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manor

Heiko Betterdont
Hi, I am manor and I create KDE Plasma Screenshots, Various Stuff, Single Icon/Logo and more.

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Milky Suite (aka Milky Air)

QtCurve by Goamaus 24 comments

I like it. :-) - Oct 18 2010
long nites

Wallpaper Other by mnchur 3 comments

Good idea!
A little hint:
In order to make the yellow part look more realistic, you should add a little noise spread.

Sorry i don't know how it is called in english gimp menus and my locale can't be changed so easily. - May 15 2006
CDE icons

Icon Sub-Sets by arenyart 9 comments

Please make that icon set complete!

It remebers me to my beginning with linux - fvwm or fvwm2 with icons like yours...

It was so nice to leave that ugly windows 98 folder (and other) icons
behind.I can remember the nice package icons of the Redhat rpm manager :)

Today everything is so 100% designed and almost blue - more like windows. So the good old icons and CDE style is refreshingly different. It gives the good feel to have something special - a real "expensive" unix workstation... :)

I hope we all can rediscover the beauty of the good old days... - Mar 07 2006
Extend profile management in Konqueror

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Fester2k 1 comment

This would be very useful. - Jan 25 2006
Crystal Clear

Full Icon Themes by everaldo 199 comments

Thank you for your hard and excellent work Everaldo !

You always give the linux desktop the needed professional high quality iconsets
to be competitive ...

Now i have new eyecandy for my kde ...


:) - Jun 23 2005
Crystal Clear

Full Icon Themes by everaldo 199 comments

I think he uses the linspireclear-style.
Get it from here:
http://software.linspire.com/pool-src/los/los-linspireclear-style/los-linspireclear-style_1.11-0.0.0.50.linspire0.1.tar.gz - Jun 23 2005
Field (2)

Wallpaper Other by shiva 5 comments

Now the download works. - May 12 2005
Field (2)

Wallpaper Other by shiva 5 comments

I like this pic but i wasn't able to download it. - May 12 2005
Metabar

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by FJR 249 comments

Here the same problem.Gentoo and no way to compile ... - Apr 12 2005
Metabar

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by FJR 249 comments

Idiot.Go back to your mummy. - Apr 10 2005
Icon-Fader for Redmond-Splash-Engine

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by tobydox 5 comments

Perhaps you could simulate an old tv set!

Can you remember it?
When you switched off the very old tv sets, they faded out slowly and and last you could see a glowing spot in the middle (some color tv sets showed this spot in every color).

That would be new and more 'action' as the Xp effect :) - Jan 03 2005
KDE CC/IC, Konqueror, KMail (IN CVS)

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by lokheed 128 comments

I like your mockup very much!

It fits perfectly to a new fresh kde 4.
A clean and beautiful look without any
similarities to windows.

Wow !
Please keep on!

And Merry Christmas :) - Dec 25 2004
Tsukihime~

Karamba & Superkaramba by Senshi 9 comments

I don't know why it is rated down!
Your work is very artful and the colors you have choosen are something new and fresh.

To the ones who rated it down:
Why? Give him your reason(s)!
That would be fair.

Good work senshi :) - Dec 20 2004
Search bar improvement

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by oliverthered 16 comments

Not exactly the IE approach.
In IE you can't choose your search enging (am i right?).

If you accidently hit the enter button without a protocol in front (ftp://,http://) it gives you an error message which is more annoying than a search with your favorite search engine.

Only my opinion.
But in general an improvement would be to loose that extra (space robbing) search bar. - Nov 16 2004
Tux vs Gates

Wallpaper Other by Etig0L 6 comments

I think that the people who hate Linux because of this harmless funny pictures
aren't professional enough.

This are the same people that believe the FUD, lies and faked benchmarks, Microsoft spreads. - Nov 16 2004
blue mask

Wallpaper Other by harsa 3 comments

arrg! a Windows flag ... - Nov 16 2004
blue mask

Wallpaper Other by harsa 3 comments

Yes he could place an Windows (TM) Flag under the mask :) - Nov 16 2004
Search bar improvement

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by oliverthered 16 comments

improvement.

Personally i never used the extra searchbar because i use gg: and so on, since it is there.

But what happens quite often to me is, that:

I type (or paste) something in, and if i forgot to type gg: or anything else in front of the term, i get an error message.

Much better would be your idea.It would "centralize" the work with search terms and web locations.

I could paste something in and only hit enter.That could use one default search engine like google or any else.Your
arrow gives all choices for other than the default.


Good idea! - Nov 16 2004
Metal4kde

KDE 3.5 Themes by motyR 198 comments

Your theme is getting better and better!

First i saw it i thought "Looks interesting, but not exactly what i want to use"

Now things have changed, i can't await that the compiler gets ready with it :)

Keep on please. - Nov 14 2004
A glimpse of the future?

