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Krog Black

Plasma Color Schemes by Krog 9 comments

Thanks for this color scheme, it is very beautiful.

One problem though, it messes up some pages in firefox.

Easy to fix:
In firefox -> Menu "Edit" -> "Preferences" -> "Content" -> "Colors..." -> Uncheck "system colors". - Feb 09 2009

PowerDevil

System Software by drf 79 comments

I've tried to install powerdevil-1.2.0 under gentoo from the overlay kde-testing.

There is a big problem, the moment I login and the kde4.1 splashscreen opens my laptop suspends to ram and I can't wake it without it going back to sleep within seconds.

The only way to login is to login via console and uninstall powerdevil and then login.

My laptop is a macbook generation 1.1.

kernel is 2.6.24-tuxonice-r9-mactel (that's kernel 2.6.24 with tuxonice and mactel patched)
KDE 4.1.1 also from kde-testing overlay. - Sep 23 2008

Beesoft Commander

System Software by piotrpsz 52 comments

Does it use kio_ftp?

I need a ftp-client that doesn't for a broken ftp-server. - Apr 05 2006

BlueamaroK

Amarok 1.x Scripts by khertz 65 comments

I've a small feature wish...

After a while my phone disconnects and the only way for the connection to be reestablished, is to manually restart the script.

So it'd be cool, if the script could do that it self, maybe just disconnect and reconnect once in a while, every 10-15 mins. or so.

PS.: Thanks, it's a nice script. - Feb 06 2006

BlueamaroK

Amarok 1.x Scripts by khertz 65 comments

I got the same, it's a permission problem.
chmod your /dev/rfcomm0 and it should work.
I just did:
chmod o+rw /dev/rfcomm0
Since I'm the only user and /dev/rfcomm0 is owned by user: root and group: root.

It works for my k700i, great another reason to keep my big butt on the sofa ;) - Feb 06 2006

IDEA: desktop areas

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by pajaro 14 comments

I'd like to have different areas of desktop icons.
First a "device" area there CDs, usb-key and other storage devices are shown. A dynamic area.
Second permanemt icons, like trash, home and "my documents".
Third could be application-links, for quick access. Optional of cause. This is for the users who use shortcuts on the desktop for "quick launch".
Fourth normal files and folders stored on the desktop.

There would still be room for your suggestions. - Nov 19 2005

goLinuxSMS - goWinSMS

Utilities by AlterX 27 comments

No it is not illegal, you can link you're GPL program against non-free libraries.
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCWindowsRuntimeAndGPL

But you can not do the other way around, link a non-free/closed source program/library against a GPLed one. - Nov 17 2005

kdesvn-build

Developers Apps by pynm0001 52 comments

Now I know this isn't actually usefull yet, but I want to try it anyway.
How do I set kdesvn-build up for KDE4? - Aug 14 2005

Kopete: autoclose Balloon/Bubble.

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 4 comments

Done :) - Jul 12 2005

Kaffeine Player

Video Apps by juergenk 179 comments

[I do not know why so many people are complaining about the new tabbed layout. The playlist can be seperated from the main window, the only thing that possibly lacks is a more feature rich right click menu within the playlist ... and if it would be possible to make the tabs a little smaller (more flat), so that they consume less space it'll get really slick!]

For me it's not so much the tabbed layout that is the problem.
It's that 0.4.x had a much better interface then 0.5+, since it had a smaller GUI, spacebar throttled play and pause, middle mouse buttom throttled fullscreen. All controls I need when I'm playing video, were right-where for easy access in the main windows (select subtitle, langauge, volume control etc.).

Kaffeine is IMO still a good videoplayer for linux, but it was a great videoplayer before. - Apr 07 2005

BalloonFileTip patch

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 10 comments

" First, I like the idea of having sophisticated shaped ballon helps. In particular I liked those of Enlightenment."
Havn't tried enlightenment in a long time (last 16, quite old), I'm looking forward to trying it again (17).

"But: The shape should be dependend on the current GUI widget style. Please, if it is somehow possible, just patch the balloon help in a way that it is asking the KStyle engine to give it a nice shape and background image. Then you could provide your implenentation as a default in KStyle. ..."
I really havn't though of that, I think it's a great idea. I don't know mush about how kstyle-works.

I never expected this too make it into KDE's codebase, not in it's current form. - Mar 21 2005

Devices first on desktop

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 6 comments

There are two kinds of devices you can have on the desktop in KDE. The first is the type that you ask KDE to place it self by desktopmenu->configure desktop->behavior->Device icons->mark "Show devices icons"
The second type is the type you yourself adds to the desktop by (in KDE 3.4) desktopmenu->Create New->Link to device->*. This type is really just a .desktop-file with the type=FSDev.
Currently (without this patch) KDE treats type one as a folder and sort it together with folders, and treats type two like the file it is.
If hard disk partitions were first earlier it was because the name had a leading space (eg. " HARD DISK (hda1)" insteed of "HARD DISK (hda1)" ), but it seems that resent CVS have fixed that.

