Quoth Bruce Cran on Sunday, 07 November 2010: > On Sat, 6 Nov 2010 15:54:46 -0700 > Chip Camden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What does KDE or GNOME buy you anyway? Besides overhead. > > I don't expect to be able to convince you, but a lot of people find > desktop environments easier to use than a whole load of terminals. For > example I sometimes prefer to use kdiff3 instead of plain "svn diff" > and KDE makes that simple. > > -- > Bruce Cran > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
I'm not here to bash desktop environments, I seriously want to know you use them to improve productivity. I used to be a big believer in GUIs. Back in the early 90s, I experimented with creating my own completely visual development environment, with a high percentage of drag 'n' drop and doubleclick in place of command lines. Now I find that any time I reach for the mouse, I'm slowing myself down. It's more efficient to use the keyboard even to switch focused windows or to follow links in a browser (provided that the window manager and browser are equipped with usable shortcuts). I use a tiling wm (xmonad) to maximize visibility, real estate usage, and navigability. No overlapping windows unless I say so. That's my experience. How does yours differ, and how does KDE/GNOME help? -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | [email protected] | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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