin). But, even if it's a little scaring, it is extremely complete:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa_T1RHGGmXTRviNv4_BTkILM03Uw1hX8Z1Q9FSzOy3mAKAvnlmTNPF7rrCK5l08sbnxGzj94cyf3ol-ySZ-1aEd5ZiG63ZR40LzWmO1-XAxL9Dv0hTlgt3oR_NjXEytahqfOybWgguY/s1600-h/snapshot7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBa_T1RHGGmXTRviNv4_BTkILM03Uw1hX8Z1Q9FSzOy3mAKAvnlmTNPF7rrCK5l08sbnxGzj94cyf3ol-ySZ-1aEd5ZiG63ZR40LzWmO1-XAxL9Dv0hTlgt3oR_NjXEytahqfOybWgguY/s400/snapshot7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854320282690866" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHy-pGYz_9hqtXQ7W41-HbHzpb4aJ-NlyrLkyMvoCKoSK5IHm1E1iAnRLx1qWszcFxi_889ChyphenhyphenggHdNxYb6pEOjg8G3DH-wTx2xctUNixamtsg6ruJE24wZwJX1Lpy3ockIz9UvfrYLA/s1600-h/snapshot8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 331px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtHy-pGYz_9hqtXQ7W41-HbHzpb4aJ-NlyrLkyMvoCKoSK5IHm1E1iAnRLx1qWszcFxi_889ChyphenhyphenggHdNxYb6pEOjg8G3DH-wTx2xctUNixamtsg6ruJE24wZwJX1Lpy3ockIz9UvfrYLA/s400/snapshot8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854328447432450" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0eyd2W34nSAcjNQ-ngMudxien8GgNy3Tuy582XC3HWilA0bkLk49HZQRtsXSrGbYzA4vkx8Tx1Y2dG0xSv5TyzstzAa4Q9e_C0HV4PLYb4wN8F0JjLXbDfFf4gKAciHe028xDNI0GO0/s1600-h/snapshot9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0eyd2W34nSAcjNQ-ngMudxien8GgNy3Tuy582XC3HWilA0bkLk49HZQRtsXSrGbYzA4vkx8Tx1Y2dG0xSv5TyzstzAa4Q9e_C0HV4PLYb4wN8F0JjLXbDfFf4gKAciHe028xDNI0GO0/s400/snapshot9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854334449448562" border="0" /></a><br />On the other hand, the simple editor is too... well... too simple XD.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JYE2fnSXYgzUXRZ36Xxi3NWnhCkDovtB91L7IOzKt4EUppROVWc9qMpyWaizeL2iYyfa489dIQNl428bMxzerv1CtaHqivGGgz_jYNDCLn-3X3Dl7hHheYY3Cmgcib6KrYKm4-E5IFQ/s1600-h/snapshot10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 372px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6JYE2fnSXYgzUXRZ36Xxi3NWnhCkDovtB91L7IOzKt4EUppROVWc9qMpyWaizeL2iYyfa489dIQNl428bMxzerv1CtaHqivGGgz_jYNDCLn-3X3Dl7hHheYY3Cmgcib6KrYKm4-E5IFQ/s400/snapshot10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854334962811698" border="0" /></a><br />One thing I find to be great is the "integration" with google maps. Once you click and address it will launch Konqueror and get you to google maps while searching for the direction you just click in. It's cool, but I wonder if they shouldn't be using marble instead:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpEAH4sv0hDNlp9C_wRP5OktLEwKxiNw5Rguc0xY-ghUWWio4gAJTHedxXrfNRf0gUAmSk13gom6BMjsM3sGrKgTvmts9a8AONiymChyphenhyphenqJdfRnFceCJAsgg4Luug2FD5aPYASOgBN1Rs/s1600-h/snapshot11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpEAH4sv0hDNlp9C_wRP5OktLEwKxiNw5Rguc0xY-ghUWWio4gAJTHedxXrfNRf0gUAmSk13gom6BMjsM3sGrKgTvmts9a8AONiymChyphenhyphenqJdfRnFceCJAsgg4Luug2FD5aPYASOgBN1Rs/s400/snapshot11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854339357861218" border="0" /></a><br />And, at last, the configuration dialogs, which are more or less simple and easy to follow:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ddVIGwpUvdCOqcMZg3mL119up5RhD0Ir6mTWePvqxjOOseynxeq4jm29smR9RcDbyNih5MSCuPlTTaE82ONJihyphenhyphen7X4aY5WdciwZBGR0kA-mcZ0bpwsbxvM3ZLXbDuNZKlZwwRSt0ksk/s1600-h/snapshot12.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ddVIGwpUvdCOqcMZg3mL119up5RhD0Ir6mTWePvqxjOOseynxeq4jm29smR9RcDbyNih5MSCuPlTTaE82ONJihyphenhyphen7X4aY5WdciwZBGR0kA-mcZ0bpwsbxvM3ZLXbDuNZKlZwwRSt0ksk/s400/snapshot12.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854552495682642" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHy7jU3l5pF5jbluezu2un0vszCE-fl94cTk27ohqWVR-8sxgGlm2bMfLEdVrcCH5aE5upuqYxacEXFVNMRWLTQUKtx_mJ02UKGkZxI-bAT4OHai0Hru8oIkOMNCs97b_5gARTuAjH74/s1600-h/snapshot13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHy7jU3l5pF5jbluezu2un0vszCE-fl94cTk27ohqWVR-8sxgGlm2bMfLEdVrcCH5aE5upuqYxacEXFVNMRWLTQUKtx_mJ02UKGkZxI-bAT4OHai0Hru8oIkOMNCs97b_5gARTuAjH74/s400/snapshot13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854554334707378" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhy3hh_ucWvDM2jUg2JXe5R1kiFRvv4hvMrUa_0R78CgkRQpUe7LFtkEeERVWGeCsRLTifC5hh6j6-zR4-9l_3LNlMROCwzoflUcmNHPfw0y9CksUOYtKXVQFHnPcTv6pxrdL1diXsL8/s1600-h/snapshot14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhy3hh_ucWvDM2jUg2JXe5R1kiFRvv4hvMrUa_0R78CgkRQpUe7LFtkEeERVWGeCsRLTifC5hh6j6-zR4-9l_3LNlMROCwzoflUcmNHPfw0y9CksUOYtKXVQFHnPcTv6pxrdL1diXsL8/s400/snapshot14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854560124265154" border="0" /></a><br />It has LDAP support too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU6GTmNdrbiyizwcVKJnIumP34jHUiG5JkQoG1hMI__N3lhbon5LI9WyOvwFLUdUYcDBxuPofiMgMATjtoQaFItbqUvaa9WdXsLyQ5adiiC4xKIhie66HfYJYOvyH77QpPNCf5jOhoCo/s1600-h/snapshot15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrU6GTmNdrbiyizwcVKJnIumP34jHUiG5JkQoG1hMI__N3lhbon5LI9WyOvwFLUdUYcDBxuPofiMgMATjtoQaFItbqUvaa9WdXsLyQ5adiiC4xKIhie66HfYJYOvyH77QpPNCf5jOhoCo/s400/snapshot15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854559699261890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMEhMcxgSly9C0atZ4vAq_KYlPTj-OgIDgTVLqMbDPWQrdY1-70es5geArutzPNlTK0uK_m20r6IHFFZESzulUCKd8qvkwroe7d7OGRgXybHxmRQtkO3oLE9HNeWiltBK3tq90Lm7Lzc/s1600-h/snapshot16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguMEhMcxgSly9C0atZ4vAq_KYlPTj-OgIDgTVLqMbDPWQrdY1-70es5geArutzPNlTK0uK_m20r6IHFFZESzulUCKd8qvkwroe7d7OGRgXybHxmRQtkO3oLE9HNeWiltBK3tq90Lm7Lzc/s400/snapshot16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5316854569420152514" border="0" /></a><br />As you can see, KAdressBook has a decent interface, but if you checked out the link I gave to the commit diggest, you can clearly see that the new approach is better :-)<br /><br />Yet, my biggest complain is against the wasted space and the overall interface, not to the features of the application (because it's a very rich feature package).<br /><br />As always, I hope you like it :-)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Next Issue: Kontact: Calendar.</span><br /></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-50394851403772945422009-03-20T16:27:00.000-07:002009-03-20T16:46:02.313-07:00Hello Planet!<div><br /></div><div>My name is Luis Augusto Fretes and I'm from Mexico.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I'm not a developer, but I started a while ago to write a blog about KDE 4.x. Originally, I was making one article per week, but my computer died. Then, when I got a new one, I start writing them again. I though it could be a good idea to have them here at Planet, and, apparently, they administrator thought the same, so he made an exception (because I'm not a developer... yet). If people likes it, it can stay. I truly hope you enjoy reading them as much as enjoy writing them :-)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I will upload a new article soon, but, for those who haven't read this blog (99.999999999% of you probably), I'll put a list with the articles:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2007/12/dolphin.html">Dolphin</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2007/12/okular.html">Okular</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2007/12/gwenview.html">GWenview</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2008/11/kwin.html">KWin (with Composite)</a><br /></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(85, 26, 139); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2008/12/krunner.html">KRunner</a></span><br /></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2008/11/plasma.html">Plasma</a></span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/little-plasma-update.html">Little Plasma Updates</a></span><br /></span></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2008/12/introducing-kde-4-on-windows.html">Introducing KDE 4... on Windows</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/kontact-kmail.html">Kontact: KMail</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/off-topic-amarok-improved-gui-proposal.html">Off-Topic: Improved Amarok GUI proposal</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/dragon-and-smplayer.html">Dragon Player and SMPlayer</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/blog-post.html">Amarok 2.0</a></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2009/01/amarok-2011-with-bespin-hacks.html">Amarok with Bespin hacks</a></span></span></li></ul></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-41488172424086265152009-01-26T21:04:00.000-08:002009-01-26T22:22:42.298-08:00Amarok 2.0.1.1 with Bespin HacksAnother video, hope you like it :-)<br /><div><br /><br /><object width="640" height="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fz077hSsc3Q&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&ap=%2526fmt%3D22&showsearch=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fz077hSsc3Q&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&ap=%2526fmt%3D22&showsearch=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="480"></embed></object><br /></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-68589811913726003412009-01-23T10:56:00.000-08:002009-01-24T10:29:54.569-08:00Kontact: Kmail<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Straight from KDE 4.2.60 (KDE 4.3 trunk)<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >However, since it's a very early snapshot, everything here is available on KDE 4.2</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></div><br />Kontact came back with KDE 4.1 (it didn't make it on time for KDE 4.0).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I can't truly comment on how much it improve, since I didn't use Kontact in KDE 3.5.x, however, what I can say is I'm completely amazed by it. It works well, it has a overall good interface (with some, from my point of view, little mistakes here and there).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Kontact is a mix of all PIM KDE applications, this means that they can be launch individually, or seen inside the Kontact suite. I personally think this approach is outstanding, because it's modular, this means anybody can create a KPart for Kontact (Example: Mailody, for those who prefer it over Kmail).<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I'll start with KMail, since it's the one I used the most:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_bTyQPjEXkDIA6-AYO-Frt4wZWrNWJ7QVV_lnzSTL63OLvU1oWudL3u0DWm5A-12Ht24fOelCbQVW2MRQ_qPx-Kf1VG2pzin2nPYtohzbdJcdSaOPwKUFP_y9UNLsLqZXZjFI3gzI4M/s1600-h/kmail3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 232px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK_bTyQPjEXkDIA6-AYO-Frt4wZWrNWJ7QVV_lnzSTL63OLvU1oWudL3u0DWm5A-12Ht24fOelCbQVW2MRQ_qPx-Kf1VG2pzin2nPYtohzbdJcdSaOPwKUFP_y9UNLsLqZXZjFI3gzI4M/s400/kmail3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294590232532292018" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">By default, the first time you run it, it will open a simple, and easy to follow wizard:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUrZzJorfpPl4VfYIgCyyHFO526fuqk5AgdvsL4kMcQRAcs6G_ZDtQXBSy8rd4C8YBbG9v0VkfmHzGg4mpN4i7nrsagTAu9V6t-I02YF5DJ9O7IjJiMWtfKb_CrjcEv6BLY3G38qLkt4/s1600-h/kmail2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 384px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCUrZzJorfpPl4VfYIgCyyHFO526fuqk5AgdvsL4kMcQRAcs6G_ZDtQXBSy8rd4C8YBbG9v0VkfmHzGg4mpN4i7nrsagTAu9V6t-I02YF5DJ9O7IjJiMWtfKb_CrjcEv6BLY3G38qLkt4/s400/kmail2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294591159737474178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is how it looks after configuring it:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiind-gjQbMKqq9QVzXBz8_MHhPnYGKO7T7jgkWxzucvUPacm-yduGXCxaWz71kwuiS_4viOaiV1QX3j-7aFAAl71XmA56MEeymSORIYw2tZslg2By4cff0MI-FI_6l4KZDBcEkzkBO6og/s1600-h/kmail4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiind-gjQbMKqq9QVzXBz8_MHhPnYGKO7T7jgkWxzucvUPacm-yduGXCxaWz71kwuiS_4viOaiV1QX3j-7aFAAl71XmA56MEeymSORIYw2tZslg2By4cff0MI-FI_6l4KZDBcEkzkBO6og/s400/kmail4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294590243600763890" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Quite clean, however, what's a little wrong, is that the window size is too small, and it has previews for mails by default (which, to be fair, should be off by default):<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HhWd23_b5y3q3zxtGhY7MSBmJbImwcykr4w5wNiPEkYkd5bRzDBlAQKb7gd5_DY1E82QSCrwyFYmetUfumuuaplREDFlsXvvB5Dn6FKu04MignnIAIwRpnMWWDOdgtaPMLmpYpBd294/s1600-h/kmail5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3HhWd23_b5y3q3zxtGhY7MSBmJbImwcykr4w5wNiPEkYkd5bRzDBlAQKb7gd5_DY1E82QSCrwyFYmetUfumuuaplREDFlsXvvB5Dn6FKu04MignnIAIwRpnMWWDOdgtaPMLmpYpBd294/s400/kmail5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294591258508202674" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Without the preview pane it looks amazingly better ;-)<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzL2h6tKFaMCAZJQgN7xppdpwotSL7GoQo224RXLqgr6uExIyjGO6Go9i_x1Y9b_iew6drGUweanTu6sHmJQdIZZ7eMLpy7LlQuAiLu-_r5PoIxb6ULs-tkqrh0ZVVZLnbE8JxZAnvoY/s1600-h/kmail6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAzL2h6tKFaMCAZJQgN7xppdpwotSL7GoQo224RXLqgr6uExIyjGO6Go9i_x1Y9b_iew6drGUweanTu6sHmJQdIZZ7eMLpy7LlQuAiLu-_r5PoIxb6ULs-tkqrh0ZVVZLnbE8JxZAnvoY/s400/kmail6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294591619791983618" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Then, just double click to get your email:<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7dcrzmn2p11sLhDnGaGh249bqMF55uJkT1skD-cYgRdYyy07BBoSg0wpAtKA7XEZLjjC-v1qbfgF23VlCQuTAaCcUeFANYmg1lbCvuWEwEWgFnitcH-DQ6gH1h2DkzIz003KS5OeiTo/s1600-h/kmail7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 349px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu7dcrzmn2p11sLhDnGaGh249bqMF55uJkT1skD-cYgRdYyy07BBoSg0wpAtKA7XEZLjjC-v1qbfgF23VlCQuTAaCcUeFANYmg1lbCvuWEwEWgFnitcH-DQ6gH1h2DkzIz003KS5OeiTo/s400/kmail7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294591628216476482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Also, the toolbar is showing too many items, which are completely useless there, a better approach will be <span style="font-style: italic;">something</span> like this (from my point of view, application shouldn't have more than 7 toolbar icons, specially if they're doubling each other, as the new-to-do is also included on New dropdown menu):<br /></div><br />Before:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zM3YT8ATYOqhhP_LDRj9WgFDtN1RCsUXtymfzkq6xKzfICbdyxykheSE8eQX_woJOgIZdnBWvtUy8-yZ2flp5f2gOVYKRFFHoO8kToL9-19ZEiJhJe3_W9ry8pR6bmnJ35q63c8OtDs/s1600-h/kmail8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zM3YT8ATYOqhhP_LDRj9WgFDtN1RCsUXtymfzkq6xKzfICbdyxykheSE8eQX_woJOgIZdnBWvtUy8-yZ2flp5f2gOVYKRFFHoO8kToL9-19ZEiJhJe3_W9ry8pR6bmnJ35q63c8OtDs/s400/kmail8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294591626061520546" border="0" /></a><br />After:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_qUAH0MYaUilCQTqC1oVRrKrDCU0UE_rdqFSyvWEO4CrYe5ND2IsgpMDky6XjCaE9z2MQxNOAABmhDXaVltIea86wd4QYnHts5PcgjEQOuKqOAVkap_T3jVXaKFImauP3SbPNnQnEvM/s1600-h/kmail23.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 53px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_qUAH0MYaUilCQTqC1oVRrKrDCU0UE_rdqFSyvWEO4CrYe5ND2IsgpMDky6XjCaE9z2MQxNOAABmhDXaVltIea86wd4QYnHts5PcgjEQOuKqOAVkap_T3jVXaKFImauP3SbPNnQnEvM/s400/kmail23.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294599195800149554" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">You can easily add more accounts (you can use the first time wizard as well, which is easier):<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ6tFJKXqS4bzUiPhyphenhyphenoY1rib1DB4IWCuNzbp6Rm0_cUvNwH559J-w1UGN-PGP_diiru8tZqSYuQiAvt_141L9smYNs2_KXAONB6_2Wroct1IhVkFL8O1Pe9oAblytL1G_OmtwqTIRvtQ/s1600-h/kmail10.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ6tFJKXqS4bzUiPhyphenhyphenoY1rib1DB4IWCuNzbp6Rm0_cUvNwH559J-w1UGN-PGP_diiru8tZqSYuQiAvt_141L9smYNs2_KXAONB6_2Wroct1IhVkFL8O1Pe9oAblytL1G_OmtwqTIRvtQ/s400/kmail10.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294591630887684530" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbgyEYqmNXfq9IqvHqQCdn5rHiyL49LHFxawjgCemU0zr5evyR63eyzA8c7zGpU5G230UYLyQeVTjAybjUGSFLRXrzPqFAeb1eLUYyynqccNS-xyC3LpUVWn59IY1O8Jyg6DpAenDNIQ/s1600-h/kmail11.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 342px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSbgyEYqmNXfq9IqvHqQCdn5rHiyL49LHFxawjgCemU0zr5evyR63eyzA8c7zGpU5G230UYLyQeVTjAybjUGSFLRXrzPqFAeb1eLUYyynqccNS-xyC3LpUVWn59IY1O8Jyg6DpAenDNIQ/s400/kmail11.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294592098800245330" border="0" /></a><br />Or set different identities:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_C_Cy1J4TCcUchLudpZ0R0iBMFycxbMzdQRrJoYthsYG2OQeqfGMM1rxhdZ2kAE6cS7xGdCu4feSR_dfKzCVtjcgVQIPIjd_54RnIf26f4UxZaidAQcfKobty-fk_V0AdF7StubJd28/s1600-h/kmail1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh_C_Cy1J4TCcUchLudpZ0R0iBMFycxbMzdQRrJoYthsYG2OQeqfGMM1rxhdZ2kAE6cS7xGdCu4feSR_dfKzCVtjcgVQIPIjd_54RnIf26f4UxZaidAQcfKobty-fk_V0AdF7StubJd28/s400/kmail1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294590224204547122" border="0" /></a><br />You can set custom fonts:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXkDU4mauy8MaYe7IA3aTSNK4I9URIEMAnQFLTnxorqGEBE7bpUmsndStDzBHp-Bm0QzpwkY8Nkzkex1PL5HBES3rciK9zb2ASULMEulxGDGxADGlHpTri-CV5tW-hJIhVBNiKQnOhy4/s1600-h/kmail13.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCXkDU4mauy8MaYe7IA3aTSNK4I9URIEMAnQFLTnxorqGEBE7bpUmsndStDzBHp-Bm0QzpwkY8Nkzkex1PL5HBES3rciK9zb2ASULMEulxGDGxADGlHpTri-CV5tW-hJIhVBNiKQnOhy4/s400/kmail13.