Re: [opensuse] KDE accessibility. was Bye bye SuSE?

Fred A. Miller wrote:


Ah.....so if a programmer doesn't use a given setup feature, for
example, then most users don't, eh? 'NOT any logic in that my friend.

Come on, Fred. Free OSS is provided by people and organizations -- it
doesn't just come. Resources have to be expended, money has to be
spent, or at least someone has to do the work.

If the organization has no need for it, and no developer is interested
in it, why shouldn't they ask for someone to express support for it?

For example,

Interesting, 4.0 was released without the ability to hide the task bar.
Work wasn't started on added that until I pursued it.

I've never used it at all. The KDE taskbar is too useful to do without,
and it takes up little enough space that I'd rather keep it visible than
have to go digging for it. If I were a KDE developer, I'd blow off
totally the ability to hide it. If I were a manager having to allocate
programming resources, I'd demand that my resources be used in
justifiable projects. I can't justify it myself; before I allocate
resources, I'll ask for evidence that some significant fraction of my
users do want it and will use it. That means you and other users will
have to tell me you want it.

Amazing...a
feature of KDE for a LONG time, and VERY much used feature (common sense
dictates you gain real estate on the desktop) and it wasn't included in
4.0. No wonder we're missing features.

I've never seen anyone use it under kde (ok, I presently only interact
with half a dozen or so linux users). I haven't even seen many people
use it under Windows, whose taskbar is really of very little use
compared to kde's, and whose disappearance would cause no discomfort at
all.

_You're_ missing features. Express _your_ preference for those features
in the proper forums, in a proper manner, and if enough others express
that support, someone will allocate the resources needed to get it done.

Stop whining and cooperate with the people who are doing the work.

John Perry
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