| Anyone tried Flowe Desktop?
.. it looks interesting |
4eyes
msg:910665 | 12:10 am on Aug 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Flowe desktop - not GPL, but free for personal use. Just installed it - looks a bit of a Windows XP clone, but interesting nevertheless. The file manager seems pretty useful (Sorry LM - I think it comes in at the wrong end of your 'lean and mean' scale - 80Meg download)
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littleman
msg:910666 | 2:59 am on Aug 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Looks like it has some nice functionality, and from the screenshots it looks like an enviornment where a recovering MS user would be very comfortable. I like that the developers don't seem to be overly wrapped up in eye candy.
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littleman
msg:910667 | 3:00 am on Aug 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
So what do you think of it?
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4eyes
msg:910668 | 9:51 am on Aug 30, 2002 (gmt 0) |
Well so far so good I am still a recovering Windows user, I guess:) Good points:
Quick to load (considering whats "on offer")
Very Windows-like - its what I was looking for in the first week of transferring to Linux. Things are where I exepected them to be (my biggest gripe in my first week of Linux was spending to much time wandering around the menus)
Easy to install - picks up Gnome and KDE menus
It is surprisingly quick, and exudes an air of 'usability' (but see bad points below) Bad Point:
Unbelievably, the only way to maximise and minimise the windows is the small button at the top right - ie clicking on the title bar does nothing and I can;t see any config option to enable this. This is a real killer in the usabiity stakes.
Adding menus and desktop shortcuts is not as easy as it should be. You have to enter the full path for the program - I am used to just entering 'sylpheed' and relying on the fact that Linux can find it. Another killer in the usability stakes. It seems to be a 'work in progress', so hopefully these issues will be resolved in time. Am I going to keep using it? hmmm. .. swings and roundabouts... I don't know whether the usability benefits beat the usability problems. I will advise more when it has "settled in" {screenshot will follow when I get a chance)
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