What this patch do is: KDE now treats both type one and two as a seperate (3rd) group of icons, and sorts them before folders and files, but only if it is told to do so.

I hope that explained it. - Mar 10 2005

BalloonFileTip patch

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 10 comments

You don't have to use it ;-)
I made this mostly for myself, but shared it here for those who might like it too.

I'll get around to the blank line later, I ment to do that from the beginning, but could do it when. - Mar 07 2005

Improving KDE (for KDE 3.4)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by f10nk 43 comments

I had the same issue, my problem was that my Qt wasn't patched. - Mar 06 2005

Devices first on desktop

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 6 comments

Reinhardt http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=6153 - Mar 05 2005

Devices first on desktop

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 6 comments

Reinhardt http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=6153 - Mar 05 2005

BalloonFileTip patch

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 10 comments

also have a look at this:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=21453
you could combine thos ideas in your patch (the actual tooltips are too large IMHO, this is a more compact look)

I already know of it :-) But I see a number of issue with it, as I pointed out in the commenting section on that.
While invistigating howto make this patch, I learn something on how the metainfo system works in KDE.
1. I think the horizontal line in that idea would require a major rewrite due to the fact that the metainfo including the horizontal line i basicly an HTML-string that doesn't just split up. So I don't see a simple way of having both an icon/preview and that HTML-string.
2. I actually like the size of the FileTip as it is, this balloon has the same size as the original. I might be able to do something about the height, there seem to be some pixels at the bottom. - Mar 05 2005

BalloonFileTip patch

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 10 comments

It won't for now, the patch doesn't even apply, but I already know why, the class KonqFileTip is in another file in 3.3.

I was planning to port it tonight (GMT+1) or early tomorrow. - Mar 05 2005

KDE Improvement 3.4 (Your opinion plz)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by nookie 36 comments

I've made something simular to this idea, it is NOT the same, but you might like it.

http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=21480 - Mar 05 2005

KDE Improvement 3.4 (Your opinion plz)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by nookie 36 comments

I like the idea of the round edges, but I don't like the color. The yellow is so much nicer IMO,
I also like the line, but I see an issue with that idea. When previewing an image, the original shows a rather large image-preview, which is nice IMO. Your idea would require either a larger box or a smaller image. If the image were smaller I'd have to open more files when I'm looking for a specific image. - Mar 04 2005

Improving KDE (for KDE 3.4)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by f10nk 43 comments

[[(1) missing alignments
It looks like shit in konqueror. Either the text will be left aligned (not left of the file thumbnail, but ALL strings aligned to the same line) or centered]
Agreed, good thing I've fixed this (atleast I think I did) and I'm sending it to original poster now.]
I just have to currect myself. I misread your post earlier, sorry about that.
Thats not what I fixed. I'd a problem with icon-alignment, when the filename were just over one line in length, it would be misplaced and screw-up it alignment of all the icons in that folder, only work-around were to zoom-in to max icon size.
As I said before I misread your post therefor I agreed to something that you didn't say. I happen to like the way the text is aligned-to-center, I think it makes it easier to read and still looking good. - Feb 28 2005

Improving KDE (for KDE 3.4)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by f10nk 43 comments

[(1) missing alignments
It looks like shit in konqueror. Either the text will be left aligned (not left of the file thumbnail, but ALL strings aligned to the same line) or centered]
Agreed, good thing I've fixed this (atleast I think I did) and I'm sending it to original poster now.

[(2) Consequency
The selection in QIconView has round corners, now. Why not the selection in ListViews/TreeViews?
I don't get it...]
There is a good reason for that ListViews and Iconview uses different code for displaying icons. And the rounded edges have only been implementet on iconview, which IMO is the best thing to do, since it would look wired in listview with the empty spaces between icons in the listview from the round edges. - Feb 28 2005

Cooling looking kde

KDE Plasma Screenshots by damix69er 2 comments

Looks very nice.

How's the performance when you're using Transparency?

Are you using http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=16114 and http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=16962 ? - Jan 09 2005

Improving KDE

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by andrunko 313 comments

Which debian site did you add? - Dec 27 2004

Improving KDE

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by andrunko 313 comments

Hey, if these patches goes into KDE I think it would be a good idea to make the color changeable.
I'd like to change it to a different color but don't want to recompile each time.

PS.: Great work, I have been running with it for a couple of days now, and it makes KDE look much better. - Dec 25 2004

Improving KDE

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by andrunko 313 comments

Hey..
I just reemerged qt, kdelibs, kdebase and kdeartwork, with this patch (v1.0.0).