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294592109851830930" border="0" /></a><br />Configure Colors:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHuPeY3OFyKnxJLouKS_jEW81jwNcMAQbFbhNqn6T8Mgwtrr36NeDImZed2X2r7vUdfxN069aw11o5jJaHDuGd4S9sFx-ckUHoT4O15DzFf6CO3uaGXDxf5HzoomGAu7Q6uG_0BEMeQA/s1600-h/kmail24.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmHuPeY3OFyKnxJLouKS_jEW81jwNcMAQbFbhNqn6T8Mgwtrr36NeDImZed2X2r7vUdfxN069aw11o5jJaHDuGd4S9sFx-ckUHoT4O15DzFf6CO3uaGXDxf5HzoomGAu7Q6uG_0BEMeQA/s400/kmail24.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294600531617012562" border="0" /></a><br />Layout:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KinR6QU6_nsnMrw7KqFx_n1NvvLC7wvF7kd023qGC5HorUa0YOI-6Pkhk_bvEWO7apLfcXyh02T8LZ11v71t0mcUgctdSbx-MChhK7PW9alvkjqYZQzVzxDisg5RMTm0-Xsfp3LhVCc/s1600-h/kmail14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KinR6QU6_nsnMrw7KqFx_n1NvvLC7wvF7kd023qGC5HorUa0YOI-6Pkhk_bvEWO7apLfcXyh02T8LZ11v71t0mcUgctdSbx-MChhK7PW9alvkjqYZQzVzxDisg5RMTm0-Xsfp3LhVCc/s400/kmail14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294592113238887874" border="0" /></a><br />The message list:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZoz8rIG2FFyZDXPUaYeD-9Ef0X7T8wEtY0XNxM-DDk_6GyX_TK5GSYsQoTUy_dFhDgIDkMvtb-ipwK1f1c3h2PN5OlsQO_qwSWCkXyCcNkI4i8oub270oZgMqb4-wZsAtVsu4w3S5DQ/s1600-h/kmail15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDZoz8rIG2FFyZDXPUaYeD-9Ef0X7T8wEtY0XNxM-DDk_6GyX_TK5GSYsQoTUy_dFhDgIDkMvtb-ipwK1f1c3h2PN5OlsQO_qwSWCkXyCcNkI4i8oub270oZgMqb4-wZsAtVsu4w3S5DQ/s400/kmail15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294592143384824258" border="0" /></a><br />The Message Window:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwc0rosOvMusdTxNfmZeC3rWuV8qM-WJyCzBa2qWRnI8LDM0j7_S_F_HnNjDWa6PDtIRATSlXFTl61gk4VjUqOvLYJdSP57DLR5sVA4186mI4O9IyLuJ3ajMg4l2FFEg1HRRt8MX778o/s1600-h/kmail16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJwc0rosOvMusdTxNfmZeC3rWuV8qM-WJyCzBa2qWRnI8LDM0j7_S_F_HnNjDWa6PDtIRATSlXFTl61gk4VjUqOvLYJdSP57DLR5sVA4186mI4O9IyLuJ3ajMg4l2FFEg1HRRt8MX778o/s400/kmail16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594030243753090" border="0" /></a><br />Add a system tray icon:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XqzTbQQ9PzmEXyTjys0Crz6d7gl_3T0BYt1fwaKRY2haVLiNmaws-c8AderzWxsVeo4s1tbRmWfW2BpumWM3_n_M-ez686TxM7KSmA0mAKFsmfi7qrTPQQuK_yfRjcJXTVEoHO52nP4/s1600-h/kmail17.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XqzTbQQ9PzmEXyTjys0Crz6d7gl_3T0BYt1fwaKRY2haVLiNmaws-c8AderzWxsVeo4s1tbRmWfW2BpumWM3_n_M-ez686TxM7KSmA0mAKFsmfi7qrTPQQuK_yfRjcJXTVEoHO52nP4/s400/kmail17.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594037517532466" border="0" /></a><br />And your message tags:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH6i0pcKWlsuqI-D1EvVPn_SDtgzY1q7wjZbCnTpREshryaKfzgs1M_b_H-7A6Txhi7JcGFiLgBrC3PnV39FwHaLpXbmm_YQ87MnW7MEQIYlQ5WSWL6z5SXjQYNLo7CT3cpWgczp0y6Y/s1600-h/kmail18.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH6i0pcKWlsuqI-D1EvVPn_SDtgzY1q7wjZbCnTpREshryaKfzgs1M_b_H-7A6Txhi7JcGFiLgBrC3PnV39FwHaLpXbmm_YQ87MnW7MEQIYlQ5WSWL6z5SXjQYNLo7CT3cpWgczp0y6Y/s400/kmail18.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594035708850770" border="0" /></a><br />You can also configuring the mail composer:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zIxLJauQixjfA436hNCC7rCv6u_auZqGNTj4JDN0bm_LceVr2COe2O5I98F8GhskbnzdJEOK5MLl_JPNeV9gUEU5Kng8r3EI5otZFqIhUAVE6N4ZYrOPj3I0B-SLzheh7WhRuxDQ9Ak/s1600-h/kmail19.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1zIxLJauQixjfA436hNCC7rCv6u_auZqGNTj4JDN0bm_LceVr2COe2O5I98F8GhskbnzdJEOK5MLl_JPNeV9gUEU5Kng8r3EI5otZFqIhUAVE6N4ZYrOPj3I0B-SLzheh7WhRuxDQ9Ak/s400/kmail19.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594047041511298" border="0" /></a><br />And security:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEHsuELLgx8izzxx146ZZJmDddB1BN-JlX-pupLPAxqnTQUBu413iCisO5TWzDv4bkoTjZPv_sNY-Q7-sGNDVVbW4Y4GHWvCg9rfxckklmBYt68e23n0sv0iAFR0qphBven2agAsDLnM/s1600-h/kmail20.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEHsuELLgx8izzxx146ZZJmDddB1BN-JlX-pupLPAxqnTQUBu413iCisO5TWzDv4bkoTjZPv_sNY-Q7-sGNDVVbW4Y4GHWvCg9rfxckklmBYt68e23n0sv0iAFR0qphBven2agAsDLnM/s400/kmail20.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594049762793986" border="0" /></a><br />And other things:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIMJoLD5hSNjkGmhCvUOgWYZK3wxe6zAqBuFfpEkEptAxn85tQIvHi6LqDkqGKredaccmgHKk5uOGTE27B6qESK7W9rkPOu9Fq1OzMuoBXJkgwTg8RR-VAjJh7R4l9a8OdnR78EaqaL4/s1600-h/kmail21.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRIMJoLD5hSNjkGmhCvUOgWYZK3wxe6zAqBuFfpEkEptAxn85tQIvHi6LqDkqGKredaccmgHKk5uOGTE27B6qESK7W9rkPOu9Fq1OzMuoBXJkgwTg8RR-VAjJh7R4l9a8OdnR78EaqaL4/s400/kmail21.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594275055901122" border="0" /></a><br />The search feature works as expected:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHehTuq1hEIeN8G-Fr_lWyf6LA6kQ-zCYuUiMlaMQhY_koOucQVaYUrW-MJ1e7TJJND5B63TdzkH7WghAna3qkVchEv_Dd8nQ5JR8KTO_FaN-ytAQWuBO22FLmOxuagjjtrLKYpNwOdoo/s1600-h/kmail25.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHehTuq1hEIeN8G-Fr_lWyf6LA6kQ-zCYuUiMlaMQhY_koOucQVaYUrW-MJ1e7TJJND5B63TdzkH7WghAna3qkVchEv_Dd8nQ5JR8KTO_FaN-ytAQWuBO22FLmOxuagjjtrLKYpNwOdoo/s400/kmail25.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294602606885446994" border="0" /></a><br />And, since it's integrated with Kontact:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7V-lRfX68xu8MIdQCn5AlRRJY2a__F7kiLQwDGFuBAzlRD4vE_bwKwDDatB84lAefOqNzm4hscHvXkdIBDlTtDqByv-QErogNE2fNG6SMJhxCiYnDcIrfryxfaCNU38kwncYDn24eLhM/s1600-h/kmail22.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 309px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7V-lRfX68xu8MIdQCn5AlRRJY2a__F7kiLQwDGFuBAzlRD4vE_bwKwDDatB84lAefOqNzm4hscHvXkdIBDlTtDqByv-QErogNE2fNG6SMJhxCiYnDcIrfryxfaCNU38kwncYDn24eLhM/s400/kmail22.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294594278352373714" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I guess this is everything for this week, as you can see KMail is pretty useful, easy to set up (if you use the first run wizard) and, with some tweaks here and there, you can get a impressively clean, uncluttered, yet, useful interface :-)<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Next Week: Kontact... contacts XD</span></span><br /></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-74648968177072665902009-01-11T16:31:00.000-08:002009-01-12T15:57:06.216-08:00Off-Topic: Amarok improved GUI proposalI made a primitive mock-up of how an improved Amarok 2.x interface should be:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X-OgUigywmFZNNyzYnHRpbkWmqY88hZt_bII1lu8g9Br-XOFamduvorXCBiD7IFPcr4IGnRzhqFbcE2BZdrEfOXG8zwF_M9MBgcCpYF7JRuqhY1iq72NS8wYDTTxAYXQS46brupuaAg/s1600-h/idea.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0X-OgUigywmFZNNyzYnHRpbkWmqY88hZt_bII1lu8g9Br-XOFamduvorXCBiD7IFPcr4IGnRzhqFbcE2BZdrEfOXG8zwF_M9MBgcCpYF7JRuqhY1iq72NS8wYDTTxAYXQS46brupuaAg/s400/idea.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290560061609511746" border="0" /></a>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-86066939952911972162009-01-08T13:21:00.000-08:002013-09-12T00:31:37.760-07:00Amarok 2.0Finally, Amarok 2 has been released. The 1.x series were the champions on music management (on BSD and Linux) and playing during KDE 3.x time. Actually, it was preferred on all desktop environments, shells or plain windows managers.<br />
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KDE 4 meant (and means) an enormous refactoring of basely all KDE. Amarok developers decided that was the moment for a new GUI (Graphical User Interface). At first users, seemed to be happy about it (they were they beloved Amarok creators), however, as time passed they truly started hating the new interface, some adapted, other are still using Amarok 1.4.x, and the majority, completely migrate to another application.</div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">After that little introduction, let's explore how, the controversial, Amarok 2 is: </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2B7eAc5VwAGg_HV38JHHNBZcDUMJQaLD6MPrCT4wJY8ebx-J0CF5XveLZJrAiQ4uXlA6NLCwKIe4-A3iI2as4e0zIb6L-6TCDyyR1hKAbi6IVE0Hn59ug-wp_ZjowUbVt6C27IQTPLo/s1600-h/amarok3.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289036328456732594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2B7eAc5VwAGg_HV38JHHNBZcDUMJQaLD6MPrCT4wJY8ebx-J0CF5XveLZJrAiQ4uXlA6NLCwKIe4-A3iI2as4e0zIb6L-6TCDyyR1hKAbi6IVE0Hn59ug-wp_ZjowUbVt6C27IQTPLo/s400/amarok3.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 222px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">Amarok 2</span></span><br />
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As always, let's begin by how it looks the first time you run it, in this regard Amarok has definitively improved, the old wizard asked too many questions, and some "complicated" ones, like which database backend you wanted<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJiNZgjdvn4cOQjywtIq3WsNVWUuqZsQqNF9LmFoBHQqAcp3kOmOCu81YXKGFN1tA6aNp-ksj2iQOZ6w8-9apEi_UeXF_LQd2OZlC1EVR2sRvBRkMyYdERrvN2X7ctvSJBgZrRMEshvM/s1600-h/amarok4.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289140939544876354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJiNZgjdvn4cOQjywtIq3WsNVWUuqZsQqNF9LmFoBHQqAcp3kOmOCu81YXKGFN1tA6aNp-ksj2iQOZ6w8-9apEi_UeXF_LQd2OZlC1EVR2sRvBRkMyYdERrvN2X7ctvSJBgZrRMEshvM/s400/amarok4.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 263px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></div>
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After you picked where you music is stored, Amarok will update the content of your collection automatically.</div>
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Amarok 1.4 was praised for it's interface, so let's make a little screenshot comparative, just look at both of them, you're call here:</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0aMdpHhtNo_ihfQdU9YD1wbK2gRH-fK6IR5go2q97BQGD0TyhxSS4IN1Ls_chMnW2VMhNIByWcsWqRlA_BrDCi6MQeRl9MSM3pyVlyduzQif0GJLlhKcWOPTRFFIoAPVBdwIQuLnemw/s1600-h/amarok50.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289174464425140338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0aMdpHhtNo_ihfQdU9YD1wbK2gRH-fK6IR5go2q97BQGD0TyhxSS4IN1Ls_chMnW2VMhNIByWcsWqRlA_BrDCi6MQeRl9MSM3pyVlyduzQif0GJLlhKcWOPTRFFIoAPVBdwIQuLnemw/s400/amarok50.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 209px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size: 180%;">The sidebar tabs</span></span></span><br />
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Those thing at the left side of Amarok. I'm not a supporter for tabs on sides, but it isn't anything critical. I'll cover each one with a good amount of detail<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNjCbht6U6l-2rSS7kf0nLL_lu6fKsnwURIeQn_7aFg4DFP2p5y9IyPr_FXjnR_N4X1KwfGSeR9qaSvz8QgCxwwekZM7jdgJXYeq12uNXbR3XXkGlkpxXsedb2uZM7hKf2tNxDOXfJdA/s1600-h/amarok43.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289171954654655458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgNjCbht6U6l-2rSS7kf0nLL_lu6fKsnwURIeQn_7aFg4DFP2p5y9IyPr_FXjnR_N4X1KwfGSeR9qaSvz8QgCxwwekZM7jdgJXYeq12uNXbR3XXkGlkpxXsedb2uZM7hKf2tNxDOXfJdA/s400/amarok43.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 339px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The collection tab</span></span></div>
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Here you can watch every single music file from your collection. They're ordered by Artist, then album, and finally single songs<br />
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The search works as expected<br />
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It has an advanced search feature, to access it just click on "advanced"<br />
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Or, if you find that dialog to be the poorest design ever by mankind (my god, so much waste space), you just simply write what string you're looking for. As an example, let's say you want to search for artists only, just write "artist" plus ":" at the end ;-)<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The internet tab</span></span></div>
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Amarok 1.4.x offered integration with <a href="http://www.magnatune.com/">Magnatune Music Store</a> and decent radio services. However, on version 2 it got a plugin based service, called internet services. In addition to Magnatune, it got <a href="http://www.jamendo.com/">Jamendo</a> integration, among other. This feature is absolutely awesome, this is how it looks<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Jamendo service:</span> Allows you to download music from this "store". The interface is simple, and the search feature is a given<br />
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Find a little bit more about the artist once you add the "service info applet" to the context view, will see more about this plasma containment later<br />
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You can stream the songs directly from the internet<br />
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Downloading is a breeze<br />
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And it's very integrated, since it opens KGet (or your default torrent application I assume) for managing the download<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Librivox.org.: </span>To be fair, I hate audiobooks, and I'm yet to find anything I would read (listen?) (mainly philosophy or high quality literature...) on Librivox , but if you like audiobooks you may find some famous books there. It's quite easy to use, instead of browsing a catalog, you just search.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Magnatune.com: </span>Has basely the same features as Jamendo service.<br />
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Of course, the only difference is that downloading (not listening) isn't free<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Opmldirectory: </span>Lots of podcast, about pretty much everything, really nice :-)<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Shoutcast Directory:</span> An enormous list of radio stations, actually, in the service selection, it self-clames to be the biggest of all (and I don't doubt it is).<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The playlist tab</span></span><br />
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The random playlist has 2 values to change how it mixes the music. Based on certain values of the song, nothing advanced, but it's nice. You can save the preset<br />
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Normal Playlists<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">The files tab</span><span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span></div>
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To be fair, I don't imagine somebody using it, however, it's designed for finding audio files you want to play, but no add to your collection<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1adxZj5axyp0Z2AhaE14Y6W9uyvM0mnf4dcqXEs-vUQ3qh8Ge8j7I5662eQt5JbNSoStBIQpg2LoThwF9xyUXxoX2Umf30mVCGTLhxkaTOKrkC9x_stABhM5TGGSz7Jmm4AZkZqAdAI/s1600-h/amarok26.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289169986833094578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD1adxZj5axyp0Z2AhaE14Y6W9uyvM0mnf4dcqXEs-vUQ3qh8Ge8j7I5662eQt5JbNSoStBIQpg2LoThwF9xyUXxoX2Umf30mVCGTLhxkaTOKrkC9x_stABhM5TGGSz7Jmm4AZkZqAdAI/s400/amarok26.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 246px;" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5TMIzLTwoMnZNQxSLH37L7sk30d75vwdF9-yNly7uOgJKj337v6W3yUOSTtHGdQfcSq0bQr5GkzhpKrGaB25RHsxUHLM_Yr1y1PT_osNCyHMW6V5cEnOkmSPEXs15X1cl4oUqOs0ByQ/s1600-h/amarok44.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289171954159775266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ5TMIzLTwoMnZNQxSLH37L7sk30d75vwdF9-yNly7uOgJKj337v6W3yUOSTtHGdQfcSq0bQr5GkzhpKrGaB25RHsxUHLM_Yr1y1PT_osNCyHMW6V5cEnOkmSPEXs15X1cl4oUqOs0ByQ/s400/amarok44.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 345px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>The most controversial feature of Amarok 2. I'm not against it, nor in favor. It has some pretty bad usability problems, I'll mention them as we advance on the article. But if it improves (and I think it will) could become a killer feature . First, how it looks of course<br />
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Is that it? No, it's just showing two plasmoids (widgets). And yes, those are plasmoids. Amarok is actually running a Plasma containment inside it. First lets focus on what those button at the bottom do<br />
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From left to right. The first one is for adding plasmoids, it has a very rare menu (ugly, on my opinion), but it does the job... In order to browse all plasmoids you have to click the arrows<br />
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The second one is obviously for removing plasmoids<br />
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The third and fourth are moving between "plasma workspaces". The idea itself isn't bad, that way you can have more plasmoids and information, but the implementation left a lot to be desired, specially since you can't know for sure what's on the next one, this will be adressed on Amarok 2.1 tough :-) since it will be running certain plasmoids by default and will be showing tabs with the content of it</div>
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The last one is the ZUI (Zooming User Interface). It sucks big time, and it's useless. Fortunately it has been ditched for Amarok 2.1<br />
