So, a question that stems from my previous post: There seems to be a perception that KDE 4 has less options than KDE 3. Where does this perception come from, and can examples be provided either way? I provide some possible answers from my own experiences, but please feel free to append this list in the comments.
Possible source 1: Kcontrol->system settings migration: by removing the tree view, less things are exposed simultaneous, thereby presenting the appearance of having less configuration options.
Possible source 2: Kickoff style menu: by only allowing the user to see one level of the menu at a time, there appears to be less items to choose from.
Possible source 3: Plasma: options for display are given directly in the user interface rather than in the standard KDE config dialogs, which produces fewer overcrowded dialogs when compared to kicker/kdesktop.
Possible source 4: Konqueror -> Konqueror + Dolphin: by splitting the file management out, at least by default, the apps appear to have less imposing configuration dialogs.
Possible source 5: Application porting delays: not all apps are ported yet, so inter-app integration is missing in places. For example, Amarok 2 lacks integration with k3b while k3b is being ported.
Possible source 6: The defaults for KDE are such that users don't feel the need to configure things as much.
Possible source 7: KDE 4 actually has less to configure! (Is this even possible?)
So, my friends, I'd like to know the opinions of PlanetKDE readers. The public perception that KDE 4 has less configuration to do that KDE 3 had to originate somewhere, but the question is, "Where?".
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