KDE Plasma Screenshots by philippe 4 comments

Sorry.I didn't know that this screenshot is from a notebook.
Did you try some of the settings from Kcontrolcenter ?

Look 'n Feel->Fonts->Subpixel hinting
and then any of the options. - Nov 02 2004
A glimpse of the future?

KDE Plasma Screenshots by philippe 4 comments

From my pov there is too much transparency.It destroys the overall look and readability.

Why don't you use font antialiasing for the desktop icons?
Ziggy Zaggy fonts look terrible.They make your screenshot look like something from the past not the future. - Nov 02 2004
Nicer xorg 6.8 shadow

Various Stuff by manor 17 comments

They last version of your modification to xcompmgr works exactly the way i want.
Now the visual effect of having a 3D Desktop
is very much improved.

First i didn't realized a big difference.That must have to do that i didn't restart X after playing around with some xcompmgr values
on my own.That playing must have screwed something in memory so that i really noticed it now.

Very cool !

Thanks. - Sep 13 2004
KDE 3.3 Question????

KDE Plasma Screenshots by Louis 4 comments

But bugs.kde.org is your friend :)

For this you have to know that these keys are called 'accelerator keys'

Here is the bug:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88903

Try to change your kde style from keramik to another.If you can't do it via kcontrol, use an editor and change this line in .kde/share/config/widgetStyle=xxxx
you could enter widgetStyle=plastik

I hope this helps you ... - Sep 13 2004
KDE 3.3 Question????

KDE Plasma Screenshots by Louis 4 comments

But bugs.kde.org is your friend :)

For this you have to know that these keys are called 'accelerator keys'

Here is the bug:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=88903

Try to change your kde style from keramik to another.If you can't do it via kcontrol, use an editor and change this line in .kde/share/config/widgetStyle=xxxx
you could enter widgetStyle=plastik

I hope this helps you ... - Sep 13 2004
Nicer xorg 6.8 shadow

Various Stuff by manor 17 comments

Same problem here.
RenderAccel brings a lot but resizing
is a pain.

But we have to see the future:
All great new features in kde, the kernel or anything else under linux got big improvements after a year or so. I mean after that time most things are nearly perfect then.

With Xorgs speed i think we can expect drop shadows become much better in a few months (half a year).

At this time we can be glad what we have: Nicer and bigger shadows as Windows :) - Sep 12 2004
Nicer xorg 6.8 shadow

Various Stuff by manor 17 comments

I think that the software solution by
Deciare was the best looking
http://kdelook.org/content/show.php?content=5638

Sure shadows in hardware is the future.I hope that it will soon improve in terms of speed, stability and visual quality.

It would be good if the speed of xcomposite on various graphics adapters can be the same of the nvidia ones.

I put my Matrox away and now a Nvidia is in my pc.As soon as speed of the Matrox (xcomposite) is on par with the Nvidia i will swap them again.

What i notice all the time:
Nvidia drivers sucks! Although this is xorgs first stable release i didn't have one crash with the Matrox but countless crashes with the Nvidia :(
I don't think this has to do with xorg because i had a lot of hard lockups with Nvidia cards in the past with Xfree. - Sep 12 2004
Nicer xorg 6.8 shadow

Various Stuff by manor 17 comments

I have high quality screenshots of OSX and could send you a screenshot of default Panther drop shadows.

There it seems that the light source would be from top so that there is no shadow on the window decoration.

The biggest improvement would be the different layers so the direction is an aspect of personal preferrence. - Sep 12 2004
Nicer xorg 6.8 shadow

Various Stuff by manor 17 comments

Cool - thanks a lot !
I can't await to try it out :)

I knew you would improve the shadows sooner or later ...

Btw:
Thanks a lot for Baghira !
We all know that Mosfet is a talented coder and that he laid the
foundation-stone (in some way) for Baghira.But what you did with his Liquid is overwhelming !

Baghira has nothing to do with Liquid anymore.When Mosfet is a genius, then what are you Thomas ? You are a c++ wizard of the highest levels.There is no border that you can't break.

Thanks a lot to Thomas - a real mastermind of c++ coding !
Yes also a lot of kudos go to all the other Linux, KDE coders but i wanted to thank especially Thomas today. - Sep 12 2004
komposé

Utilities by oisch 139 comments

I use it the whole time now and hope you keep on working on it.

Kompose is very useful.I had to spend a lot of time to find my spread programs all over the virtual desktops before kompose.

Speed (v.0.4.2) is so good now that it is usable.

Thanks a lot ! - Sep 01 2004
KDE 3.3 - Xorg 6.8 Beta - Unbeatable

KDE Plasma Screenshots by zammi 13 comments

cool - thanks :) - Aug 21 2004
KDE 3.3 - Xorg 6.8 Beta - Unbeatable

KDE Plasma Screenshots by zammi 13 comments

Can it be compared to normal xfree without composite shadows ? - Aug 21 2004
in a microsoft world ?