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Now for the important part, the plasmoids. In the following screenshot I'm using <span style="font-style: italic;">Albums and Current track info</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYjtGrGpHQkLI7iZ6H7gzf9VSIqARGDnQCl7MV1M2cr68d3IgjAWw91U525iYTzueq7H5NIU4J3JlGAuCKI6-ifWBXeg-lyp1fgREJ-MP0K9oHhFxqQqZOg1tRb4upnsJS2VHSthiXNY/s1600-h/amarok32.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289170403940132498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTYjtGrGpHQkLI7iZ6H7gzf9VSIqARGDnQCl7MV1M2cr68d3IgjAWw91U525iYTzueq7H5NIU4J3JlGAuCKI6-ifWBXeg-lyp1fgREJ-MP0K9oHhFxqQqZOg1tRb4upnsJS2VHSthiXNY/s400/amarok32.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 304px;" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Service widget:</span> Works well, except for the crappy scrollbars that <span style="font-style: italic;">some</span> times appear<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The lyric widget: </span>Works well, except for the crappy scrollbars that <span style="font-weight: bold;">always</span> appear<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Wikipedia widget: </span>Works decently, except for the crappy scrollbars that <span style="font-weight: bold;">always </span>appear<br />
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One truly cool feature is what Amarok developers implemented to get the rid of the following big problem: The collection was too far from the playlist, making the dragging path too big. Check out their solution :-)<br />
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If you go to the more section, you'll get the following options<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The Playlist</span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SfMUKClUBY_5hbpvgkTx6wvVn2xfmy4_IMEC320pH7OMUzHljtViN0ZxiTlcjr86RaVl_tKOHjxg4DhQLNLYZmg43J9vtvjSjOOF6pYP6PmLEgeeTJjGC4CX8Dq8hHlZB-fbVBiJ3uo/s1600-h/amarok45.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289171959657793234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SfMUKClUBY_5hbpvgkTx6wvVn2xfmy4_IMEC320pH7OMUzHljtViN0ZxiTlcjr86RaVl_tKOHjxg4DhQLNLYZmg43J9vtvjSjOOF6pYP6PmLEgeeTJjGC4CX8Dq8hHlZB-fbVBiJ3uo/s400/amarok45.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 352px;" /></a><br />
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Another controversial feature. Sincerely, the original idea was better (you could contracted albums), now it's just a playlist with a Yet-Another-Album-Cover being showed (if you go up and check and screenshot of the whole Amarok, you'll see that there are <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">3</span> covers arts of the current playing song,and that isn't the <a href="http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8043/amarok46si4.png">worst possible scenario</a>).<br />
Well, well, this is how it looks,those icons on the bottom are self-explanatory (from left to right: clear playlist, show active track, undo, redo, save, export).<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The flaw: </span>It shows a lot less items in the same amount of <span style="font-style: italic;">vertical</span> space. Same collection, loaded on Amarok 1.4 and 2. Amarok 2 is almost showing 16, while Amarok 1.4 is showing 24 (a 50% more). But, of course, Amarok 2 playlist is much prettier.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The not-so-bad situation:</span> If they all belong to the same a album, you get 21.<br />
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Amarok 2 has other small features, they're quite cool actually.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Script Manager:</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> </span>By default it includes a script for fetching lyrics, Librivox.org, Cool Streams (Radio stations) and a Amarok script console</div>
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It also support Get How New Stuff! So installing new functionality is extremely easy :-)<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Cover Manager: </span>Practically all recent OSS music players download your cover arts, but only Amarok and Exaile have a manager for them. The first being quite superior<br />
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You can also browse them by artist<br />
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And of course, watch it full size<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">OSD:</span> It looks well, it could work better, in my eyes it has some issues, for, example, if I put it close to my panel, I expect it to never touch it, but songs with long names or rating will, but I'm being nit-picky here<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yR36jjIIrzP-AkMkeW1BIzTkDRCfMj1I06mM8wmqReR52-PzSTYSpqb4QaF8BPD3WxJUuZ106hWh0rEnOxzvNL-1e8HeAikxPbgZNSsdEfrPqkR7TTdenSre5uTKq0msCDyAst5NkjA/s1600-h/amarok61.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5289374677317336146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6yR36jjIIrzP-AkMkeW1BIzTkDRCfMj1I06mM8wmqReR52-PzSTYSpqb4QaF8BPD3WxJUuZ106hWh0rEnOxzvNL-1e8HeAikxPbgZNSsdEfrPqkR7TTdenSre5uTKq0msCDyAst5NkjA/s400/amarok61.png" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 114px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Configuration Dialog</span></span></span><br />
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Amarok configuration has been simplified. It seems to be one of those application that is following the new KDE 4 guidelines (Dolphin like) for configuration dialogs. How is that? Well, they are 100% self-explanatory, easy and uncluttered to follow. Take a look<br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Personal Criticism</span></span><br />
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Aside from those I already mentioned, I think there are a few worth marking problem with Amarok 2, at least, on my eyes.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Custom widgets... which don't integrate</span> Not to mention that those are some ENORMOUS buttons, the overlap is soo dumb, I mean, if you want to safe space you should make them smaller not overlapping giant icons...</div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Lack of a customizable GUI: </span>You can't rearrange any GUI element, forget about changing the order of the sidebar, context view and playlist, or putting the controls on the bottom, or make them smaller, you can't even hide the menubar.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">This is a buggy release: </span>Yes, you can use it as your main music player, it won't crash, but it has many little bugs, among them, the most annoying one I think is that you usually have to restart Amarok for this to notice changes. Even basic ones as changing a cover art needs this.</div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Well, this is all for know. I hope you liked this overview. As a side note, would you like to see more screenshot with reflections (as in all of them, powered by screenie, btw) or you prefer what I did here?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 180%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Coming up next:</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Kontact (KMail part)</span></span><br />
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Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-23008415319862332822009-01-06T18:20:00.000-08:002009-01-06T20:07:46.479-08:00Little plasma update:This is something I wanted to show since it was committed. Before, plasmoids stretched, now they resize on real time. With full svg beautifulness:<br /><br /><object width="320" height="220"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ep5auJA0z28&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ep5auJA0z28&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="220"></embed></object><br /><br />As I mentioned on the Plasma article, google gadgets are supported, however, I lacked a version which had it back then. So... what about another pretty small video?<br /><br /><object width="320" height="207"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/15jBqd3hrUw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/15jBqd3hrUw&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="207"></embed></object>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-2610708271473564222009-01-06T13:49:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:19:26.428-08:00Dragon and SMPlayer<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Back from vacations, no, I didn't abandon this blog :-P </span><br /></div><br />Kaffeine was the most used Video Player on KDE 3, however, for KDE 4.x it's in a pretty early stage, but fear not, the SMPlayer (which is technically a Qt application, not a KDE one) and Dragon Player came to fill this hole.<br /><br />Why I review two applications that do basely the same? Because Dragon Player is deadly simple, and SMPlayer, while being less simplified, has an amazing feature package.<br /><br />Let's start by the young new Konqui son:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Dragon Player</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As I told you, it has a extremely simple interface, if you open it directly (from the menus, without a file pointed out) you'll get a little dialog with the recent played files, an option to play a file, and "play disc":<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzm9nzs64xFdlcCCh42Uldf0FU5CGhz0qIOIAs3BzArFQNoqrqHE8Nj1ixZoS1ZgB1fUvL-a_JS1_RZaYHWSnF7FgnIVNnyNFzZWnDJ-FVWM2t5ObXPh4W3c599U0FTecHoOiDRXErtk/s1600-h/dgp1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzm9nzs64xFdlcCCh42Uldf0FU5CGhz0qIOIAs3BzArFQNoqrqHE8Nj1ixZoS1ZgB1fUvL-a_JS1_RZaYHWSnF7FgnIVNnyNFzZWnDJ-FVWM2t5ObXPh4W3c599U0FTecHoOiDRXErtk/s400/dgp1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288331877174514818" border="0" /></a><br />While playing it looks like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrJOz-APZzM89rEMmJts6QhaIQ6j1EAg9N_hOGR0Qim_Ab9XUBwFxwXCK9ITHYZHNMqLnVgkbgHcM0is6pAsiOeL2UsW2Z0lRnS8Orf1E-7G0bXjEB7Td6VbOphsVD5YKrzd3CQ2OpZo/s1600-h/dgp2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrJOz-APZzM89rEMmJts6QhaIQ6j1EAg9N_hOGR0Qim_Ab9XUBwFxwXCK9ITHYZHNMqLnVgkbgHcM0is6pAsiOeL2UsW2Z0lRnS8Orf1E-7G0bXjEB7Td6VbOphsVD5YKrzd3CQ2OpZo/s400/dgp2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288331875111371346" border="0" /></a><br />Simple. Its HIG (Human Interface Guidelines) it's outstanding, specially since it <span style="font-style: italic;">doesn't </span>use pop-ups or dialogs, check it out:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUmF4DS_EMkmdCjpL50kHhcEASqV_jZKP900A2MdEDbKaM0mm11DmnuWiMpLYx4BDdzdAKzsmILajcu9WA93YWw9DQ32fGWSMPJp22EfuzsAx6UADqhFHXoVLbnLGCU9cPWetgDF-D5s/s1600-h/dgp3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUmF4DS_EMkmdCjpL50kHhcEASqV_jZKP900A2MdEDbKaM0mm11DmnuWiMpLYx4BDdzdAKzsmILajcu9WA93YWw9DQ32fGWSMPJp22EfuzsAx6UADqhFHXoVLbnLGCU9cPWetgDF-D5s/s400/dgp3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288331881121567650" border="0" /></a><br />You can tweak video brightness, contrast, hue and saturation:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl2N6apOS0-mUe52-QdBSL59tchzuNAy0Xg_snYQrfkNasyLol_fzMrAsg1vwLyXzAVywvUg3PkGOhoWx2GZNoankPg6g0NEQvX3Vb0dJSASGvEyE6RP6zfkWD1FKd2QwtCCn9QHe3mM/s1600-h/dgp4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPl2N6apOS0-mUe52-QdBSL59tchzuNAy0Xg_snYQrfkNasyLol_fzMrAsg1vwLyXzAVywvUg3PkGOhoWx2GZNoankPg6g0NEQvX3Vb0dJSASGvEyE6RP6zfkWD1FKd2QwtCCn9QHe3mM/s400/dgp4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288331894310850882" border="0" /></a><br />The Full screen mode is obviously available, it's simple (and nice), but I think it could use some composite:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyzv7QP9RttxqXAJLjGKiG0fV4wB-uDikp7FRbhyphenhyphenpphf2X34ZkHSkWd15tVA6f3_94A0vElO21aOppYRLWqfxoL-8Orisn6Jl0H7lTDtL75hChk0-95gv7su8FGj1G1elEJHrUs3rEBU/s1600-h/dgp6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyzv7QP9RttxqXAJLjGKiG0fV4wB-uDikp7FRbhyphenhyphenpphf2X34ZkHSkWd15tVA6f3_94A0vElO21aOppYRLWqfxoL-8Orisn6Jl0H7lTDtL75hChk0-95gv7su8FGj1G1elEJHrUs3rEBU/s400/dgp6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332541919239602" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >SMPlayer</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">It's a MPlayer front-end, if you're familar with it, you know it has thousand of configurabilty options. Let's start by how it looks by default:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSKtJnCQQhQqB61RLotocFufmo71jG1p-zLv6ie65uspAGojXKr7Zm_28O28CWnDrpDfMR0JHizdJThHQeIkqRoYahNsMT9EsOB-nkWiESndNo2xvjwmn2LLqsFNr4KlngYuRNSeVKSc/s1600-h/smp1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJSKtJnCQQhQqB61RLotocFufmo71jG1p-zLv6ie65uspAGojXKr7Zm_28O28CWnDrpDfMR0JHizdJThHQeIkqRoYahNsMT9EsOB-nkWiESndNo2xvjwmn2LLqsFNr4KlngYuRNSeVKSc/s400/smp1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332553062972770" border="0" /></a><br />It would take me ages to review every single feature, but I'll cover what I consider more relevant, and without converting this in a how-to of Mplayer.<br /><br />It has <span style="font-style: italic;">playlist suppot</span>, which can be embedded or floating (like any panel on KDE 4):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCGF7yNNTKV6RV0L0pj-0-7cazs9JkRuub6h8OoljwtUxvlk1IFdV0vvJvm_elwWqvB6GoD28FeEp8vHvUcjsZggA_pXXNvQAN6mKpJvIqMuNV66la5-jlyn9oFG_ruvld0NKU68Ty2I/s1600-h/smp2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCGF7yNNTKV6RV0L0pj-0-7cazs9JkRuub6h8OoljwtUxvlk1IFdV0vvJvm_elwWqvB6GoD28FeEp8vHvUcjsZggA_pXXNvQAN6mKpJvIqMuNV66la5-jlyn9oFG_ruvld0NKU68Ty2I/s400/smp2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332569245850674" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUBgt6hijhU889MesxgocVgmSY_NM6MYEsB8KaPSu0qu4bPECowxuQEQT5CmZf_aolQeu7cVlwQPJXadcOik-8Uh11PvUzCS2gtyfeg_JUCroQueOg6Imeshkc-K39JFlPnT4WOYUtdQ/s1600-h/smp3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUBgt6hijhU889MesxgocVgmSY_NM6MYEsB8KaPSu0qu4bPECowxuQEQT5CmZf_aolQeu7cVlwQPJXadcOik-8Uh11PvUzCS2gtyfeg_JUCroQueOg6Imeshkc-K39JFlPnT4WOYUtdQ/s400/smp3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332567613251650" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Compact Mode</span>: Just the video :-)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eq543Ksa2yWLDBJ-Y1aI-DXT8t9SnBjudFgK5Wqx_GeAvu5bOHb1N0E1TUvGIDP5E8Bw6J_5ebj_yKwh9j6CSDfZaoTki6N_QyTjexIGpU6LRXD4jXtN_BGWz3Mvhbd0Rw-R5WNzLr8/s1600-h/smp15png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 201px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eq543Ksa2yWLDBJ-Y1aI-DXT8t9SnBjudFgK5Wqx_GeAvu5bOHb1N0E1TUvGIDP5E8Bw6J_5ebj_yKwh9j6CSDfZaoTki6N_QyTjexIGpU6LRXD4jXtN_BGWz3Mvhbd0Rw-R5WNzLr8/s400/smp15png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288338283437542386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Full subtitle support:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhia85jMiD2mOZqiDpJn3RHvO1aO5ZardUDLbcDBybpIAcWg7vMdzFx6PxSiT8kH5651qpV5v_KnBBzaaLPmO6Cf0EX3medcdGYkZCaLzbHjjk5hi4e2sLrVnR0eF5m-rhtw8OHdj3t-2E/s1600-h/smp4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhia85jMiD2mOZqiDpJn3RHvO1aO5ZardUDLbcDBybpIAcWg7vMdzFx6PxSiT8kH5651qpV5v_KnBBzaaLPmO6Cf0EX3medcdGYkZCaLzbHjjk5hi4e2sLrVnR0eF5m-rhtw8OHdj3t-2E/s400/smp4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332573852830738" border="0" /></a><br />Changing the audio and subtitles on the go:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheJfgY7eqaE4y8gS8t3_3DkhKsQE8Q9nehOfi4NK0XjtQdwxNKkD9H0AxiMliXKnxHfbjBBy5BpYJBsBotyRHGvptPokdQ_rci7sq-X4NSyRaurjiIDTAvrELOhroYdv6ll5OiF8Ihuo/s1600-h/smp5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjheJfgY7eqaE4y8gS8t3_3DkhKsQE8Q9nehOfi4NK0XjtQdwxNKkD9H0AxiMliXKnxHfbjBBy5BpYJBsBotyRHGvptPokdQ_rci7sq-X4NSyRaurjiIDTAvrELOhroYdv6ll5OiF8Ihuo/s400/smp5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332929677013986" border="0" /></a><br />Dragon Player doesn't have a configure dialog, well, in contrast, SMPlayer has a very detailed one:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9Tu9OC0x2VuH0DjqmT0O9sDVOl7GoJLyh6rjp_npUTOmbqQ8wIq-KaL62BMNf2Qg3OXAwLpbaIn1c32GoVJYSDw9Q28YlO64cftomW84G5pb0eWBLf7HaJSALcYIL-2UM-y_WcIzOko/s1600-h/smp6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 310px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic9Tu9OC0x2VuH0DjqmT0O9sDVOl7GoJLyh6rjp_npUTOmbqQ8wIq-KaL62BMNf2Qg3OXAwLpbaIn1c32GoVJYSDw9Q28YlO64cftomW84G5pb0eWBLf7HaJSALcYIL-2UM-y_WcIzOko/s400/smp6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288332933500444210" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisO04BjXuzUXyas11ofC9aIU-JR9LghiPqf0eeSer2P30WgTedwUZTBlii6-GkKH_kcmX4oapdsv_yIl-s2xYB8KF-10cwAC_51WuKpBvh0XQPbj9OlpIUNHYPXQcLX1qTxL-iwZuHIe4/s1600-h/smp7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1bTvNO21BE0wa7ozjLCN1ttb5LXFSA5JHG9d7JzJBbNxd2R_y-31zce1CsRoPutbvbSbJxDnDS2ZDC2Ldnl-6gI9afZxfalC4UBwaO6MjZtZPsYYkckHXDIcIrXp1tMdZtU9mEtTjtLE/s400/smp13png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288334114039983586" border="0" /></a><br />And it also has a small dialog with the command line options:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwPwE9lh7k3y5k71tNb-rNn3nar6hyphenhyphenxo1V5rnknOlfXqWOgpnxctSzBHFotTrcIuP_Sipi7Y7-VbU4nBBlBE5d8s6NWV9L3Tt2_dZXwpHLs5Y4sR4gYVg7qrrwDs6ilQdNMYaUyvKtC4/s1600-h/smp14png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 373px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCwPwE9lh7k3y5k71tNb-rNn3nar6hyphenhyphenxo1V5rnknOlfXqWOgpnxctSzBHFotTrcIuP_Sipi7Y7-VbU4nBBlBE5d8s6NWV9L3Tt2_dZXwpHLs5Y4sR4gYVg7qrrwDs6ilQdNMYaUyvKtC4/s400/smp14png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5288334123484801602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">As you probably noticed, it has a hell lot of features.</span></span><br /></div><br />This is all for this "week <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >(lol)</span>", I hope you enjoyed it, oh, and If you're wondering which one I prefer, I think they serve different purposes and users, that said, I prefer the simple and clean Dragon Player (which doesn't mean it's better, it's just a personal preference).