> I will give you that. However, it is a goal of KDE 4 to match KDE 3 in features and usability No. This is not the goal of KDE4. > What is the direction of KDE 3? Seriously, Ilya, please post a > specific example of a fix that would help make KDE 4 closer to KDE 3 I think they should simply revert all changes made after KDE3.5. I know no useful changes since then. > However, even though you have the right to continue using and > developing KDE 3, nobody is doing that. I think KDE3.5 does not need too much development now. It's OK as of current state. Sometimes it is evident that vandalist "development" is much worser. > My goal is to make KDE 4 as good as KDE 3 Well, revert all changes since KDE3.5 and it'll be as good. > I am not advertising nor spamming. Well, better description is 'crusading'. Like coming to a synagogue and trying to convince everybody that Judaism is 'outdated'. > I have no need to ask Gnome or XFCE users what their DE provides that KDE 4 does not, because their DE is not abandonware. 'Abandonware' is a term from proprietary world. > Ask Gnome and XFCE users what KDE 4 is missing for them would in fact be trying to get converts. Just the same here.