Wallpaper Other by bundytheboer 2 comments

there are some 'holes' in Microsoft, so Linux can escape from it ... :) - Aug 05 2004
Zenith

Icon Sub-Sets by Liron 44 comments

very cute!
As i found out you are looking 'quite good enough' (cute) to show a pic of yourself instead of a painting :) - Aug 01 2004
Zenith

Icon Sub-Sets by Liron 44 comments

Now i have a (imho) good comparison:
Your icons look like a good cooled fresh softdrink in a hot summer - yummm ! - Jul 31 2004
Zenith

Icon Sub-Sets by Liron 44 comments

of you.

After seeing your selfportrait on your homepage
one gets curiously how you look in real ... - Jul 31 2004
Zenith

Icon Sub-Sets by Liron 44 comments

You are a genius !
They look very fresh and clean.
Please keep on ... - Jul 31 2004
bubbles

KDE 3.x Splash Screens by mart 2 comments

Cool !
A perfect summer splash screen.

Good work. - Jul 21 2004
Tell me my Desktop isn't confused

KDE Plasma Screenshots by 6XGate 6 comments

Very simple:
He uses Windows Xp. Notice the ms dos in taskbar with the 'C:\Windows\cygwin' in it.
He starts konqueror out of cygwin.

Btw: What's so nice on the Xp start menu ? - barf ;) - Jun 18 2004
KDETrayProxy

Utilities by Seli 10 comments

Try this:
Start any program you want to have in the dock with 'ksystraycmd anyprog' - Feb 10 2004
KWin drop shadow patches

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by Deciare 134 comments

Can anybody tell me how to resume interrupted rpm processes ?
Then i could provide the kdebase rpm with shadows for SuSE 9.0

Yesterday i patched SuSE kdebase src package and tried to build a rpm with
rpmbuild -v -ba ...

After some unsuccessful attempts to build it (all because rpmbuild missed something), i
only did an make in the (from rpmbuild) unpacked sources. It resumed and now i have my shadows here :)

After that i did 3 more attempts to build the rpm i ask for help.
I don't want to restart the rpmbuild with -ba because then it deletes kdebase and starts from zero :(
With my pc that takes some hours.

How can i resume an unsuccessful rpmbuild ?
I ask only for othe SuSE user because for me the shadows here work so i don't need the rpm anymore ... - Feb 07 2004
Tuxx

Wallpaper Other by bunker 1 comment

I don't know why some people rate your work down. It's a great composition of existing other pieces.

Great work. I like it very much :) - Dec 30 2003
kde

Wallpapers KDE Plasma by moty66 2 comments

Clean work. Sometimes less is more :)
Cool! - Oct 30 2003
kde

Wallpapers KDE Plasma by moty66 2 comments

something - Oct 30 2003
LogWatch

Karamba & Superkaramba by nemir 22 comments

Change it to this:

command = ["kdialog", "--title", "Select the log file to view", "--inputbox", "Path to Logfile", "/var/log"]


That worked for me :) - Oct 22 2003
KDE 3.2 CVS - Aqua

KDE Plasma Screenshots by phantomas 12 comments

Thanks a lot :) - Sep 11 2003
KDE 3.2 CVS - Aqua

KDE Plasma Screenshots by phantomas 12 comments

First of all - a very nice shot. There are only little things that let me know that this is a kde desktop :)

My question. I see you use a round window decoration with perfect shadows even around the bottom corners. In earlier versions of some drop shadow patches you saw an ugly cross in the bottom corners.

You mentioned all what you used to make this shot. Did you use any shadow patches, or is that what we can expect from kde 3.2 cvs now ? Perfect macos like shadows for windows and shadowed
text for desktop icons out of the box ?

Please tell me.
Thanks in advance,
Heiko - Sep 10 2003
TGlas 0.0 - Preview and Idea collection!

Karamba & Superkaramba by chip2003 11 comments

Cool idea - i hope you will finish it.

What i find not so nice is the area around minimized tasks in your bar. The "milky" glas style for tasks is a good thing but not for the area around them.

Please keep on working on it :) - Aug 21 2003
Animated Keramik

KDE 3.0-3.4 Themes by clee 18 comments

My mistake !

Sorry i wrote that you can still use your old unanimated keramik. That is not right !

Make backups ! - May 29 2003
Animated Keramik

KDE 3.0-3.4 Themes by clee 18 comments

Hey don - May 29 2003
new font dialog

Various KDE 1.-4. Improvements by mikelima 13 comments

Hi ! I think it would be a great thing. I often
have the situation that i install and configure new linux users kde. I take as much as possible of my own kde configuration files/themes/schemes with me in order to shorten the time i need to do this. The fonts are something i have to setup every time so a font scheme would be a much needed addon for kde :)


Please keep on working on it ! - May 24 2003