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Next issue: The controversial Amarok 2 ;-)<br />Stay Tunned<br /></span> </div></div></div></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-15270449296344706782008-12-12T19:53:00.001-08:002008-12-15T10:50:48.278-08:00Introducing KDE 4... on WindowsI decided to make a fast article about KDE on Windows Vista (I would love to make another on OS X, but I don't have a Mac).<div><br /></div><div>When Qt 4 was released developers decided that, thanks to the impressive implementation of Qt, they could easily get KDE to run under Windows. It was a controversial move, but as today, completely irrelevant (tough I hope this changes). The main idea behind this (aside from increasing their market share) is that users get used to KDE applications on Windows, there will be nothing to miss on Linux/*BSD.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's easy to install, but I think it should be easier, it should be just an .exe file with everything inside (per application). </div><div><br /></div><div>They seem to take too much time for opening :/ Specially the first one you launch. Resizing on Vista is a hell lot smoother than on Linux (possibly xorg, driver and wm problems mixed), and overall they work just well, and integrate amazingly well.. </div><div><br /></div><div>I won't describe the applications. Just enjoy the screenshot, for in depth covering, you can look at the other articles, and, in some cases, wait for the upcoming review... ;-) (Which will always be in Linux):</div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4Pv6VTRk9S1dJDnlm2r4_-RZKtWjrauIw54-F2FTuIr-YXJj8iWuImXR_i87CZmJxL4vqdyED355qBR7P4E-U_MOiNwL_LLhChWosDXm1Mu8UXq1I8w11IxPcLWWv1FQb2zzFx_MOFo/s1600-h/kwrite.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4Pv6VTRk9S1dJDnlm2r4_-RZKtWjrauIw54-F2FTuIr-YXJj8iWuImXR_i87CZmJxL4vqdyED355qBR7P4E-U_MOiNwL_LLhChWosDXm1Mu8UXq1I8w11IxPcLWWv1FQb2zzFx_MOFo/s400/kwrite.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279140646344846354" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFe_MZy3aNgr4pi3rORNdhQpfxNQbTnu0VCpwXa0W8WKXrQqgvmRdWIMBzyPotGI29nHFhn7_haF3ls-_SxO5lnLkZTjKGZyJrOz4aEp1-4jpHZGn43jed-NlLu00shl_hlAPxTP1wil4/s1600-h/dolphin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2nfDFMJEf4IJ5Z5SLz9MqOmTHX3M3nPGeOezlaFW-NVNYyDCoabWIcZRwEFHTYwf76tHdRvJpEucXoN53Y4pDk6IiG-YLuvpJMEJOY3xxNKIjg7cuOMcX-0CcRvK12CAsa4sB4cod3V4/s400/okular.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279140930686387874" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAfx7_wLsJVpG6op2Vv1SfIB3CQUFcUv1JyLRiyTCxNqfD62FUJ5R8JhUWRdx-FcPFW1MBoL5iMj8DckUC-jbivmsIGVNglaYOWhKBCQsrRwVIBwEHS_meMg8WAYYeyFmRjxZYJ0QBvI/s1600-h/amarok.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXAfx7_wLsJVpG6op2Vv1SfIB3CQUFcUv1JyLRiyTCxNqfD62FUJ5R8JhUWRdx-FcPFW1MBoL5iMj8DckUC-jbivmsIGVNglaYOWhKBCQsrRwVIBwEHS_meMg8WAYYeyFmRjxZYJ0QBvI/s400/amarok.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279140927766015842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Dragon Player is still on queue, along with SMPlayer<br />Stay Tuned<br /></span></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-68412776461957395992008-12-04T21:24:00.000-08:002008-12-05T07:26:56.974-08:00KRunner<span style="font-family:arial;">It's the "run command" dialog of KDE, it was already available for KDE 3.5.x, but it got a new appeareance and functions, now it's completely plugin based, and shares your plasmoid theme. I already showed a screenshot of it in the Plasma Article, but here is another one in case you forgot about it:</span> <p><span style="font-family:arial;">Quite simple, yet good looking :) If you start writing, you'll get different options based on what you wrote:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276188265813483282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 47px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_z2DpHQI96n6KCjvsGOkdrBSUiU1QfIaIU8UldOQcp-FJj4fccmeTZYGcNA_t3LFWfGqVas2a9QUsY5eENkc6EI_RFMuMJZtMRwg8EdqOyuqwdFcOJQG-efxLjlC-WyN_8tpH1nGPMjs/s400/krunner.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">However, as I told you, it's completely plugin based, let's have a look at the configuration dialog:</span></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276187685780149778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgvlzLCIAShGcfpHw9s81HZnMYrVSq_8_6BVrVvxkLDsldqfHXNKGMx30gr0dIaT7_8QGRr4NQHEP3WMrTWZvR25kGABen4QWTA_QoMfr3BoOTgxEDawQ8HuftUijxMctgGKcKDDv0GKc/s400/krunner2.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">And it gives you fast access to the running processes:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276187693234228882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCS4I3hgE8CORL-dJbg0QE5WpPZn_S2JX3d-aNTpSR8vc3gE3zPgTCuZyLkpGclDocKE4csN2VByF6iBRrka9H_I3Gv1lDl0HTMitDNK4fU4D_t1m9awFzZYbNPP0NNwRtnxd2Z7auLaw/s400/krunner5.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">Easy, isn't it? Now I'm going to showcast every plugin :) </span></p><p><em><span style="font-family:arial;">As you probably noticed, I'm not using oxygen this time... I'm using bespin.</span></em><span style="font-family:arial;"> </span></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Find Applications: </span></strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Based on general usage criterias</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276187680886267378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzeDIlISkOwYafvjZYhp0J-mV3sqKEi8qPYGEZCeJ5TfLAh6LjJp-8CrfVkK8Z-LqR0ydXOxWJcgR5Xb8_e2D5_tFOmQ-fJB85MNTRgGGwYIFThTJm-WJmxGCwvnJS3n-ZVb54KY_TRBA/s400/krunner1.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Bookmarks: </strong>It can search in your bookmarks too, just write the site name, description, or address and you'll get fast access to it :)</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276187684270611698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_Ek4ui2Yp0KH-eG7aC9Fy3Pu6jmTpccrcOu-z8dTKmpvL8ARD_IxythNUWthwwcr4KotZEE9sTdy-VBs8dZb53lL8mcilselKUA1-MXZ-jsQGiZjb_suNWjM0YsWLC6W_B1EHhWtreY/s400/krunner3.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Calculator:</strong> ... kinda obvious, like the previous one XD:</span></p><p><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276187687024007474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwgW7BlB5nye5YrFmmlScgEXEbo4vgpUZDCHDOQOkIKFnFjWEXL2qhB73tdGiTgo6I_3l87THY3R15AKyeq9PiZC28zw2k_XBVsk_fc41Bm1hE1RpLjAZ5b0bBz1vElkNZOa9j892FGI/s400/krunner4.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong></strong></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>File Manager Bookmarks: </strong><em>No, that isn't my home folder, it's my windows user folder</em></span></p><p><em><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></em> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276188131198093298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj82fmv76Wk7bQ-r6L12nnK9iZJ-jtOu3kQLlPdg9JcWEWCdfriqoNWiJb6oa7o2SziXdD2hrKnyR6DHnfVwENhi7vNTH86Mh_uhP5grmBeEQTTgrrlTtjC5yGWSHGWK2ZAEBstHB44mfg/s400/krunner7.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Recent Documents:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276188135894286514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 303px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSZeB8_TGv4g8M5NV9cKoD8McolWSdjcr48_5WOsLWfoUjDO9P4nQGNtw_PEKdlB8uu4_La_OZzZpFhxhM5ZxZFlFXzxUD5iD6V2qAIbf1EyIkCt4IxTNLX1S9Eh6S3qii6IE2samyCA0/s400/krunner8.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Unit convert:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276188140830697282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglJwwbBFMRofFxKX6QVuOb5J4BfJMq1evPRYiJcDEdlctBp_H4EmVFSugpUxSC_6HBjiC7IT57h2W0ppV6KPFn_C65K8nr5BAmC4GBEe6DHAAmRPmiiNpkSkegqoGva5V-2SeNj70PhxI/s400/krunner9.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></strong> </p><p><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Web history:</span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></strong> </p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276188265556133890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMcJKwJfx9nQ2gMAt0yoewl2SPFNpE0XNnNOeUWBnusQDpifycfQjKfl58-j0RI8IilABgrGEJ5Br0TRF7KlfWr0__TPXnUqyCDub8w5qCVj9FTjrqntTsykd5Rum8w5kzbDT8rPYZ4I/s400/krunner10.jpeg" border="0" /></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </p><p><span style="font-family:arial;">It can look for contacts, check your spelling, sessions management (shutdown, reboot, log out, etc) and open konqueror, kate and konsole sessions, but I kinda believe that this article has already became a little bit repetitive XD.</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Next week: Dragon Player</span></span></strong></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Stay tuned</span></span></strong></p><p align="center"> </p>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-68691387195041906242008-11-17T11:02:00.000-08:002008-11-30T14:36:20.204-08:00Kwin<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I know, I told everybody it was going to be Amarok 2.0, but since I just got my computer, I barely have music. The final version isn't far away, so I'll wait until then.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And since what you care about is eye candy... :P</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;" >Kwin (with Composite)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">KDE 3.5.x had an option for enabling composite called kcompmgr (which was a modified version of xcompmgr), it had basic functionality like transparency and fading, but nothing else, and it wasn't exactly fast.<br /><br />Then Compiz came, originally designed by Novell along with XGL, but, even if it can be used with KDE, it obviously was designed with GNOME in mind.<br /><br />The KDE developers wanted eye-candy composite for they KDE 4 series, so they had 3 options, writing a whole new window manager, use compiz or improving kwin, they took the last one.<br /><br />That way KDE didn't lose any advance window management feature and won 3D window management full of eye candy and some useful features :)<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Present Windows</span></span> </div><br />Lets star by one of the useful plugins, originally designed by apple, it has 3 pesent modes:<br /><br />Natural, it tries to preserve the size relationship between the different windows:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rju181Gah7n9jLmOrfWqM9OYnt-HgmmWxFdRRI4-YxNm64X489sXOMrKoLepFbNOVGRKBFIT_rUbEZVLh0DWxeAyQ8FHyo4-ucfCzefFxvNk21nQDvZ3t2KKV-hMQiasQPveZDNe4pc/s1600-h/present1.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8rju181Gah7n9jLmOrfWqM9OYnt-HgmmWxFdRRI4-YxNm64X489sXOMrKoLepFbNOVGRKBFIT_rUbEZVLh0DWxeAyQ8FHyo4-ucfCzefFxvNk21nQDvZ3t2KKV-hMQiasQPveZDNe4pc/s400/present1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269717937620793762" border="0" /></a><br />Regular Grid:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVW-x_DSpfRwtqh23OcWGJ84VJ0pW7cocq_azu2wjqTQoQXe7lDZ8-RUp6W3OdXN3pF-gAOsDXMV_gMk_VN56AAJ95vQAJXu68RY5vkAplmZ7E-KA9Ks8X9ilbUREFzkLDC9Gh9V1wNM/s1600-h/present2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijVW-x_DSpfRwtqh23OcWGJ84VJ0pW7cocq_azu2wjqTQoQXe7lDZ8-RUp6W3OdXN3pF-gAOsDXMV_gMk_VN56AAJ95vQAJXu68RY5vkAplmZ7E-KA9Ks8X9ilbUREFzkLDC9Gh9V1wNM/s400/present2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269717941696695106" border="0" /></a><br />Flexible grid:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HnLW6a2SoLdtY0kxsFa-k0EWHl7y3LvH_BdIzwZwzGqJx3BUIL_Hx7kNDMvT41lbW2E8Lut-THuwR0Txn-gsp58e1OBBGQiWApSnoYePeFxaWZOXB9p73Ay7XFdSFzvkosbqM85jn1o/s1600-h/present3.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HnLW6a2SoLdtY0kxsFa-k0EWHl7y3LvH_BdIzwZwzGqJx3BUIL_Hx7kNDMvT41lbW2E8Lut-THuwR0Txn-gsp58e1OBBGQiWApSnoYePeFxaWZOXB9p73Ay7XFdSFzvkosbqM85jn1o/s400/present3.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269717942421133922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Desktop Grid</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For presenting all the workspaces in a grid in order to make arrangement of windows easier:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CEAxdlUu1-XIGY6J9jp-YknEUWYyu3CqPpm1o-FPY2QWOv9tG0QQWOZdwD2IdsWXEEUhoWqR3tNlgwf2WyPMKuX1xrBYoyHQWZiloYgw7UKeWYy6-2D83GPf48T7DBgmDvFtIKWs79E/s1600-h/desktopgrid.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9CEAxdlUu1-XIGY6J9jp-YknEUWYyu3CqPpm1o-FPY2QWOv9tG0QQWOZdwD2IdsWXEEUhoWqR3tNlgwf2WyPMKuX1xrBYoyHQWZiloYgw7UKeWYy6-2D83GPf48T7DBgmDvFtIKWs79E/s400/desktopgrid.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269725118805275650" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >The Legendary Cube</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Compiz became famous with this, I don't think it's exactly useful per se, but it makes easier for newbies to understand the concept of virtual desktops (tough it don't truly work that way XD), the point is that it looks good, and mixed with the desktop grid can be useful:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYTWcqOJBNwO7waSsFbtRqKpYqpVEXe4GDNLhW0qSORwkWBjmBRW-6bS3kQxxJFjFdhZuymF03LoLJwTjc9vbFDHRn8lPPuuGOMDlcNGNgoyVMcidzp9xMGVmvceqHGOLnwP-4djL5D0/s1600-h/cube.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEYTWcqOJBNwO7waSsFbtRqKpYqpVEXe4GDNLhW0qSORwkWBjmBRW-6bS3kQxxJFjFdhZuymF03LoLJwTjc9vbFDHRn8lPPuuGOMDlcNGNgoyVMcidzp9xMGVmvceqHGOLnwP-4djL5D0/s400/cube.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269725122714201026" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Switchs (Alt + Tab)</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Kwin has 4 different options for switching between windows, that said, you can assign key strokes for each one, so if you desire it, you can use all of them<br /><br />Box switch, the most common way of rolling trough windows:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrec7gcLe-9e1kYOFOpIeHCXN8OQRNGr86vF4eTulEAjpyEysE4RdKxpdC5swglxIgBXIe3mOB2Gr4lC6gWVxGQKTgKp6dgp3l_iw2gO_CVRNUbSUU-xOBrpq9gYpMmUyfskIzHfI9Eo/s1600-h/switch1.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJrec7gcLe-9e1kYOFOpIeHCXN8OQRNGr86vF4eTulEAjpyEysE4RdKxpdC5swglxIgBXIe3mOB2Gr4lC6gWVxGQKTgKp6dgp3l_iw2gO_CVRNUbSUU-xOBrpq9gYpMmUyfskIzHfI9Eo/s400/switch1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269725138929080274" border="0" /></a><br />Flip switch, like in Windows Vista whit Aero enabled:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdHud6R7eBX5ML9sajh-F2intgXEQTcWhxa-xVRBjuMN1LwcqjNBCQhCK-3TiJTBykdhSuvEKyRvyOPdZYH1brng_0Aoh7_zDPZOWg7y8b0cwffOM134Ky7GY7D6meadmBeRZLyxK_UU/s1600-h/switch3.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibdHud6R7eBX5ML9sajh-F2intgXEQTcWhxa-xVRBjuMN1LwcqjNBCQhCK-3TiJTBykdhSuvEKyRvyOPdZYH1brng_0Aoh7_zDPZOWg7y8b0cwffOM134Ky7GY7D6meadmBeRZLyxK_UU/s400/switch3.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269725145156120626" border="0" /></a><br />Cover switch, similar to coverflow, but with windows:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzUoPiHXakgeCn8d41KZOlVDzTMACDEunzDvIDgB_ZRoXwlV-LfuWtVT2vILS0jLs-fkcW6DWePd53_9Bo-IIuwpf7AA1sVwFRhn7JxYUqBL9agZowCR_rZcMWys_cXIo_P6ukLV6oos/s1600-h/switch2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzUoPiHXakgeCn8d41KZOlVDzTMACDEunzDvIDgB_ZRoXwlV-LfuWtVT2vILS0jLs-fkcW6DWePd53_9Bo-IIuwpf7AA1sVwFRhn7JxYUqBL9agZowCR_rZcMWys_cXIo_P6ukLV6oos/s400/switch2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269725137580392658" border="0" /></a><br />And, my favorite, present windows, like exposé, but using alt-tab:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0re2ftDVvtJsxxAAzwNOjkbBn1BJZjo_7fjwheKTA-snQI-RRwfNrMz63RJzaHu7F_DWH7XeI47BDf57N_alx9JZ0vfDah3VXz286XKjEhIW_rzI8iQgO7CsliMQSMLuh4dtVKGb4n4/s1600-h/switch4.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg0re2ftDVvtJsxxAAzwNOjkbBn1BJZjo_7fjwheKTA-snQI-RRwfNrMz63RJzaHu7F_DWH7XeI47BDf57N_alx9JZ0vfDah3VXz286XKjEhIW_rzI8iQgO7CsliMQSMLuh4dtVKGb4n4/s400/switch4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269725656304068162" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Legendary Wobbly Windows</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Completely useless, but most people seem to love the effect, I personally dislike it:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKc-mWPSXg0qtz6mNzccYZubJH-ZtRPE8dYasv9a5HlMbF3pc7My_vTtDL4wH7QjgB2mnTCeX0WAhOwuiQ5VyVldMeaniXPRdLlu5n1wNZrw33FyxF1EoGkIHAx7aXTTg6NwITDUZxvw/s1600-h/wobbly.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKc-mWPSXg0qtz6mNzccYZubJH-ZtRPE8dYasv9a5HlMbF3pc7My_vTtDL4wH7QjgB2mnTCeX0WAhOwuiQ5VyVldMeaniXPRdLlu5n1wNZrw33FyxF1EoGkIHAx7aXTTg6NwITDUZxvw/s400/wobbly.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269744527756466450" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Taskbar Thumbnails </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">On hover shows a miniature of the window:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVFXC8CsYKnG5pjcODHqQnZjO5mjbyxJTUuezCy5tmqA2XsbBJCtRz0KaRzJS6PTQ4DDgbtbTpkOYDAN4lAkFlyNU8ppHN4s93kmImaHl15dCGEVktPCm8-WfPu1a4F2Dkdkar9q6DgA/s1600-h/thumbnail.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 102px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcVFXC8CsYKnG5pjcODHqQnZjO5mjbyxJTUuezCy5tmqA2XsbBJCtRz0KaRzJS6PTQ4DDgbtbTpkOYDAN4lAkFlyNU8ppHN4s93kmImaHl15dCGEVktPCm8-WfPu1a4F2Dkdkar9q6DgA/s400/thumbnail.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269744529042900402" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Shadows</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I found shadows to be one of the most useful effects, and it looks good too, as you will see in the following screenshot, the focus window has a different shadow, a pretty nice looking blue shadow:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOusAkjymA37keDQLyNGGRjbTpRL39KobsLxR5W4mOwtctSk0shRSPoDFkgAZmmxyfZrYjDrXNPFkYWo8LrIKRGuWyAC1V69iYgBGz8qVLMsJSgtKpLEDIa-MCgLVmN_2AzUr6iMA4Kw/s1600-h/shadow.