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KDE == MORONS
Sep. 22nd, 2010 12:46 amSomeone at KDE had a really bad idea to emulate one of the most hateful things that Microsoft Windows does, a feature that is nigh-universally despised, and everyone else there decided it was worth doing. **headdesk**
What I refer to is the latest installment of the notification widget in the main panel. Bad enough that the folks who put together this widget (which I had wanted for many years) didn't bother to think through any use cases or think about what their implementation would do to the work flow of its victims, now it keeps popping up reminders to tell me to reboot, and there is no way to make them go away, or stop them. Indeed, there are no controls for setting preferences for these notifications at all.
Its telling me to reboot, no doubt, since I compiled and installed a new kernel. I actually DO plan to reboot, but not until I've finished compiling, configuring and installing the programs that need this new kernel and its features. So, while I use my computer to read email and stuff is compiling in the background, the notice keeps telling me to reboot. It doesn't tell me WHY it thinks I should reboot. It doesn't have any way to dismiss the damn thing permanently, it just tells me to reboot.
In a similarly annoying manner, every time I update my system so that its completely up to date, it pops up a notice saying that there are two uninstalled updates and I REALLY REALLY should install them. I have no idea which two updates. It doesn't say and, again, there are absolutely no controls to try and make it behave better.
What's more, if there ARE any programs that aren't automatically updating, then they are probably ones that I've forbidden to be modified, because I have stuff that depends on them. Now, I don't think I have any such programs or libraries left, but I did have quite a few at some time, so its conceivable I still have two somewhere. I suppose I could find out how to ask aptitude about them, but I don't see a need for it right now. I've got many higher priorities, and I'll be damned if I start taking advice from a popup widget that was obviously written by a moron.
What I refer to is the latest installment of the notification widget in the main panel. Bad enough that the folks who put together this widget (which I had wanted for many years) didn't bother to think through any use cases or think about what their implementation would do to the work flow of its victims, now it keeps popping up reminders to tell me to reboot, and there is no way to make them go away, or stop them. Indeed, there are no controls for setting preferences for these notifications at all.
Its telling me to reboot, no doubt, since I compiled and installed a new kernel. I actually DO plan to reboot, but not until I've finished compiling, configuring and installing the programs that need this new kernel and its features. So, while I use my computer to read email and stuff is compiling in the background, the notice keeps telling me to reboot. It doesn't tell me WHY it thinks I should reboot. It doesn't have any way to dismiss the damn thing permanently, it just tells me to reboot.
In a similarly annoying manner, every time I update my system so that its completely up to date, it pops up a notice saying that there are two uninstalled updates and I REALLY REALLY should install them. I have no idea which two updates. It doesn't say and, again, there are absolutely no controls to try and make it behave better.
What's more, if there ARE any programs that aren't automatically updating, then they are probably ones that I've forbidden to be modified, because I have stuff that depends on them. Now, I don't think I have any such programs or libraries left, but I did have quite a few at some time, so its conceivable I still have two somewhere. I suppose I could find out how to ask aptitude about them, but I don't see a need for it right now. I've got many higher priorities, and I'll be damned if I start taking advice from a popup widget that was obviously written by a moron.
