On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 16:06 +0200, Ralf Corsepius wrote:
- Most desktop applications are not designed for usage on small
displays.
This is a problem even on ordinary laptops. 1280 by 800 is not uncommon, nor are similar low-height resolutions on desktop systems. I've come across a few applications that are too tall to comfortably use. Yo-yoing up and down is not a nice thing to have to do.
- Fedora's standard (gnome) desktop is _fat_ and bloated.
I'd say the same about KDE. There seems to be too much shovelling in of features into the desktop, whereas a simpler desktop and optional add-ons where you want those features, may be better.
e.g. Nautilus is useless as a file manager, it's just a file browser. I'd get rid of it, but it's a part of the whole desktop. Like the engine behind MSIE is also the Windows desktop. A problem in it, is an unavoidable problem with everything else.