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 43px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicOusAkjymA37keDQLyNGGRjbTpRL39KobsLxR5W4mOwtctSk0shRSPoDFkgAZmmxyfZrYjDrXNPFkYWo8LrIKRGuWyAC1V69iYgBGz8qVLMsJSgtKpLEDIa-MCgLVmN_2AzUr6iMA4Kw/s400/shadow.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269744531947159186" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dialog Parent</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This plugin dims the window which has an open dialog, quite nice looking, and it can be useful:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvAReWhffVJWUgi9GGRlpeVSG6_y5dTk5uwDohR47lyt4OiMJnd9gKtxlnbaP_TzguaXvMSyAG9_m9GwRqAlt9Xqru3BsXwcp6_q7Tm4USgx3IRd0Wti87NqwDpbBtu70Kg_Jriuf5Dw/s1600-h/parentdialog.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguvAReWhffVJWUgi9GGRlpeVSG6_y5dTk5uwDohR47lyt4OiMJnd9gKtxlnbaP_TzguaXvMSyAG9_m9GwRqAlt9Xqru3BsXwcp6_q7Tm4USgx3IRd0Wti87NqwDpbBtu70Kg_Jriuf5Dw/s400/parentdialog.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745128579403746" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Dim Inactive</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6wNUm-XvMy6tr7K4x8VOnMwQlpXT6Nq-yEVhp1B4D4FZ1PDcF0Oj-Fy8oFOG4U6iLGdX4SziSu0O8rfJoOwbMWDI6eOtuByl1DF97jqLWQ1hV257a2uezDJoJ7FLAQj__yNUm4M2jWc/s1600-h/diminactive.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii6wNUm-XvMy6tr7K4x8VOnMwQlpXT6Nq-yEVhp1B4D4FZ1PDcF0Oj-Fy8oFOG4U6iLGdX4SziSu0O8rfJoOwbMWDI6eOtuByl1DF97jqLWQ1hV257a2uezDJoJ7FLAQj__yNUm4M2jWc/s400/diminactive.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269744533356558018" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Dim Screen for Administrator mode<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji00u6Nt9auyhNkb-0-vfxCVxGkNDSsn3tsYi0jisOZrRKXvUem3PpsywsAGfr9Y-Ky0RLL_QbrtAUdnZXJcxJgvgdrq8kfhDhlf-CNFzb5Nqu3jXkU4eMGlhKdPh2ZSsACMsFoKRZZX0/s1600-h/rootdim.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji00u6Nt9auyhNkb-0-vfxCVxGkNDSsn3tsYi0jisOZrRKXvUem3PpsywsAGfr9Y-Ky0RLL_QbrtAUdnZXJcxJgvgdrq8kfhDhlf-CNFzb5Nqu3jXkU4eMGlhKdPh2ZSsACMsFoKRZZX0/s400/rootdim.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269759862023328034" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Zoom</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Obviously is for zooming into your desktop, quite good for people with vision problems:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NUH2a16yk9CQ0Ff86qPR81iWTsz3V1YPOvSlEcd61TdXJ1LUfqxkrZ06AKgJ1E-2UzJaxC_7sqJuYEYhrwmAYZjVzgLjNg6ZsyRobNsslUW_U9tj3oUkjrfvlQBMe6No_Cglw77W-Fs/s1600-h/zoom.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NUH2a16yk9CQ0Ff86qPR81iWTsz3V1YPOvSlEcd61TdXJ1LUfqxkrZ06AKgJ1E-2UzJaxC_7sqJuYEYhrwmAYZjVzgLjNg6ZsyRobNsslUW_U9tj3oUkjrfvlQBMe6No_Cglw77W-Fs/s400/zoom.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269744539392510658" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Magnifier</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Zoom with a magnifier, it's less intrusive than zoom, because you can still look at your full desktop, as zoom, it's designed for people with vision problems:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFz_0GN0ReU15hF_2upFJlzxY_5aqfV1uy9iMx2ODD66k2bnasH-ADiAANrmhOIy5fCneaOdH2xbnOAKIW7XBNfn1a_qOTh_H4FYckmWs3fsgLHEZHr0aaHNpAd3VRuXbkD-LRm6d3tYE/s1600-h/magnifier.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFz_0GN0ReU15hF_2upFJlzxY_5aqfV1uy9iMx2ODD66k2bnasH-ADiAANrmhOIy5fCneaOdH2xbnOAKIW7XBNfn1a_qOTh_H4FYckmWs3fsgLHEZHr0aaHNpAd3VRuXbkD-LRm6d3tYE/s400/magnifier.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745123778105970" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Track mouse</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Can't you find the pointer? No problem, press ctrl + meta (windows key), I'm sure you'll find those XD<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtVr-ERvGX_uI0kl9ax9IfgN2XUHQJbaXNST2PKyeRx9StgsE130w0hdwJ_GCpa7MtuEH3VfeX-ka1aulEdJzYvlCRbwT3wApyy39teUz55oTXlBQuDam_X5d-nQN7c8yiPElr_YZrjI/s1600-h/trackmouse.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtVr-ERvGX_uI0kl9ax9IfgN2XUHQJbaXNST2PKyeRx9StgsE130w0hdwJ_GCpa7MtuEH3VfeX-ka1aulEdJzYvlCRbwT3wApyy39teUz55oTXlBQuDam_X5d-nQN7c8yiPElr_YZrjI/s400/trackmouse.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745125830043986" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fall apart</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">When you close a window it explodes, personally I find this effect to be ugly, and annoying too, but for those who may like it here the mandatory screenshot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmnvqCiJlt9roYGv7vTeVR-fBncKbIdXGxlU9l51TdjOJTenjQrE4Ckh5kTxusBJFr2ocSbSjP8OOPPS1RxFvBWWnjpfeZaCF0bOcOf_DeB4kDZ9PAJ83-TtCAfMVJ2fKbp8xET11HeQ/s1600-h/fallapart.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmnvqCiJlt9roYGv7vTeVR-fBncKbIdXGxlU9l51TdjOJTenjQrE4Ckh5kTxusBJFr2ocSbSjP8OOPPS1RxFvBWWnjpfeZaCF0bOcOf_DeB4kDZ9PAJ83-TtCAfMVJ2fKbp8xET11HeQ/s400/fallapart.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745130843663570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Animations</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There are several animation which I can't show in screenshots, since my graphic card won't resist recording such a thing XD, so I'll just mention them:<br /><ul><li>Slide: Animate the change between desktops.</li><li>Minimize animation: Animate the minimizing of windows.</li><li>Scale in: Animate the appearing windows</li><li>Login: Smoothly fade to the desktop when logging in</li><li>Logout: Desaturate the desktop when displaying the logout dialog</li><li>Plasma transparency (dialogs, panels, dashboard, plasmoids) when Kwin 3D effects are on</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Configuration Dialogs<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As you will see, it's quite simple and straight forward, however, if you pay attention to one of the screenshots (which in fact isn't a kwin configuration dialog) you'll see what I forgot to show in the Plasma article.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5mM_wdiWj_cBoQGPK0oeGpJOQW2MdWitRhv0MToGdn_RESt8GGSIDM3LvW-dBvS91DE5Rf4KbCryaB8Jj6YZQCrWeHdVBN9MZfV2-KHn2cyL4cdja__zkrxDPAv14Bg-4G_S7Do80go/s1600-h/configurekwin1.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU5mM_wdiWj_cBoQGPK0oeGpJOQW2MdWitRhv0MToGdn_RESt8GGSIDM3LvW-dBvS91DE5Rf4KbCryaB8Jj6YZQCrWeHdVBN9MZfV2-KHn2cyL4cdja__zkrxDPAv14Bg-4G_S7Do80go/s400/configurekwin1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745135491269890" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzblj4Bds5Fc8Dlko0HvPsN0nRgf3wtRp3lUD33AbiGC2fkJDL1k8rShuX9VlxFrII30FH1bi8SIqg4yooodcJbz7ku803tEntAG36JZ158y0B6WlFLdcCptJMYPc4C_IsQOFbW1ulpA/s1600-h/configurekwin3.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYmvdbf-KVhDkH7szjJXdhiiDwNBZMvmAn3INAx8cf79nrD0PuAVM34BYwvQfZA1Od3pAdkcWzp7JtdHPm88WOXJ5zTD-xpBV9MOu8mt1MaG_2LZouMFZ241CqMUU9rkfDvam4oBOSN4c/s400/configurekwin2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745451207418722" border="0" /><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzblj4Bds5Fc8Dlko0HvPsN0nRgf3wtRp3lUD33AbiGC2fkJDL1k8rShuX9VlxFrII30FH1bi8SIqg4yooodcJbz7ku803tEntAG36JZ158y0B6WlFLdcCptJMYPc4C_IsQOFbW1ulpA/s400/configurekwin3.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745451908033138" border="0" /></a></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZANOfSFGBSfFgGHI_HbfDCP2y1BoTpvuJJwccuuSaOpIJ7C1kr5nGnOsNN5ZrWwBHqJZtLkFddf8KfpzOpElM4GeJ1ZvOdOiUaekt74sdNSA2lvPrM_EhDwO5hgp8oxYSrsPIkLzaCAY/s1600-h/configurekwin4.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZANOfSFGBSfFgGHI_HbfDCP2y1BoTpvuJJwccuuSaOpIJ7C1kr5nGnOsNN5ZrWwBHqJZtLkFddf8KfpzOpElM4GeJ1ZvOdOiUaekt74sdNSA2lvPrM_EhDwO5hgp8oxYSrsPIkLzaCAY/s400/configurekwin4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745458058063570" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyNXMyY9gcdL7Lrlytd4cnK8VzMdiTwRDRLKrMrfnKMov-6hG7yq5rjK0_8F31ZMeu0UaY1z1KTNjzesMbOh3iLR3tqb98vls3AuWNJmr2hZIwO72KcSNtT4cizM1FHauNk_n0lEimas/s1600-h/configurekwin5.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 295px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDyNXMyY9gcdL7Lrlytd4cnK8VzMdiTwRDRLKrMrfnKMov-6hG7yq5rjK0_8F31ZMeu0UaY1z1KTNjzesMbOh3iLR3tqb98vls3AuWNJmr2hZIwO72KcSNtT4cizM1FHauNk_n0lEimas/s400/configurekwin5.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269745457509532434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Coming up Next: Krunner<br />Stay Tuned</span><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-49992246674297797862008-11-13T10:02:00.000-08:002008-11-13T10:18:43.193-08:00Dolphin, little update<a href="http://introducingkde4.blogspot.com/2008/11/plasma.html">Dolphin article has been updated with new features from KDE 4.1.72 (4.2)</a>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-22343680595416250882008-11-12T12:44:00.001-08:002008-11-16T12:34:35.145-08:00Plasma<span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:180%;">I'm back</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Yes, I know, 11 months it's quite some time, but my computer died, I swear it!.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">*The Plasma version used for this overview is 4.1.72 (4.2)*</span><br /></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Introduction</span></span><br /></div><br />In KDE 3.5.x we had kicker, but for KDE 4, it has been killed and replaced by the most famous part of the KDE technologies, known as Plasma.<br /><br />Before introducing some of it's features, I will explain what Plasma is, fast, without entering in detail.<br /><br />Plasma is, among other things, the new way of building your desktop, it works using Plasmoids, those Plasmoids are similar to Gadgets or Widgets. Plasmoids are contained by... well... containments, this relantionship it's the secret of its flexibility. The Desktop (image background) is a containment, you can put as many plasmoids as you want, those can create a normal interface showing your /desktop files, or you can put clocks, stocks viewers, media controls, pictures, etc. However, the panel is a cointenment too, you can place your Plasmoids in your desktop or in the panel, Plasmoids will change their layout to match correctly their new containment.<br /><br />The biggest point here, is that cointenments are Plasmoids too, so, in the future, people (or KDE developers themself) can (and certainly will) create new containments, of all kinds. Making a OS X dock or a Windows 7 like taskbar shouldn't be that hard.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;">The desktop</span><br /></div><br />Having said that, lets go to what you're really interested in, pretty screenshots!:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XyABBo1DQNCtyZmFfuAnGZJPbyAHCwuiOcGQpOjZ4W29Oo9_xymTpZSL_DTPpmZd4e2YiYjkQsjqBQwgqlFJCyKnKFzdYzaxOA-G410WXj2ikMEyX-JXDj-zOr4gFm3Pb0Lz-ZU2f3A/s1600-h/mydesktop.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7XyABBo1DQNCtyZmFfuAnGZJPbyAHCwuiOcGQpOjZ4W29Oo9_xymTpZSL_DTPpmZd4e2YiYjkQsjqBQwgqlFJCyKnKFzdYzaxOA-G410WXj2ikMEyX-JXDj-zOr4gFm3Pb0Lz-ZU2f3A/s400/mydesktop.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267878265197972498" border="0" /></a><br />This is my current desktop (yes, it's gorgeous), it's pretty clean and simple, however, there are several Plasmoid running there, clock (2 actually), weather, command line, folder view, menu, pager, windows list, device notifier, systray and those are pretty much all :)<br /><br />But if you want a completely different desktop layout you can have it without any problem, go to the corner, click and select:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlDAG8iG-0jYDGorR-7cbsh84cky6Tg6s5gC_ueQtLQ0oRaawIn_q7e45ZelFpTg6z7XVMS_3daPZyQFnsR-hu6eveg1b_YjBvoDAcmn3l1sU0ocfWZ03KRZogS6aXA7ybS7Xgph5BFE/s1600-h/addingplasmoids.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 287px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTlDAG8iG-0jYDGorR-7cbsh84cky6Tg6s5gC_ueQtLQ0oRaawIn_q7e45ZelFpTg6z7XVMS_3daPZyQFnsR-hu6eveg1b_YjBvoDAcmn3l1sU0ocfWZ03KRZogS6aXA7ybS7Xgph5BFE/s400/addingplasmoids.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268009145637627010" border="0" /></a><br />Then, do the impossible, drag and drop :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiUMcwchXBQQEH_T5_P95LtjRi2v0FDrjSXIQVHm1f8nUr7siNYrJrv4vJZkZYE-d2lbyuyKc0uKnPH8-gk_U-zebjbw4G7Y3wOnrSclPNyeLvszB3-W_OhyphenhyphenmIoC-d9XqlTKsvAMvt40/s1600-h/drag'ndrop.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAiUMcwchXBQQEH_T5_P95LtjRi2v0FDrjSXIQVHm1f8nUr7siNYrJrv4vJZkZYE-d2lbyuyKc0uKnPH8-gk_U-zebjbw4G7Y3wOnrSclPNyeLvszB3-W_OhyphenhyphenmIoC-d9XqlTKsvAMvt40/s400/drag'ndrop.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267965699568644050" border="0" /></a><br />You could end with completely different interfaces:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw74KE7BRxvqjDkwUSz0BBiOOvw2F81ajchtx5pqrZhDcC9pr-1xfe6pSxDVbpxth_ood0LDwkRv0R2qjEAgBDlsMGODYcgiDOipZoIJcJ95V8LcrR7q5Ut-z-KMxw6873328vAT9ZvSY/s1600-h/mydesktop2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw74KE7BRxvqjDkwUSz0BBiOOvw2F81ajchtx5pqrZhDcC9pr-1xfe6pSxDVbpxth_ood0LDwkRv0R2qjEAgBDlsMGODYcgiDOipZoIJcJ95V8LcrR7q5Ut-z-KMxw6873328vAT9ZvSY/s400/mydesktop2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267966031844031794" border="0" /></a><br />But, Do you remember what I said at the beginning? The desktop is a plasmoid containment, so, why can't I have two desktop containments? Ehm, you can!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobGe6v3sxrPkdgdQuJBXyWSZFpzttorRPS7STwhqXQumZ4Y6SjdRw1Hoe_Kr6kSeBlDrsELpeh3M_hsqQxpvq_m1oizzqRh-FljR4s9AE0dOq_T1Sn9HAtV5IcFlqGZqqvfBFChbiSUA/s1600-h/2desktops.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobGe6v3sxrPkdgdQuJBXyWSZFpzttorRPS7STwhqXQumZ4Y6SjdRw1Hoe_Kr6kSeBlDrsELpeh3M_hsqQxpvq_m1oizzqRh-FljR4s9AE0dOq_T1Sn9HAtV5IcFlqGZqqvfBFChbiSUA/s400/2desktops.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267967402666905410" border="0" /></a><br />Click and zoom out:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRfaJoq9GR0F5hpwAJBNTVULpSOmX6l9aGx2HWYt85hUgLBTSnp-Y1aZOGRxt3q1ggVlouy-shXw1ljOR3D3o74yCeMp6-vOntmOUj8zOVdwv1QzunUrv_fI3oY-ONlYAjVI6GbpVkkM/s1600-h/zoomout.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDRfaJoq9GR0F5hpwAJBNTVULpSOmX6l9aGx2HWYt85hUgLBTSnp-Y1aZOGRxt3q1ggVlouy-shXw1ljOR3D3o74yCeMp6-vOntmOUj8zOVdwv1QzunUrv_fI3oY-ONlYAjVI6GbpVkkM/s400/zoomout.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268012468941794738" border="0" /></a><br />Then add as many as you want ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah0JHUOllVfbamyfNiZfpcZr0UZASe71kJtJpA9Q7DbWYNTfVJVzvicGY58eY7JH_uLabrCfEiOtG0ElTP7yq8TKjWhXX2uZuNIdBE8ZSSDiOKYv14b2uF4Wt1X_cpGPzpJbQtYJuMBw/s1600-h/addactivity.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgah0JHUOllVfbamyfNiZfpcZr0UZASe71kJtJpA9Q7DbWYNTfVJVzvicGY58eY7JH_uLabrCfEiOtG0ElTP7yq8TKjWhXX2uZuNIdBE8ZSSDiOKYv14b2uF4Wt1X_cpGPzpJbQtYJuMBw/s400/addactivity.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268012462068839922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plasmoids</span></span><br /></div><br />As you could see in those last 2 screenshots, Plasmoids are resizable and you can rotate them too, as well as configuring and removing them, how to? Easy, just hover while the plasmoids are unlocked:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHSfL06tO59VmuiNj-jA-_iP_wh-WdDNDXHnGXEN1xH1OcdP64xOuiBMOUoNd7Cy1ZX7OxFFr8ssqFA1i5Bw_ojNlR7JgkNiuU6S-KPfXRlK2aYrnAdqDnEywYetQeImrJUgMU7JXWcI/s1600-h/plasmacustom.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 344px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDHSfL06tO59VmuiNj-jA-_iP_wh-WdDNDXHnGXEN1xH1OcdP64xOuiBMOUoNd7Cy1ZX7OxFFr8ssqFA1i5Bw_ojNlR7JgkNiuU6S-KPfXRlK2aYrnAdqDnEywYetQeImrJUgMU7JXWcI/s400/plasmacustom.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268009606222624930" border="0" /></a><br />And then, make some clicks and mouse movements, extremely easy, and since everything is svg, don't worry about getting pixelated plasmoids ;)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNA18mDIog_y5ReyVRdOFWJKJtnT4FvPOh7R2HU0DKL4EKvieSuvVTt_1w_wDpZGFSX-pl3PwSGIKwTbkLHU5mIS13G5Tjbn9diMDhDn82UFNr1oYKYdBmCIpQBB7k904m9dRwL_eZ6U/s1600-h/plasmoidsfeatures.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNA18mDIog_y5ReyVRdOFWJKJtnT4FvPOh7R2HU0DKL4EKvieSuvVTt_1w_wDpZGFSX-pl3PwSGIKwTbkLHU5mIS13G5Tjbn9diMDhDn82UFNr1oYKYdBmCIpQBB7k904m9dRwL_eZ6U/s400/plasmoidsfeatures.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267969210144181202" border="0" /></a><br />KDE has a beautiful dashboard too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ECDFoMMUX6i9xvWKF9HOHEXoLyi7qv3M_-qht5rlCbmqD4aXRVjaHudY1OdR6ek7wtevaouylZFB8v6gsgGlppzxwiguLIvbjUQ07uVRldT6ml8M5YoYeLWLwUa07CjkGNUzNhCsHx0/s1600-h/dashboard.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ECDFoMMUX6i9xvWKF9HOHEXoLyi7qv3M_-qht5rlCbmqD4aXRVjaHudY1OdR6ek7wtevaouylZFB8v6gsgGlppzxwiguLIvbjUQ07uVRldT6ml8M5YoYeLWLwUa07CjkGNUzNhCsHx0/s400/dashboard.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267970429375363570" border="0" /></a><br />Plasma is also 100% themeable, and there are all of kind of themes, it will be pointless to post all of them, but you can find them <a href="http://kde-look.org/index.php?xcontentmode=76&PHPSESSID=548b9ca95dfc288c9fcbcabb3a4c151c">here</a>.<br /><br />And that isn't all, Plasma is compatible with many OS X dashboard and Google Gadgets, the last one is quite new, so I don't have it on my system, but here you can see how you can add Dashboard widgets:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YruX7U5cTwz-1oW_QnfZEmUZn9iFG4XK24R35avqBJu7ogYmXYsgT6_u8kZvk3J8kTjJUgJbMbf1F9_ZnZ1W4EyVnePUV5fS4kU9sRwHeis0PKJ8MBEmicY-tuoVs8F1LQAxpDlIaf4/s1600-h/osxdashboard.