Written by Primož Papič the 23 Jan 09 at 23:09.

There are still some that haven't yet totally grasped the concept of Folder view as a widget so they could get the old KDE look when configuring their system.
For those that don't know how the folder view as desktop containment looks like here's a link.

There are still some that haven't yet totally grasped the concept of Folder view as a widget so they could get the old KDE look when configuring their system. For those that don't know how the folder view as desktop containment looks like here's a <a href="http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/2840/folderviewhe5.jpg" target="_blank">link</a>.

Written by Primož Papič the 23 Jan 09 at 23:13.

In KDE3 you had an option to configure your system to behave like the Windows. Meaning double click and more...
Many say KDE4 looks like Vista so it shouldn't be so difficult to reproduce it. Also it could have a panel on the left / right side that would behave like Dashboard...
And Crystal theme was ported to KDE4 so it could be a default
windows decoration if this would be chosen.
and instead of folder view as a widget you would have it as a containment.

This is a quick screen-shot to relay my idea better you should not take this as an actual look of this configuration is just for better visualisation.
(Maybe I'll compile crystal windows decoration theme and make another screen-shot if you like)

In KDE3 you had an option to configure your system to behave like the Windows. Meaning double click and more... Many say KDE4 looks like Vista so it shouldn't be so difficult to reproduce it. Also it could have a panel on the left / right side that would behave like Dashboard... And Crystal theme was ported to KDE4 so it could be a default windows decoration if this would be chosen. and instead of folder view as a widget you would have it as a containment. This is a quick <a href="http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5397/vistaxl7.png" target="_blank">screen-shot</a> to relay my idea better you should not take this as an actual look of this configuration is just for better visualisation. (Maybe I'll compile crystal windows decoration theme and make another screen-shot if you like)

Written by Primož Papič the 23 Jan 09 at 23:31.

This is also a KDE3 feature, that is available in KDE4.2.
There is bespin for KDE4.2 that also contains XBar widget that is more or less the same thing as universal menu on the top panel in OS X.
So if user decides to use this the bespin windows deco and XBar on a top bar would be added.
This would have also a folder view as a containment.

Here is a screen-shot of Bespin with XBar, for easier visualisation.

This is also a KDE3 feature, that is available in KDE4.2. There is bespin for KDE4.2 that also contains XBar widget that is more or less the same thing as universal menu on the top panel in OS X. So if user decides to use this the bespin windows deco and XBar on a top bar would be added. This would have also a folder view as a containment. <a href="http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8260/84486033oe8.png" target="_blank">Here</a> is a screen-shot of Bespin with XBar, for easier visualisation.

Written by Primož Papič the 23 Jan 09 at 23:49.

Sometime ago I had to much time and I decided to try and make my KDE4.2 look like Gnome.
I was quite pleased with the result, even though there were some things that I couldn't reproduce.

My screenshot of KDE looking like Gnome.
A bit of explanation:
The first 4 icons are Lancelot set to show categories.
These icons are: programs, computer (places), contacts and documents. In future the Lancelot might be able to show only those that you choose and text instead of icons.
The plasma theme is Aya that "emulates" the system colours.
the colour is Skulptue Chocolate.
I took for reference this screen-shot of Ubuntu.

Sometime ago I had to much time and I decided to try and make my KDE4.2 look like Gnome. I was quite pleased with the result, even though there were some things that I couldn't reproduce. My <a href="http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/2842/kdegnome1zt5.png" target="_blank">screenshot</a> of KDE looking like Gnome. A bit of explanation: The first 4 icons are Lancelot set to show categories. These icons are: programs, computer (places), contacts and documents. In future the Lancelot might be able to show only those that you choose and text instead of icons. The plasma theme is Aya that "emulates" the system colours. the colour is Skulptue Chocolate. I took for reference this <a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/Ubuntu.png" target="_blank">screen-shot</a> of Ubuntu.

Written by Primož Papič the 24 Jan 09 at 13:08.

The default look of KDE4.2.
This is kind of obvious...

The default look of KDE4.2. This is kind of obvious...

Written by retj the 6 Feb 09 at 23:02.

This was a pretty cool tool used in kde 3.x.x when running kde for fisrt time. It just needs to be ported to QT4

This was a pretty cool tool used in kde 3.x.x when running kde for fisrt time. It just needs to be ported to QT4