I like the new sidebar-view but there is a big problem it tends to make konqueror crash...
1. If I remove an item from the sidebar.
2. Everytime I close konqueror down, I get the "konqueror has crashed"-dialog.

I have emerged it with USE="debug", CFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" and CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=pentium4" to enable debug but I get nothing. :-( - Dec 23 2004

KSmoothDock

Various Plasma 5 Improvements by dangvd 703 comments

Hallo.

I've found a bug.
Try to change resolution when using ksmoothdock, the problem should be clear.
The dock, is moved of center and isn't repainted so the background image on the desktop doesn't fit.
When try to change the resolution back, now the background is okay again, but isn't drawn is the bottom.
I'm using ksmoothdock 3.5.1 and kde 3.3.0. - Sep 16 2004

Context-Sidebar

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by rabauke 14 comments

First of all I like the idea, I do how ever have a question/suggestion.
They are drawn as being attached to the right side of Konqueror, I think it should be possible to place the context-sidebar in the navigationpanel, I'd like it to be filesystem/folder dependend.

I also see you have an entry called Instant Message, I think it could be cool i there were a kopete plugin, so ones contact-list were accessible.
And for CD-burning, a plugin for K3b.

Another thing I think might be cool, and this is if it were a navigationpanel, a kaffeine (xine-lib) or mplayer plugin for previewing video-files. 100% optional of course.

One other idea popped in my head, just now :-)
It'd be cool if one could use this to make a playlist for amarok, xmms, juk and other. It'd make creating a new playlist a lot easier.
Some people (i know) use the longest time creating a playlist from their mp3/ogg library, drag 'n drop from their filemanager to their audio-player.

I use the term plugin because I couldn't think of a better one ;-) - Sep 09 2004

New iconview (mockup)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 9 comments

"Indeed it does, I'd not noticed that before now :) But that is one of the better things about Windows XP, have to say..."

Lets just say I did have some inspiration.

"Also, to mabs, I do like your choice in widget style and icon set ;)"

Thanks me to ;-) - Jul 16 2004

New iconview (mockup)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mabs 9 comments

The idea wasn't to replace the existing iconviews (iconview and multicolumniconview) but meerly to add a third option ;-) So changing back wouldn't be a problem. - Jul 14 2004

View on TV

Dolphin Service Menus by Cellardoor 27 comments

Is it posible to set this up so that the CRT keeps runnning while the video is running in fullscreen on the TV?
I want to be able to work on my computer while, the video is playing on my TV. - Jul 07 2004

my definition of brushed metal

KDE Plasma Screenshots by ferenkileen 3 comments

WOOPS, sorry did see this were the "screenshot"-section. - Jul 01 2004

my definition of brushed metal

KDE Plasma Screenshots by ferenkileen 3 comments

I like it, but is this a mockup? If the answer is yes, that's too bad. - Jul 01 2004

Home KIOSlave (idea)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by djworld 25 comments

I like it, but as another user said should however not be "home".
Here are some thoughts I've given it:
The Storage-part could in my opinion also include Audiocd like in kioslave "audiocd:/".
"CD recorder" would be nice if a rightclick could start K3b or another CD-R-app.
It might even be posible to generate "Storage" from kioslave "devices:/"
The buttom "devices" might also need another name since a partition is also a device. Print should open kioslave "print:/".
The blue thing on the left, I'd prefer if the sidebar already present in Konqueror were used insted. And the actions like "add/remove folder" should be in a menu that could come from a rightclick on or around the icons.
All should of course be in i18n, so it could be translated.

Hmmm. If I hadn't a million things I wanted to make, I might be temped to try to make this myself. - Jun 13 2004

The Reinhardt Style (formely Slicker)

KDE 3.5 Themes by leinir 97 comments

I really like this theme. I'm only missing a GTK1+2 counterpart, so that I can have a consistant desktop GUI.

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M_abs - May 23 2004

Advanced Permissions - konqueror

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by markuzzo 29 comments

You could all vote for this bug/wish-report:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6976 - May 16 2004

Reinhardt Firebird Theme

Various KDE 1.-4. Styles by chroma 9 comments

Sadly this doesn't work for Firefox 0.8. Will it in the future? - May 14 2004

PiKdev

Developers Apps by lagaleck 9 comments

I know... i know :-)
I just thought it was kind of dirty, given the meaning in my native language - Apr 10 2004

PiKdev

Developers Apps by lagaleck 9 comments

Emmm just for the record... Your programs name is kind of dirty *lol*
In my langauge, danish pik, is a guys "happy stick" - Apr 06 2004

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Kopete: autoclose Balloon/Bubble.

BalloonFileTip patch

Devices first on desktop

New iconview (mockup)