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 371px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3YruX7U5cTwz-1oW_QnfZEmUZn9iFG4XK24R35avqBJu7ogYmXYsgT6_u8kZvk3J8kTjJUgJbMbf1F9_ZnZ1W4EyVnePUV5fS4kU9sRwHeis0PKJ8MBEmicY-tuoVs8F1LQAxpDlIaf4/s400/osxdashboard.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268009147338611634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Plasma customization options</span></span><br /></div><br />Do you like my theme? Well, there's the new "Get Hot New Stuff" (basely everywhere around KDE):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq86LK1U8CvoLIFo5j8gvPNrzUpOIgPv9B0pjK94if92lbQlChOhWUNZpVPTMptr6z1UiFZvjZnT_DqUyFiDYgnzyValzeNIkpyexBclh9kdlBFMYLpyzjh4lwnlG2mT3srqiWBmTQRQ/s1600-h/plasmathemes.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAq86LK1U8CvoLIFo5j8gvPNrzUpOIgPv9B0pjK94if92lbQlChOhWUNZpVPTMptr6z1UiFZvjZnT_DqUyFiDYgnzyValzeNIkpyexBclh9kdlBFMYLpyzjh4lwnlG2mT3srqiWBmTQRQ/s400/plasmathemes.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267973974622286290" border="0" /></a><br />And you can mix different plasma themes to match your taste :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeF5A879ZyZt3zIHHuRPwp84ibMPkKJ7uoBHxdH_RWbxD-GnpCyqF8Fox8EXrqhelLmr8u1eHymlhbmb4kVH1j5JrK6vkAmmtCxslb6qsHuiSFPSal5qnLrgkvlIN0-jOsyzcKsSTzp8/s1600-h/desktopthemedetails.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKeF5A879ZyZt3zIHHuRPwp84ibMPkKJ7uoBHxdH_RWbxD-GnpCyqF8Fox8EXrqhelLmr8u1eHymlhbmb4kVH1j5JrK6vkAmmtCxslb6qsHuiSFPSal5qnLrgkvlIN0-jOsyzcKsSTzp8/s400/desktopthemedetails.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267975632667259954" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Panel</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is the new shiny kicker (which is obviously a Plasmoid containment)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4PPeMJH4tynY5avA9SiRCutKCxczcxWP7a5hklsFELmttqABxK4yB7oB-xtBCDdZIzDkQRfqcjfqApOZR2kuUG7IMg2Q_c58-R3tmcTZc-CvqX13nlPmMOOA0x6yWLn-orpTLfAwkjA/s1600-h/panel.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 14px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic4PPeMJH4tynY5avA9SiRCutKCxczcxWP7a5hklsFELmttqABxK4yB7oB-xtBCDdZIzDkQRfqcjfqApOZR2kuUG7IMg2Q_c58-R3tmcTZc-CvqX13nlPmMOOA0x6yWLn-orpTLfAwkjA/s400/panel.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268016250589915890" border="0" /></a><br />It was criticized at the beginning of KDE 4 series that you couldn't even resize it, now it has a pretty straight forward way of doing it, mixed with some extra option related with size and position, as you would note the icon plasma configuration button is in the panel too, this is only visible when plasmoids are unlocked :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVP4fITHQDpiYBYYDeABz2kAmuMHmKIw-lqmDRnVi3frNzA83zVl_w4Mqd0GbU1N_Y6mQU9Pes7HuvZEXWifQUIWIQLk6eyih7XTakSC34f7nDbVaYCrcnoRg46-260l4YPHi6mbHbzoo/s1600-h/panelcustom.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 35px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVP4fITHQDpiYBYYDeABz2kAmuMHmKIw-lqmDRnVi3frNzA83zVl_w4Mqd0GbU1N_Y6mQU9Pes7HuvZEXWifQUIWIQLk6eyih7XTakSC34f7nDbVaYCrcnoRg46-260l4YPHi6mbHbzoo/s400/panelcustom.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268016247632512274" border="0" /></a><br />Then you have other requested features, special mention to autohide:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1w8_vkRvB3oPGnNprrGzDE7AcAyU-duW_prOXTkNhbMwVpDijXcpeMLRhertNySwxLk46M21q6SWbWsck_njPdHeAYuFiIMutBEptBZP77fP8PYcYM7sdEmpHA679o3qXbTelPVH9GIA/s1600-h/panelextrasettings"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 116px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1w8_vkRvB3oPGnNprrGzDE7AcAyU-duW_prOXTkNhbMwVpDijXcpeMLRhertNySwxLk46M21q6SWbWsck_njPdHeAYuFiIMutBEptBZP77fP8PYcYM7sdEmpHA679o3qXbTelPVH9GIA/s400/panelextrasettings" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268016242144844450" border="0" /></a><br />The best part is that now you can drag and drop plasmoids between the panel and the desktop, and they will take their right form an size, and, as you can see, its using true transparency.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;">Kickoff</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The controversial default menu of KDE 4 series, I personally like it, for those who don't, the classic menu is still there. Let's see how it looks:<br /><br /><br />As you can see it shares the plasma theme, in the past, it looked like a Windows, quite out of place, and it's fully resizeable now</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuncSYVztmm33cR9HWq0_BY-s6n3Wif7hxABt39bZ13QHDKLOgtOfASjdW2G_-FDN_BBxhvV6Ze4IXJIwI7NXvxdzfMlqEYjizlFb_t542n02Y_qyKkR-VhEkTLBiLWjNB2bQljnUvbSU/s1600-h/kickoff.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuncSYVztmm33cR9HWq0_BY-s6n3Wif7hxABt39bZ13QHDKLOgtOfASjdW2G_-FDN_BBxhvV6Ze4IXJIwI7NXvxdzfMlqEYjizlFb_t542n02Y_qyKkR-VhEkTLBiLWjNB2bQljnUvbSU/s400/kickoff.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268020174730485330" border="0" /></a>.<br />You have 5 self-explanatory tabs, they can switch on hover (my prefer mode) or on click:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBcxDmO8zCN8XGOaab2bJuN4dw7CqDcx1r7rsKyVG0l6YEr4ela9EAYYZyf1eD3Tg8oEnKs_8Tt6jh1EwU0FlisqOSl0JcfFpZmyTN1KkRyyPjgqsM1jgoPKZeDZDaAZMavtot5dqGrs/s1600-h/tab2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBBcxDmO8zCN8XGOaab2bJuN4dw7CqDcx1r7rsKyVG0l6YEr4ela9EAYYZyf1eD3Tg8oEnKs_8Tt6jh1EwU0FlisqOSl0JcfFpZmyTN1KkRyyPjgqsM1jgoPKZeDZDaAZMavtot5dqGrs/s400/tab2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268020171435114066" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t1xCOsJOuOzHjVWjEbSRrz6ZeUcMQ0QJVR6YWiz4rdOZsHInXqY0trseJcPZ8_PNxOTQFPFOzsIFCvWyYRY7GEfYqfqIfJpGvl6Fas-Rm-DODQhPWGvxt3vF_WEJ06zCOxpbkyBbvyc/s1600-h/tab3.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 328px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1t1xCOsJOuOzHjVWjEbSRrz6ZeUcMQ0QJVR6YWiz4rdOZsHInXqY0trseJcPZ8_PNxOTQFPFOzsIFCvWyYRY7GEfYqfqIfJpGvl6Fas-Rm-DODQhPWGvxt3vF_WEJ06zCOxpbkyBbvyc/s400/tab3.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268020170274752818" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rIQ4ur1UtCOuW-4WJrMWzOjSk-VKsJZk0UaKGXUZigIscCC3rLBT0bV_2-Wab5jS57_aIrL1xZX9VSaYE85-XnUgKUdNDLI7-yUYm-ggaNOr_aH03V9q_WWL3ffrSAGetf_tFKmhAts/s1600-h/tab4.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rIQ4ur1UtCOuW-4WJrMWzOjSk-VKsJZk0UaKGXUZigIscCC3rLBT0bV_2-Wab5jS57_aIrL1xZX9VSaYE85-XnUgKUdNDLI7-yUYm-ggaNOr_aH03V9q_WWL3ffrSAGetf_tFKmhAts/s400/tab4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268020163669414242" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3U-zWJ-YEWhof6hKhkVrkT5AlEOXpCnq6RC8Z3nsIp_B54vOdmooy0M4QUsae99ChGkCqIMKtpRb9fR7lGTqIMWTOroUiXeYc3Nkl1nYlpp13Hw-ALkr-jz0RfbWinN6OO7xXfQr0rk/s1600-h/tab5.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx3U-zWJ-YEWhof6hKhkVrkT5AlEOXpCnq6RC8Z3nsIp_B54vOdmooy0M4QUsae99ChGkCqIMKtpRb9fR7lGTqIMWTOroUiXeYc3Nkl1nYlpp13Hw-ALkr-jz0RfbWinN6OO7xXfQr0rk/s400/tab5.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268020158648485778" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;">Beyond the Desktop</span><br /></span></div><br />But plasma is extensible, now it displays notifications, no more uggly KDE 3.5.x pop-ups, yeah!:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKQucYM4qpdPbb6vmASdxaujfm7p5qlynYSrpexBUi_f3VxYDN1scSHvjo5mGWItImvZWab_UBHiDJVMl-GFi2rp-dTjMcmTz2DwBQIYL9ompfz6oWo27Sp3-wOnHYu_e4abNGtLRn2Q/s1600-h/devicenotifier.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 362px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiKQucYM4qpdPbb6vmASdxaujfm7p5qlynYSrpexBUi_f3VxYDN1scSHvjo5mGWItImvZWab_UBHiDJVMl-GFi2rp-dTjMcmTz2DwBQIYL9ompfz6oWo27Sp3-wOnHYu_e4abNGtLRn2Q/s400/devicenotifier.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267972821231065026" border="0" /></a><br />Tooltips are also gorgeous, by the way, if you're wondering, the theme I use is called Arezzo (but the following tooltip is from Elegance):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpttqKCTzoMkmtYAvyFYlYc-kJkAx7hSa9w0aAwa9Ya3Us83xkyiufxQOOhhdE9AwpRvZ6-UEhp6VuekDkJ7YfX4NJTXtbatXCot9x-9qu7VrqtOVrcLSfL1SDYkXdiFN0aCAJkLzEWOY/s1600-h/tooltips.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 93px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpttqKCTzoMkmtYAvyFYlYc-kJkAx7hSa9w0aAwa9Ya3Us83xkyiufxQOOhhdE9AwpRvZ6-UEhp6VuekDkJ7YfX4NJTXtbatXCot9x-9qu7VrqtOVrcLSfL1SDYkXdiFN0aCAJkLzEWOY/s400/tooltips.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267972820460861442" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KRunner</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Fully plasma themed of course, it runs inside it own process, outside of plasma, so if plasma crashes you can still run commands, or bring plasma back itself. It has two view modes:<br /><br />Task oriented (quicksand)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqniKn4CEgcH3wU5QivofrF6M-5EIRr_0q1VAkPylBYeD3z0COmHGkWHiioZ1q0YyxeXJyqnz5VPaYOumBnH_puaYngricixtKm1IjPMdJzGmKwOLE3KVWkmmoTEeo1sh1rDCEaS0TsMA/s1600-h/krunner2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqniKn4CEgcH3wU5QivofrF6M-5EIRr_0q1VAkPylBYeD3z0COmHGkWHiioZ1q0YyxeXJyqnz5VPaYOumBnH_puaYngricixtKm1IjPMdJzGmKwOLE3KVWkmmoTEeo1sh1rDCEaS0TsMA/s400/krunner2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268025741113446434" border="0" /></a><br />Command oriented<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vC8ARUQ9e-No_kiVWOdzFI5imDiivjOc402NB-CCydRrZU3lOZDaCbPN-G-vDyNJm2xNyYIEDHNlP3Vg-mzCgoY4FjJR3gH5EyRmS1odlxqy3DlMft-FANWSmHBYUy9G8_KX5akGh1M/s1600-h/krunner.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 53px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6vC8ARUQ9e-No_kiVWOdzFI5imDiivjOc402NB-CCydRrZU3lOZDaCbPN-G-vDyNJm2xNyYIEDHNlP3Vg-mzCgoY4FjJR3gH5EyRmS1odlxqy3DlMft-FANWSmHBYUy9G8_KX5akGh1M/s400/krunner.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268025733776681826" border="0" /></a><br />I personally prefer the default one (command oriented), both of them extend depending on the content, it integrates, for example, seamless with nepomuk (description you add to your files trough dolphin)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHYIBgXYHZY_2mwlQrcMcf_Ngd1MhsGpvCDnBj-lhaZuZvoapDKc6HdtwBLpZEVcCArxbWxVz8y4sY1rgXWyDeg3Q1NkyRuZ6YhVSYStt7xsQdspGdxH7TAvUktr88Xp3dVg9RWgSVKQ/s1600-h/krunner4.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihHYIBgXYHZY_2mwlQrcMcf_Ngd1MhsGpvCDnBj-lhaZuZvoapDKc6HdtwBLpZEVcCArxbWxVz8y4sY1rgXWyDeg3Q1NkyRuZ6YhVSYStt7xsQdspGdxH7TAvUktr88Xp3dVg9RWgSVKQ/s400/krunner4.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268025745616803906" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJrDnb-iiQyJtA0l-wq8_ASCBOW-69MCABkqxFVqmpsOOEPMQg9Hmma6z5DKeJQ-WjzBIDOgPF_SL3u6gGxS_Dhu4vi6pBb5K7TJO4YMwQ5f5ERkie3r3-knpgqVuns42eWit4GL8SdA/s1600-h/krunner3.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFJrDnb-iiQyJtA0l-wq8_ASCBOW-69MCABkqxFVqmpsOOEPMQg9Hmma6z5DKeJQ-WjzBIDOgPF_SL3u6gGxS_Dhu4vi6pBb5K7TJO4YMwQ5f5ERkie3r3-knpgqVuns42eWit4GL8SdA/s400/krunner3.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268025740754891170" border="0" /></a><br />Krunner is extremely powerful, I will give its own overview, stay tuned.<br /><br /></div></div><br />That's all I can think off today, that said,there are, in my personal opinion, two Plasmoids which <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">worth</span> their own part.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">1... no wait, 2 more things</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;">Web Browser Plasmoid</span><br /></div><br />It use webkit as a backend, it isn't the fastest web browser ever, but it's quite good anyway, you can zoom in/out text, reload, go back and forward.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeUHA7ltqtXuQKLFfFNj5UuhyphenhyphenHJUV8ORPVxb15pDPvdGjsvHNLeLr9zyZLY2VKtOeUkY-ClaoRxzk75E02Ji2pjlgDsjBWD81eLWa9QlzuIkj6-QuM8FF0Tv1CBkjhKLr2v8wgDg024o/s1600-h/plasmoidwebrowser.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTeUHA7ltqtXuQKLFfFNj5UuhyphenhyphenHJUV8ORPVxb15pDPvdGjsvHNLeLr9zyZLY2VKtOeUkY-ClaoRxzk75E02Ji2pjlgDsjBWD81eLWa9QlzuIkj6-QuM8FF0Tv1CBkjhKLr2v8wgDg024o/s400/plasmoidwebrowser.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267987708116367122" border="0" /></a><br />It even has bookmarks:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfjgUOvqSX0tP5mDQ_r5L1A82hsvNng5uIxgu2abv_XjaX0NhQvbPw7Od96TXB8SytlwMiT6SkznqDv1Qa1jur07aCbbdMHQs4bdWLY1T2QvnlHoRat_-L5jsdzI-MxDYsCLbWEHqFW0/s1600-h/plasmoidwebrowser2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZfjgUOvqSX0tP5mDQ_r5L1A82hsvNng5uIxgu2abv_XjaX0NhQvbPw7Od96TXB8SytlwMiT6SkznqDv1Qa1jur07aCbbdMHQs4bdWLY1T2QvnlHoRat_-L5jsdzI-MxDYsCLbWEHqFW0/s400/plasmoidwebrowser2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267987710916351762" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Previewer Plasmoid</span><br /></div><br />You can add it to your desktop and then drop files in order to preview them, as you can see, you can browse recent previewed files:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBVcVYjT8EqCoNFkhAMt9bXCe7EkgWFCTA74GVp0Luo8Gew8OOTR_fRSPBuy-ydyIS8DXz5So-6qoTCcTPvdHWNfCN3bCnAtCZICRI3GWVZ_VcBtUunw9VfEWWlWqXBLbKdF_76sgqP8/s1600-h/preview3.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 209px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjBVcVYjT8EqCoNFkhAMt9bXCe7EkgWFCTA74GVp0Luo8Gew8OOTR_fRSPBuy-ydyIS8DXz5So-6qoTCcTPvdHWNfCN3bCnAtCZICRI3GWVZ_VcBtUunw9VfEWWlWqXBLbKdF_76sgqP8/s400/preview3.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267987730642050514" border="0" /></a><br />However, the best part is that is integrated in the file manager as an action (as somebody mentioned it was too time consuming to get to the action, let me add that it has its own keystroke: ctrl + delete, and you can customize it, I use a 2 spaces keystroke):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx88xxt3q8Q9_1ExuftUulVQoZeEhkkKVjIukY4vjiYhSy_sqLCC7dJ-GOt5rAiGHqWzYYQwi5qTLXTQplkZuXhRAS9KypL8zTcJPkzvEeFMqRl7j3MUy9QSixoRJpmWtKm_x9sumrpE/s1600-h/preview.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 393px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKx88xxt3q8Q9_1ExuftUulVQoZeEhkkKVjIukY4vjiYhSy_sqLCC7dJ-GOt5rAiGHqWzYYQwi5qTLXTQplkZuXhRAS9KypL8zTcJPkzvEeFMqRl7j3MUy9QSixoRJpmWtKm_x9sumrpE/s400/preview.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267987721178844338" border="0" /></a><br />And then you get this, it's extremely fast and good looking:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljiB0RaEU4X-G0uCETlyGiFiBk4ix48c3LzaecIse4SISqidNEs243uqM-6jHvKvMBF7YU4FiAmOFFJb3UZH8fkQilkmnEAv585JRj99DiDHJmTCHkQo2UeDnuf0fnVFjrlQ-C9jCvuk/s1600-h/preview2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljiB0RaEU4X-G0uCETlyGiFiBk4ix48c3LzaecIse4SISqidNEs243uqM-6jHvKvMBF7YU4FiAmOFFJb3UZH8fkQilkmnEAv585JRj99DiDHJmTCHkQo2UeDnuf0fnVFjrlQ-C9jCvuk/s400/preview2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267987727945543842" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">See you later in the next issue, I swear you it will be in less than 1 year :)<br /><br />Coming up next: Amarok 2<br />Stay Tuned<br /></span></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-14218397713116882012008-01-17T23:32:00.000-08:002008-01-17T23:49:31.745-08:00Apologizes<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Is there</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > still </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >someone out there?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >...</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >cri cri cri</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Well, at least the crickets stayed XD<br /><br />In all seriousness, I'm really sorry, In my school vacactions I didn't make any mini article, and since I came back I'm having problems with my KDE 4.0.0 installation, a lot actually, konsole doesn't even start.<br /><br />Of course, it isn't a KDE problem, is OpenSUSE BuildService problem, mixed with my laziness to build 4.0 from source.<br /><br />I hope I can fix it soon, and be back to write those articles.<br /><br />As a side note, could some loyal grillade point me where to report bugs related with BuildService?<br /></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-75858972790893505522007-12-09T14:49:00.000-08:002007-12-09T16:28:40.336-08:00Gwenview<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KDE 4: Gwenview</span></span><br /><br />The default KDE image viewer has received quite some love from developers. The interface has change a lot, making it less cluttered, and there have been add some new little features.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">View modes</span></span><br /></div><br />Gwenview in KDE 3.x when opening an image used to show more information than what you actually wanted, so now when you launch it trough clicking the file in Dolphin/Konqueror it'll open just with the toolbar and the photo, nothing more, no sidebars, no anything. Screenshot of course:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ7wEbbdAbo_mw8cLCVpT41WGdZr3zAOT57p1vXvLGihMQFRUcWbRmyPk1wCnW_YTdoLEtADIGzP3Hb1flOiFcTujKUQ_eVTqcWf2cFLAlgv8wPqbsx8U5O9uQGDFYQ2S_V7guP06tHQ/s1600-h/gwenview1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ7wEbbdAbo_mw8cLCVpT41WGdZr3zAOT57p1vXvLGihMQFRUcWbRmyPk1wCnW_YTdoLEtADIGzP3Hb1flOiFcTujKUQ_eVTqcWf2cFLAlgv8wPqbsx8U5O9uQGDFYQ2S_V7guP06tHQ/s400/gwenview1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142126750223450738" border="0" /></a><br />That view mode you saw, is the "View" without the Information Sidebar.