Rex Dieter wrote: There's just a lot of stuff missing. Some of it is missing on purpose, replaced with something more elegant, but most of it simply hasn't been converted to work with KDE 4 yet. The KDE developers realized that they had reached the point where the only way to get people off their asses and convert their apps was to release KDE 4 and deprecate KDE 3. By adopting KDE 4 as soon as feasible after its release, we're exposing ourselves to some growing pains, but the payoff is that the transition will be quick and focused, rather than languishing for years. When I first saw KDE 4, I was a bit miffed at how much was missing, but it's come a very long way in just a few months. Peering under the hood a bit, I'm convinced of the KDE developers' claim that the overhaul to the codebase will make it easier to maintain and extend in the future. Given the rate of development, it's quite easy for minor features to be overlooked, so if something's missing or broken, please file a bug. -- Chris