<br /><br />Simple, right? But if you open Gwenview directly you'll get a different look, with far more data and options, incluiding a nice preview and Information sidebars. Screenshot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbI9H-R-qVMFICFmMKSxaVytoom0ih7UyGDMwZqIOduJF95odkcZbsAbk4dKOtRYtdStRsWBedyt5E9qnDmtHQQ_CpnAr0hjYzSnyj43tUeCLW6psQNur6UH0bc0weam6sMFEUWWGytE/s1600-h/gwenview2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnbI9H-R-qVMFICFmMKSxaVytoom0ih7UyGDMwZqIOduJF95odkcZbsAbk4dKOtRYtdStRsWBedyt5E9qnDmtHQQ_CpnAr0hjYzSnyj43tUeCLW6psQNur6UH0bc0weam6sMFEUWWGytE/s400/gwenview2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142126754518418050" border="0" /></a><br />The Dolphin kpart for Gwenview is simply amazing, it's beautiful, the little bar under it allow you to change the size of folders and preview, but it does it like iPhoto, totally animated.<br /><br />Then, there it's the Browse view, which is essentially, the preview sidebar without the big view image part, mandatory screenshot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoMntbvnyYSseOUv1bJrOpTsTC6XNuadr_b4083MErk0zVc-eGsaCKl_AuTJKFCpLM376tCzs199QOKf1lZSuayBE0zXIlNZkOBXwjm-QMG21jt_fPdtVmjZqYoblfCrRIY4EWXHGe2M/s1600-h/gwenview3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZoMntbvnyYSseOUv1bJrOpTsTC6XNuadr_b4083MErk0zVc-eGsaCKl_AuTJKFCpLM376tCzs199QOKf1lZSuayBE0zXIlNZkOBXwjm-QMG21jt_fPdtVmjZqYoblfCrRIY4EWXHGe2M/s400/gwenview3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142126763108352658" border="0" /></a><br />And there is even more, if you hover a file it will give some nifty options, look:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7Wcc5prOShSVBGCnQB0CmHpYMIQsTQTG6SsZ4jOe9Ps1Dt1AbM9RPLf01KUisxskQAUyDhZVfAmpO3_qOIN9YwkDNOX6N7MS1pLxusA5q6fweN5XL3-yFJiKTxcPWJgDjkiY3woiXF4/s1600-h/gwenview4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7Wcc5prOShSVBGCnQB0CmHpYMIQsTQTG6SsZ4jOe9Ps1Dt1AbM9RPLf01KUisxskQAUyDhZVfAmpO3_qOIN9YwkDNOX6N7MS1pLxusA5q6fweN5XL3-yFJiKTxcPWJgDjkiY3woiXF4/s400/gwenview4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142126767403319970" border="0" /></a><br />It aloud you to see the image fullscreen, rotate it clock wise and inverse.<br /><br />And there are even more improvements. What if I rotated an image or modified it?<br />That's what you'll get, a simple non-intrusive notification:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvok2SDuoTq1cakvzg3kxYAWjhrF9tgqv1ESS8ip75LDRDcUKB019171TQh_f13BnUcx53k6qwFskkVAkrniiVsY5uHvu51YTY2j6wGlmetWdTKwPWYz1CTGItBZwG-Ofmjie5GO8eVU/s1600-h/gwenview5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvok2SDuoTq1cakvzg3kxYAWjhrF9tgqv1ESS8ip75LDRDcUKB019171TQh_f13BnUcx53k6qwFskkVAkrniiVsY5uHvu51YTY2j6wGlmetWdTKwPWYz1CTGItBZwG-Ofmjie5GO8eVU/s400/gwenview5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142126771698287282" border="0" /></a><br />And, not being good enough, the images that have been modified get a little save button under them, always visible, and inclueded in the hover mini options too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRG33qHLrYYCUeRXMK9QCNMLR45KWjxOiXC8IiaDMciC653c5MLoX7l2MaAw9Jiyf88TxRthIxyeun2jsrS9gclPBCX4AoikGt6yDQpI2Wki6CATcxh6pwe7XEOIlwF5V0fqlhkYcAIE/s1600-h/gwenview6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkRG33qHLrYYCUeRXMK9QCNMLR45KWjxOiXC8IiaDMciC653c5MLoX7l2MaAw9Jiyf88TxRthIxyeun2jsrS9gclPBCX4AoikGt6yDQpI2Wki6CATcxh6pwe7XEOIlwF5V0fqlhkYcAIE/s400/gwenview6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142127519022596802" border="0" /></a><br />If you go into fullscreen mode and move your mouse to the top, you'll get this little nice looking pop-up with basic options:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8oR1SmSOQCTrcrBwH0tcBWNEWpOnXalQkKsmC3C02aw_Soj-3lAI1ym3mjPSLmzahP7nIjWuQT6KeG3MpAlYnXE3QX3jc5xsagekWPexnoTyefPaUklKsqxAKXm4iTSgSka3TIweJn0/s1600-h/gwenview7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis8oR1SmSOQCTrcrBwH0tcBWNEWpOnXalQkKsmC3C02aw_Soj-3lAI1ym3mjPSLmzahP7nIjWuQT6KeG3MpAlYnXE3QX3jc5xsagekWPexnoTyefPaUklKsqxAKXm4iTSgSka3TIweJn0/s400/gwenview7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142127523317564114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Print Dialog, Extra Features and Configuration Dialog</span></span><br /></div><br />Gwenview has the same dialog Okular has:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKgz8LajTg0X2H50oIPuKj0pH0nLZYnrLTG1UdNls7pPtSxA7lVRvjvBD4dDmUFDKczHstitp93gwIXJBcly2TI4eOY3rICJFDxoBIklzXx_1un26ABENlFizW9c1kZA6u71tdEkIFR4/s1600-h/gwenview10png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvKgz8LajTg0X2H50oIPuKj0pH0nLZYnrLTG1UdNls7pPtSxA7lVRvjvBD4dDmUFDKczHstitp93gwIXJBcly2TI4eOY3rICJFDxoBIklzXx_1un26ABENlFizW9c1kZA6u71tdEkIFR4/s400/gwenview10png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142127544792400642" border="0" /></a><br />What if you want to save a part of an image as a new one? Easy, you just need to use the crop feauture under edit menu. You can easily use your mouse, or use coordinates.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajClB56DQUuVbMIx5q_a46kVdfIk2wRmP1W-XQZQqEIVyQtV-IR04k0hhYgwyBBS0J052-gZW9A80r9iTm1MSYiBVR302nJFrV6KPgAlYADxz5RT9iOL_S36rkAne4Q1l0wbpnMHb8vQ/s1600-h/gwenview11png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajClB56DQUuVbMIx5q_a46kVdfIk2wRmP1W-XQZQqEIVyQtV-IR04k0hhYgwyBBS0J052-gZW9A80r9iTm1MSYiBVR302nJFrV6KPgAlYADxz5RT9iOL_S36rkAne4Q1l0wbpnMHb8vQ/s400/gwenview11png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142130366585914130" border="0" /></a><br />You can resize images too, with a simple, still useful dialog, under edit too:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilug3mi1UGNm2ujgp2440SzELbKmsVctecRKCiIhU0xW1x6FFD1oQ_jGYJkP3TZ-AUsXMFN327lPogptpRKcsqw3KZbNJ-bQkCT0ozVYyyxyGe4bneoF4XPhSWzE2u4398wX7m8sljSAI/s1600-h/gwenview8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilug3mi1UGNm2ujgp2440SzELbKmsVctecRKCiIhU0xW1x6FFD1oQ_jGYJkP3TZ-AUsXMFN327lPogptpRKcsqw3KZbNJ-bQkCT0ozVYyyxyGe4bneoF4XPhSWzE2u4398wX7m8sljSAI/s400/gwenview8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142127527612531426" border="0" /></a><br />And, at last, the simple, almost empty, configuration dialog...:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuKvxWPw8XjEU-Fzrwk4fKIGJkqBtrbdSi7WGOTcxqD9GCW2EFOcUwmf5T4wLFF10jzN8yd6hyphenhyphenv1AgQemSN1_sj3WFDDtiv1vYiLd8JTuR6JTxuGfnPIyZNe53_mv3aKiOwC_f4Z8GDE/s1600-h/gwenview9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikuKvxWPw8XjEU-Fzrwk4fKIGJkqBtrbdSi7WGOTcxqD9GCW2EFOcUwmf5T4wLFF10jzN8yd6hyphenhyphenv1AgQemSN1_sj3WFDDtiv1vYiLd8JTuR6JTxuGfnPIyZNe53_mv3aKiOwC_f4Z8GDE/s400/gwenview9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142127540497433330" border="0" /></a><br />Hey, wait, in those two last screenshots, the windows behind got darker. Why?! We'll get to that eventually :P<br /><br />Once again we had come to an end, I hope you enjoyed it :)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">See you next time covering: GAMES.</span></span>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-34834774229130797782007-12-04T21:32:00.000-08:002007-12-06T00:20:06.535-08:00Okular<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >KDE 4: Okular</span><br /><br />What is Okular? Okular is the new universal document viewer for KDE, it isn't just KPDF with a new name, it can read, aside from PDF, Postscript, DjVu, CHM, <a href="http://okular.kde.org/formats.php">among others</a>. It's KPDF evolved.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >Toolbar and sidebar</span><br /></div><br />As Dolphin, it has been conceptualized and designed for KDE 4, so unlike KDE 3 ported applications, it follows the "new" human KDE guidelines (a.k.a. easy to use and configure), as you can see in the next screenshot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggM8jUKhQDZjBym1pnmjm1cZB2sDQzee8VThfUnXw5omKeBmHBrbKtJAMix2zJKXotTxaO1jLKx5_7KrriCLhovbdn6o9TwOBekGRqg6S2UxEGyrCNRlw7Xcs6wi1d6UW-yWk8Z7W3ziM/s1600-h/okular1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggM8jUKhQDZjBym1pnmjm1cZB2sDQzee8VThfUnXw5omKeBmHBrbKtJAMix2zJKXotTxaO1jLKx5_7KrriCLhovbdn6o9TwOBekGRqg6S2UxEGyrCNRlw7Xcs6wi1d6UW-yWk8Z7W3ziM/s400/okular1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140741017680101714" border="0" /></a><br />As you saw, it isn't bloated. It only shows a toolbar with the most important things, thumbnails and a sidebar with 4 options.<br /><br />The toolbar clearly described itself, the selection tool is quite nice, it aloud you the selected part of the page and copy it to clipboard, this can be as an image, or detect the text in it, and translate it to plain text, very cool actually:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_w0hvGNjWI2WlI8sfh-KjSrTTlNVxKfdXpNDz2WlBUkH5FD4JqZjx0hnGgmtx_Y4CDrIWe78kOv5KuSGTVueJ2ySW45uO52A_crGlHJHrIbA0AuKCrML9MjDilewh12EoQhRzcC7F_f8/s1600-h/okular2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_w0hvGNjWI2WlI8sfh-KjSrTTlNVxKfdXpNDz2WlBUkH5FD4JqZjx0hnGgmtx_Y4CDrIWe78kOv5KuSGTVueJ2ySW45uO52A_crGlHJHrIbA0AuKCrML9MjDilewh12EoQhRzcC7F_f8/s400/okular2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140741021975069026" border="0" /></a><br />Then, there it's the sidebar, it can show thumbnails as I already showed.<br /><br />The content tab show the pages of the document without the thumbnail:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ODhj_xzmRRWNHOopd-J5EuTrsbU-ez4OmZJlPedBgXKLC9s_YAi4dKdMEvFYRGYsAWGLjfoKtRSL-RoFyRZq-Mr33ik79NiE3fqSCPJt7nb3Cy5Nw_4nNWXWp-1mCeCqlBVKTT2L0Yo/s1600-h/okular3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ODhj_xzmRRWNHOopd-J5EuTrsbU-ez4OmZJlPedBgXKLC9s_YAi4dKdMEvFYRGYsAWGLjfoKtRSL-RoFyRZq-Mr33ik79NiE3fqSCPJt7nb3Cy5Nw_4nNWXWp-1mCeCqlBVKTT2L0Yo/s400/okular3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140741026270036338" border="0" /></a><br />The reviews tab have a lot of cool little features, you can make notes on the document, highlight text, etc, just as you would do reading a book, and, you can filter them:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWTwAVUhDxynjmcsangzg1fNY0cCbTS-S709tXZsMZlVlykzlqKokzmRuUMFqrRNiCD2DZPmEcanSO08hz3oB1TuTJOXCKr5CAqIBDapj1VV6dIlhOQGMHxPEO8ewTaoQbH9DMNOJ2tw/s1600-h/okular4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzWTwAVUhDxynjmcsangzg1fNY0cCbTS-S709tXZsMZlVlykzlqKokzmRuUMFqrRNiCD2DZPmEcanSO08hz3oB1TuTJOXCKr5CAqIBDapj1VV6dIlhOQGMHxPEO8ewTaoQbH9DMNOJ2tw/s400/okular4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140741030565003650" border="0" /></a><br />The last one, show your bookmarks pages:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tQ0ADjvckBWrooXrspimI3HcbqfWI2B6mVtRbcOgw1AaUd6ncgSWlAvIg19MBmrP9RDBsEmp62nnu9-oMkzxWE4-qkY_MhdG7h9DsydBLgMsrxsAkECKzOjN71UXVdcCiOsb98owaes/s1600-h/okular5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5tQ0ADjvckBWrooXrspimI3HcbqfWI2B6mVtRbcOgw1AaUd6ncgSWlAvIg19MBmrP9RDBsEmp62nnu9-oMkzxWE4-qkY_MhdG7h9DsydBLgMsrxsAkECKzOjN71UXVdcCiOsb98owaes/s400/okular5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140741039154938258" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">View Modes.</span></span><br /></div><br />They aren't shown in the toolbar, but I believe they should, instead of those non-use next-previous buttons, because the same functionality is make by arrows on the lower part.<br /><br />There are 3, inside the view menu, view modes.<br /><br />The single page you have seen a lot today:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUbkmJw631rGuF_OL0XuO1yPAqPkVks6HfjEVKhwA1VrY7Yab1OJteNLoZ_LFMxxP6gm6t9jcrFo3zCIp9XOQ0c2wBBaqzyGLKpKboNuKcDz5xIjHJtHWQkJ5dJ7-qubGsJmWb7N3ulY/s1600-h/okular15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUbkmJw631rGuF_OL0XuO1yPAqPkVks6HfjEVKhwA1VrY7Yab1OJteNLoZ_LFMxxP6gm6t9jcrFo3zCIp9XOQ0c2wBBaqzyGLKpKboNuKcDz5xIjHJtHWQkJ5dJ7-qubGsJmWb7N3ulY/s400/okular15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140771305789473378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Facing pages, for looking documents with a more magazine feeling:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsIcZggTE8bkbTSMOLBVSn8o4IwE-dHttdpVYiWyVKRCLETPdnMCEV5dmHLB909iPXVTVhtaw5U6qFdsm4NzX_cReLPMSIlPtHIqNm8ldSnky_uVbr_lF7JeohTH7guP-cUICD7o1umE/s1600-h/okular6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcsIcZggTE8bkbTSMOLBVSn8o4IwE-dHttdpVYiWyVKRCLETPdnMCEV5dmHLB909iPXVTVhtaw5U6qFdsm4NzX_cReLPMSIlPtHIqNm8ldSnky_uVbr_lF7JeohTH7guP-cUICD7o1umE/s400/okular6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140743178048651682" border="0" /></a><br />Overview, a way to have big thumbnails :P :<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgPHySjfuanXgeFAfIdADz49mLQ1ZnsBgYoGh1y9bXLnggnJCHq_RFmPBh3kzFtHSQVninoW8csx09hHhUaZMK43ff94RlY7ybQ9jymi5wJW0UHn7e4RBxK3Gnva1edfIGV8hX47VwT4/s1600-h/okular7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgPHySjfuanXgeFAfIdADz49mLQ1ZnsBgYoGh1y9bXLnggnJCHq_RFmPBh3kzFtHSQVninoW8csx09hHhUaZMK43ff94RlY7ybQ9jymi5wJW0UHn7e4RBxK3Gnva1edfIGV8hX47VwT4/s400/okular7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140743182343618994" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Configuration Dialogs, Print Dialog and other neat feature</span></span><br /></div><br />Let's start with Configuration dialogs, look at them:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYEOLttzUkMXpApuxupL6wD7Kpxz6eOZ1OsgVDyN9cnaMqDoNVuK6HA8cO_XNSwE7EmYaCeeXlBGUDAutXLfCGmKyLIs3Sh9D5RxuKL03GMqjLIR0aHeT-RbpvnYB35fMy9eGIs5jZIw/s1600-h/okular8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYEOLttzUkMXpApuxupL6wD7Kpxz6eOZ1OsgVDyN9cnaMqDoNVuK6HA8cO_XNSwE7EmYaCeeXlBGUDAutXLfCGmKyLIs3Sh9D5RxuKL03GMqjLIR0aHeT-RbpvnYB35fMy9eGIs5jZIw/s400/okular8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140743182343619010" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XheHfYqDcEx_KCjyXBH4DxPZGIhtV7Vuy_YwfI5MJBIDQzR8SFaue75diwvMIwoZcY1jH_bgoCSyLo-oT7KDc4h8PI_6zzVwlVlyh_sqG81uC8u0-F9qioCkB3-2ZCbntnSp2BKpGhg/s1600-h/okular9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XheHfYqDcEx_KCjyXBH4DxPZGIhtV7Vuy_YwfI5MJBIDQzR8SFaue75diwvMIwoZcY1jH_bgoCSyLo-oT7KDc4h8PI_6zzVwlVlyh_sqG81uC8u0-F9qioCkB3-2ZCbntnSp2BKpGhg/s400/okular9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140743186638586322" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOse1XXzoEEVgHJ_gjiTB3riAUP8ZkkIUyOg4vpo8Y1JpamWKIQ3HShQgy7EuoKPpGk5W73VBzy2UGDDDCB-sNRRRqUrJc6geufhCthhrhndFAG3hfE7kwNR6SjRuwaXD5zJaHUAPy7I/s1600-h/okular10png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOse1XXzoEEVgHJ_gjiTB3riAUP8ZkkIUyOg4vpo8Y1JpamWKIQ3HShQgy7EuoKPpGk5W73VBzy2UGDDDCB-sNRRRqUrJc6geufhCthhrhndFAG3hfE7kwNR6SjRuwaXD5zJaHUAPy7I/s400/okular10png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140743186638586338" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqklMkeEwVtMibqA1nYESHTDW0hnrD4E1lprvApQYvxjT4hpRxO8Icwz9wlaK3lUnddFmWrCvswajSg5mDrE20epYTgPsurkSKH3NAHgdKUKdQxCSZ2Pa1a-u_JD2uEHz8kclBC4ThSk/s1600-h/okular11png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpqklMkeEwVtMibqA1nYESHTDW0hnrD4E1lprvApQYvxjT4hpRxO8Icwz9wlaK3lUnddFmWrCvswajSg5mDrE20epYTgPsurkSKH3NAHgdKUKdQxCSZ2Pa1a-u_JD2uEHz8kclBC4ThSk/s400/okular11png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140745351302103538" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxdtOYc2JNc6_ShP_fb-yoYcCKOcDu12hDX-52yiaCu3qBGqm6U8OkzSlTJMhNEHQPvW5NIAkLrnmWP5ULt9m-GT0egH4ICWrlP4QQOZ0n8v9nDfhbXuWTHJ67a5JEenacOGQ3K4s_fQ/s1600-h/okular12png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxdtOYc2JNc6_ShP_fb-yoYcCKOcDu12hDX-52yiaCu3qBGqm6U8OkzSlTJMhNEHQPvW5NIAkLrnmWP5ULt9m-GT0egH4ICWrlP4QQOZ0n8v9nDfhbXuWTHJ67a5JEenacOGQ3K4s_fQ/s400/okular12png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140745351302103554" border="0" /></a><br />Those they look familiar? They are very easy to follow too, I don't have to explain them. I hope in a near future all KDE 4 applications have configurations as Dolphin and Okular.<br /><br />Print Dialog is simple, sadly, Kprint didn't make it to KDE 4.0, but don't worry, it'll be back in KDE 4.1<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Wm6hCUdIPcUNgFEq2gS10hntSoj-YDnQaWoA_AaXq4t8Pven0kPzlOxly19aBBOb3k_6svz4qbkSkCGUvweKYsOK6C2ewkrdvYgQCU5N4XqXwNX0BnrqNTAQ1q-9KgSWIXCBU-ryr-c/s1600-h/okular14png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-Wm6hCUdIPcUNgFEq2gS10hntSoj-YDnQaWoA_AaXq4t8Pven0kPzlOxly19aBBOb3k_6svz4qbkSkCGUvweKYsOK6C2ewkrdvYgQCU5N4XqXwNX0BnrqNTAQ1q-9KgSWIXCBU-ryr-c/s400/okular14png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140745359892038178" border="0" /></a><br />And the simple neat feature that I liked, is the font detector :), under file, properties.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7W6VZZINqc9m1bM9l8lTxy-fuPE8zMfRgPlK6FMkpkfqIPg51sMQi-fvWBReGxJZGyO7U1TLRTgLks9vivfzGC8b0Q9WmTIu5tGbRdK2WN4n5nBEyuuIu7GnNYcgQEYLAbScSs2V4P8/s1600-h/okular13png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha7W6VZZINqc9m1bM9l8lTxy-fuPE8zMfRgPlK6FMkpkfqIPg51sMQi-fvWBReGxJZGyO7U1TLRTgLks9vivfzGC8b0Q9WmTIu5tGbRdK2WN4n5nBEyuuIu7GnNYcgQEYLAbScSs2V4P8/s400/okular13png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140745359892038162" border="0" /></a><br />That's all for now, I hope you enjoy it reading it, as much as I enjoy writing it.<br /><br />PS: I updated Dolphin article with an Embedded Console screenshot as somebody requested, and, I can't believe I forgot about it, I added some lines and screenshots showing the new open file dialog.<br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Coming up next: Gwenview. Stay Tuned.<br /></span></span>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3918500564410691057.post-23008369476247650922007-12-02T12:37:00.001-08:002008-11-13T10:02:49.001-08:00Dolphin<span style="font-style: italic;">Little introduction:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I was bored, so I decided start making a KDE 4.0 features/screenshots walktrough. I'll try to cover all major applications, improvements and new features without boring you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">So expect a lot of screenshots, and not so technical details about them, instead I'll cover the feature itself, not its background.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">I hope you'll enjoy it.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">This is article was updated on 11/13/2008</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">KDE 4: Dolphin</span></span><br /><br />As most of you already know, it's the new KDE 4 default file manager. The KDE 3.x version introduce a new way for file management on KDE, You're probably asking yourself: New? In which way? Let me answer that, it introduced for the first time in KDE world a simple KDE file manager, easy to follow and use, because I believe users will agree that Konqueror (and don't even make me talk about Krusader) isn't the user friendliness application out there.<br /><br />And now, having covered a little of it's history, let's see how it looks, and how it's an improved on File management:<br /><br />As default:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXiIWvytJyChjwQK_Oe5xTgzcvYW1cQJR0pep6_ig8gaUWT2kX3ul7Omv_SwBAv2b_dnAaSZn4KCANOszLGRFgqifAAadNMPZJcxa0UzESHbCcX7XlYdqoix0wty4JWHVw6ua3ZiqQn1Y/s1600-r/dolphin1.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSfEPwhTVX3kPQTIcBgk8v6ULuJdYxPUl9ofvyUkgS6SouKxIWD2TRUNaBBJ6IpiJDMXJiftEd6__uNDtiuNFvOVQbXpEB6ktdhXBgjMiQgdsoJprQHdPAgVFG2H8egLTsCJIartRtTNo/s400/dolphin1.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139946663478706258" border="0" /></a>As you can see, it's quite a simple interface, it looks clean, uncluttered and easy. It only shows the folders, favorites places and simple navigation tools.<br /><br />And it's featuring the breadcrumb, but, for making it even more usable, and powerful, if you clicked it and doesn't release the click it will expand and show all foders inside.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIt9vYkM8NQqbPzi45ddHxZ6G5MQ3L_2HeY-O5BEm-onQ-FEG1v0BDP6twSo4CyalDNe87zgw9_mDR0o37cbVuEvXSZYrJH9LxKmanChRnToCUgjjU_7L9azRSYZn6p0wmi6yPddqF7PI/s1600-r/dolphin5.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7lwGuxyQwlGTRyq5G4KHVR3UJLug2ReDbPN1wsG6qp7N5eozn3LEltCHHnKpMJfOj8jrxCkjpPJuUkKO3D14QdthjsaR_MvSzdlVPqOaMa-Cxjk341KdRyXnZSEiwitHe30b9YGchLDI/s400/dolphin5.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139947943378960546" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Views:</span></span><br /></div><br />Dolphin has 3 views available, Icons, Details and Columns, and the possibility to load/unload previews.<br /><br />Icons is the default view you already saw.<br /><br />Details:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy8dtsjdtUPqjFvXhpy1BemmTgk2qRIQHPbA4s138r-CSFsP5TZ4IMFDHQX_EZhzlahhJlhg87GxJGfD_aage_7UzBB6wbc5YdIcpn3tUR6TGl37BowpNi049X8kqGdmNY2a6n4-d9hIs/s1600-r/dolphin2.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv22yUrZuGXWBRzuz4HbW0pSW8e7yk8qs7VFslc263qQntCrUxxi2r7xVbcDU8UxddzujI1lUH9askQuK7F9VsBWwL8vS48qcCK5RRdaca6ZRK31UyDjr4b6mbwtdlIfswAqvAx4_zXJE/s400/dolphin2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139946667773673570" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And finally columns:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwRd-tPmBwwPI8WoN5Krl7kMXTVMEio5yRvwvHvkXLtvplqtr-DJiRVsE0R6rcnYSEweQo7fWxsBMj3tXmcwuXaO2lAYhMKkV6fPu7cXvsMRSUV6-pdh0dTIg8IfL6kPAvrafQbw6QCFM/s1600-r/dolphin3.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN1fgHFDRMArArJQ-43Z-MqrrV1Kk80Kn7jnj-7btvbl3akCVqpxXJQ4ToaeojcmVMEy0hytKu_fIJVTOW18bvGMInC1Jyxno_8PDXYpxsLXq5hd7na2pVmlZ1nPULR5aHoRS5w1leeBA/s400/dolphin3.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139946672068640882" border="0" /></a><br />But, hey, you may need details view to certain folders, and icon view for others, so Dolphin is available to remember which setting you used for any folder automatically, so If you select details view in folder X when you come back to it, It'll be just like you leaved it, pretty neat actually (it can be disabled, if you don't like it ;). The next screenshot show what I'm saying (how can you show that on a screenshot? :P ):<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqOH3XjClDvI5TuVekxKY9fpD1uFlqh7U6N4ofQSrQ0w8NkQJks3Y7JNTAKU6mb5UiLXsc7HTECz6OgFTsfTi-1XGTdEkNCjhyphenhyphenNy1cAogQZR8OnNdgzJ1DxME9SRfXcNBEQW7OmerPy7M/s1600-r/dolphin4.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3rlkJ8ql5A97CyVitHOQjI-XeXTxdoY2eFJoh7-fCimFhXlUlN2DFNR04DcAqaW4XmT2qGVWNjyoB5w6y4UgnT51YNzDUQAy-clpQ4m7URxbVDiOxiwmCD9_pFA4xVxocs0jiIS5pNs/s400/dolphin4.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139946676363608194" border="0" /></a><br />Yes, showing another feature, The Split button on Dolphin aloud you to divide your view in two, making easy to drag, copy, or check folders contents easily (if you clicked the button again, it'll close the extra view).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Panels:</span></div><br />Dolphin has different panels, they all are movable, can be on tabs, resize, and all that is animated. By default only one panel is shown, places.<br /><br />Information Panel: It can show preview of the file on hover, as well as the information you may add and a it's rating, mandatory screenshot:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW5MexmmDbwwM6vy7jEd-E-U4HB5h7xi7ch8s1JHyW-ssyJKe_EJ90HdlxqSui7Vh25zkkfolzQdENf90UycdRogqyVNZ2muXODqOteihyiUrCXacGFGVUG4-nPbBv1leRzQiQu7v92r4/s1600-r/dolphin6.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5SB8lJ_9d-zLfnrxPJR9KapBmF_OeUEqQ3Bc63ndGZXzrHkwalCPxoBWjNkeMLOVyq9nYxUOZpoQtOWPKOIr-LZlUOq5eNXzPXI-3DzruSf6M1BNKTkGRpoOwybnQS-FMu01v3rp2I8/s400/dolphin6.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139947951968895154" border="0" /></a><br />Folders panel: The old tree view is there too<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLUfkoX6NBI6-JUwsBOm9gY700F6E2kxXls2P8fT-YAaXi6SFTr_ct0zVUgmPlZLxd_DLrhm-ZcX77xxuVvxVQFZDCn-IHYDTFurJlWPdw9vOlYAei1-f9wS15vzLj0Bq8Y6UnzAybPEc/s1600-r/dolphin7.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix2sVghDd08bY9Sz3k7FyZKFX7_T0123WY6K1a_hDIHykGsa54rrc8QrHwhGqdewWNHSsXPFhHkV0tUiR_ddsbqjXZdcwVulCSu5CyFKxkCdwyRZxqiHKfiScOp3WwJ_ayR0TWWvXxCs0/s400/dolphin7.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139947956263862466" border="0" /></a><br /><br />And there's and embedded console too, it even follow your moves trough folders! I guessed there'll be a lot of happy power-users:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYw11hYDQeY0JGIniyVevrhGW3ktAn0PC3RUlz_XUrVsuYXGkmsBHjUyNlPS-xmi-7_3HAy7SDIw5JLf9P5_GhFaQbbLNcIW3ko6Q9Ia5yUEkFDKVobwEZISAuX49nHH1lrZ6SPUSrR6Y/s1600-h/dolphin14.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYw11hYDQeY0JGIniyVevrhGW3ktAn0PC3RUlz_XUrVsuYXGkmsBHjUyNlPS-xmi-7_3HAy7SDIw5JLf9P5_GhFaQbbLNcIW3ko6Q9Ia5yUEkFDKVobwEZISAuX49nHH1lrZ6SPUSrR6Y/s400/dolphin14.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140754572596888114" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:180%;">Tabs, zoom, grouping and easy item selection</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Straight from 4.1.72<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;" ></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This is small update, Dolphin got some new features, the first one was quite requested (tough I sincerely prefer split mode), and those are the famous tabs<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxAcoE3zKwZmvWtABMebMgNfmYrFtN2W1ozib0BYDJ2vBF7RqPJpMDkjloTWeRNdsGwyN42VgVmwwtSufzOFGp4BIrVsMjoPba2R2y6Tg4gmkxSkUJJinTn1Thyphenhyphen8-i7XrPzkqjwOKz0U/s1600-h/tabs.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzxAcoE3zKwZmvWtABMebMgNfmYrFtN2W1ozib0BYDJ2vBF7RqPJpMDkjloTWeRNdsGwyN42VgVmwwtSufzOFGp4BIrVsMjoPba2R2y6Tg4gmkxSkUJJinTn1Thyphenhyphen8-i7XrPzkqjwOKz0U/s400/tabs.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201688744794034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />Did you read the Gwenview article? If you did, then you probably remember that you could zoom in/out folders and previews in the browser, well, this is now available everywhere<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsLKrJp5GpneOHot1bCOKHp5yR-JkhWFg03MujyXD6kjW0URp78xuSDOTRZ_ounwG1hUg59SFm7z9EKLCo0e01Cim15m3FSL06KrLsEaQINTCJ7cYSJdaowIIAszOkPOQ26mSu0TzMao/s1600-h/zoom.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 23px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCsLKrJp5GpneOHot1bCOKHp5yR-JkhWFg03MujyXD6kjW0URp78xuSDOTRZ_ounwG1hUg59SFm7z9EKLCo0e01Cim15m3FSL06KrLsEaQINTCJ7cYSJdaowIIAszOkPOQ26mSu0TzMao/s400/zoom.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201858229964850" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BPSGaLmyYGT7lqoGYYR8lSBGnI1gTe1LjsyEHgcx9UITGgvOizohJ7vZ7FK9NPlA_8wqGD-JVZMhCFpSFFcxy72kCFIbOcuPFk7rfxc-j6mH8i8UFE8mWq1qC_fiJ8E6q8ZOcNKKHq8/s1600-h/zoom2.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-BPSGaLmyYGT7lqoGYYR8lSBGnI1gTe1LjsyEHgcx9UITGgvOizohJ7vZ7FK9NPlA_8wqGD-JVZMhCFpSFFcxy72kCFIbOcuPFk7rfxc-j6mH8i8UFE8mWq1qC_fiJ8E6q8ZOcNKKHq8/s400/zoom2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201862907536882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Grouping: It will sort your files per group basis, which can name, type, date, etc. It's nice looking and keeps things better organized in my opinion<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEjRcsG3VBuN-qSINz390tElmQJeHU8cGuLTjsOXKAnl0A32aKYbu6Yph9m6rdXImcIDmTE_o7sXTtfHfyQuroU-oh_5iyyGiornVZLF5ubzQOyZB4u_oipIO0CIfSw374USu0ot23QA/s1600-h/grouping.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZEjRcsG3VBuN-qSINz390tElmQJeHU8cGuLTjsOXKAnl0A32aKYbu6Yph9m6rdXImcIDmTE_o7sXTtfHfyQuroU-oh_5iyyGiornVZLF5ubzQOyZB4u_oipIO0CIfSw374USu0ot23QA/s400/grouping.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201674008769922" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />If you click the group all files are selected<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjweu7BtKKXC3KvqEgN93s79y2Eo9L9iBHFzNpUDAR0tlGtMvRoh1mOmnzbKgXw7MhD71pWxZTKkKOc59LsjfoNakhQQQ3t2Yotc-TJvxyPS7c_81p7CvbstUWODNhTsYV572-D5_kYU/s1600-h/clickongroup.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjweu7BtKKXC3KvqEgN93s79y2Eo9L9iBHFzNpUDAR0tlGtMvRoh1mOmnzbKgXw7MhD71pWxZTKkKOc59LsjfoNakhQQQ3t2Yotc-TJvxyPS7c_81p7CvbstUWODNhTsYV572-D5_kYU/s400/clickongroup.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201666630394098" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Easy item selection: Just hover a file, and a little plus icon will appear, if you click it, the file will be selected (if it's already selected, then a minus will appear in order to undo the selection) , then you can hover another one, and click, a lot better than ctrl selection and easier to discover too :)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;">The hover file:<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0si20JPFwCdIkH0XSAI-Q3nHrTD9qZVy9PbEHf6jBy2XcBuGzvazGGq8acBiSB0fKdZFktQoMzyPtjYALV2u7kXhacIPiA6t4ozhhG7RGtKrVOLuYPuKrNbPhFfUNLGRQgU-LhyphenhyphenTvn9U/s1600-h/hoverselection.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 293px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0si20JPFwCdIkH0XSAI-Q3nHrTD9qZVy9PbEHf6jBy2XcBuGzvazGGq8acBiSB0fKdZFktQoMzyPtjYALV2u7kXhacIPiA6t4ozhhG7RGtKrVOLuYPuKrNbPhFfUNLGRQgU-LhyphenhyphenTvn9U/s400/hoverselection.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201689389778898" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Showing it in practice:<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MRi36mKXZHyNA-cgYSD-Y6GrS0VB28On72E-qurMkc8o5P8vsKSXZx5G-cu7-iOuEPiGGD8WQBxBrix3yMCaxaZbvRxSuhrv0bKznP2mvxE2fmdKdKOezKZyLRHj7ntwNI3kmPZwn3E/s1600-h/selection.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8MRi36mKXZHyNA-cgYSD-Y6GrS0VB28On72E-qurMkc8o5P8vsKSXZx5G-cu7-iOuEPiGGD8WQBxBrix3yMCaxaZbvRxSuhrv0bKznP2mvxE2fmdKdKOezKZyLRHj7ntwNI3kmPZwn3E/s400/selection.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268201690650429874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Configurations dialogs:</span></span><br /></div><br />Konqueror was a little too complicated to configure (issue that still exists, since it's the default web browser), but, at least for file management now it's easy, yet powerful to configure Dolphin. As you can see in the next screenshot, it's so easy to understand, that I don't even have to explain it:<br /><br />Check it out:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_kOmEIR2WlKvL-FYNyNGVa-prE1mG51i5j7po4aqYAAJPISSdxT8zr-DkejGzJUcM_pgKmyEos43kaV5FDsB08ErUV1fttD_fSxWMHGC2dalAKXnlDMVnGC0m4mPwxkRfyOl1eIk2lXs/s1600-r/dolphin8.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_qQ0Myqoydno0Ca2Ka46gchSDdZ5fiB3w80HYhMKgZmqmW-mHcHS7jFW949i8-DG6cy_b6Q6cE_6xNRRa1SKtvSBj5py-hrcix28y5LkAWmLO7wWitg8HPoUksVI_Bp_K87gDb-DOpc/s400/dolphin8.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139955180398854354" border="0" /></a><br />And all dialogs are as easy to follow:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2mMtWXPrAbbGT3vpC-vXd1bswkYeyeIm3YuYyeufngFT-OaMFuLiT-SQ7LEYPdoBcb_8iRV52G_urahXgeZtjWKerywsLe44jZ_uderEiJU74WH7vvJ6znb65qQ-lUticiG0jemJNDU/s1600-r/dolphin9.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGnHIPW9yfAmxb6u4FE-t9d8pxs2sBaTkXy3QV51vGW7CaEu_w6sFW9Myjw69iHv_XChe4HAtx7jN-XgFi8QtBxicfn44uMIwX-m0m8SCYCgo0tN2GlvNuULU93hqRcIPu7SwMRq33yCo/s400/dolphin9.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139956984285118690" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Ukkx1TLBXTBzFn8JUbEYU8utKaYMp2Aj322mLVcmjf84m-4i4LcdKExBtEZCkHit5W7E2cXBc_P0KL85xWv3HgoYYTYZzqOEPjstfU3x5vU7M5KblhNlFATvKU0fYPvRRQfvC_OZcIw/s1600-r/dolphin10png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2gpWY1yGsaiKDsgmNue_eZMJsvmLK-orgbZvCrUa1nPr6l3AUO0XWoZWJNsWe1Qc5tqivOgw2DP6ZP5VP7f2uA6pxkrqO5Zk6YrdUC9GJzNYmJHuuFlLIxXrLlr5DgpHVOKO8_wIpv0A/s400/dolphin10png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139956988580086002" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNjQUHK3-8kQi7TQSw8fkefOh800qtWaq7372e_GGZPUvGoV7ipsYybe7tFA6K4bA_K7kPg80N8wz29qNPrxyA1zsQYBSfSKbvN_ehCM-yHf2Trezne5L3LLfQDMgG8tpUJlYs_2Eqn54/s1600-r/dolphin13png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4t_KFOOWgcwT1F0sBQLpikedOPDgwitkNmn5url8fJitcoRRpSOsD3DW72Lz5SUA_fM69f60BELIC7s8nA4ChyphenhyphentrdmNYc-e_TduMhBVZqnzXOEvdtujuMG2GfKdSrbuDbr5bfqyT6Z7A/s400/dolphin13png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139956992875053346" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2YyVHdwcgzFopoVmit6-019HDeZUVGE0Xbp6hITAPN6jyGN-3b2cJ00sYH2hTknWNzRlntXT3r5f0hnj8SynxPLnpLSIPwHIeK1e9t_orRC-u_kZh2UQV-7GagpMNQZL9siMwy1dNySU/s1600-r/dolphin11png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Ipv3kaQ7gP4REz0tz9h9kKBBqUTTVeIG9zmNJ6jDQ6DYZq_Zzd2ntK0lYoxmshVqcO7hSjgMWKgDEo3pEr61LnUKM2mY_jvKU-RIUKBb_VhflgWaFeemg-YPUI73TQAmwO-OkwUHKL4/s400/dolphin11png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139956988580086018" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJugNm1Wsy7U6rsgED2lorR2VZbt6Dyk7U0qHOQFTwdqnw9cezUbcTqGjCje3vMM9Vil0qt77-6FPlSD9NKtw949J9pP8Xl7SbzWfXKkkiZER04sQglZdzbeKSzi33fGW9dqUrFcR91k/s1600-r/dolphin12png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9w7WZEfL6Ov1W_3IlkRl8aUmyrgetK8Kh0z9CRfcvnMxgi9-hzvp_9nmO99GHWIXBeiO5omzBwPv8EIAwNlstMzlJDGVLblEOeONIIKnrcItO5wKrm78ibXiEpfxMXiBoTIxxOtFtblI/s400/dolphin12png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139956992875053330" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Open File Dialogs</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />KDE 4, trough Dolphin, has new open file dialogs. They're feature rich, and solved size issue problems, the GUI is easy to configure trough a little menu, you can even add bookmarks, and the places sidebar is shared with Dolphin, this means that it shows the exact same places as the File Manager :)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NXrJN4AeuodROi1577gjUeWLsCQLvDrDzUm_8nO_DH_9ZsJC4w4_luu6uSM8q6WFPGc94x8uaIZLZ7Dz504i2hqxFFH673AJxud8xN7H4sgHbNj5SkW5KsEX1OaWjCoB6fULdPlr5YQ/s1600-h/dolphin15.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NXrJN4AeuodROi1577gjUeWLsCQLvDrDzUm_8nO_DH_9ZsJC4w4_luu6uSM8q6WFPGc94x8uaIZLZ7Dz504i2hqxFFH673AJxud8xN7H4sgHbNj5SkW5KsEX1OaWjCoB6fULdPlr5YQ/s400/dolphin15.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140754615546561090" border="0" /></a><br />With Previews enabled:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIafjhvmzcDdOaDdh_5g2zmdoy8dovdDtDKU8falku9JJO7giBGwVaS2BTMS9VpXgMNtyKmHcU5XGIrJXNl1NvrhcCqhe8sYr5vxK4Eu5gkDmKdHyf1TRVcS6_3WtrpTff_cvX-WCHsj4/s1600-h/dolphin16.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIafjhvmzcDdOaDdh_5g2zmdoy8dovdDtDKU8falku9JJO7giBGwVaS2BTMS9VpXgMNtyKmHcU5XGIrJXNl1NvrhcCqhe8sYr5vxK4Eu5gkDmKdHyf1TRVcS6_3WtrpTff_cvX-WCHsj4/s400/dolphin16.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5140754645611332178" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Little features that makes everything better:</span></span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Dolphin has a lot of small details that make it nice:<br /><ul><li>Animated hover over folder and files</li><li>Animated panels, and previews</li><li>If you hover a file, the complete file name will be show at the bottom, if it's too big, the lower part will resize, so it can fit in it.</li><li>A lot more...</li></ul>You can even find youtube videos about it, however, I didn't find any video that looked nearly as good as it does when you actually use it, so I decided not to include them.<br /><br />Well, this is all for now, I hope you like it, and I'm open to suggestions, I will try to make one of this mini articles per week :)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Next week: Okular, stay tuned.<br /><br /><br /></span></span></div></div>Luis Augustohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17574787433969840143noreply@blogger.com7