On Sun, Apr 10, 2016 at 04:55:05PM -0700, Daniel Frey wrote:
> OK
> 
> WHY can't we have a single checkbox to disable all this crap? I found
> one and it didn't work (search in system settings.) Then when I was
> searching around online I found out it will reenable itself magically
> randomly anyway!

It's a different kind of search than the one you speak of, but the The "new
classic menu" has become practically unusable by keyboard thanks to its new
built-in search field. :’(
- The search field eats every key stroke except the cursor keys, so there is
  no more way of selecting an item by its first letter. Why a search field
  at all? We have KRunner for that (as long as it isn’t crashing).
- The Favourites and Power options on the left margin are not reachable with
  the keyboard at all.
- In KDE4 I could do Alt+F1 + V + R to put the computer to sleep from the
  "Leave" submenu. Now I must press Alt+F1 + Cursor up + Cursor right + 3 ×
  Cursor down + Enter to achieve the same.

I can’t imagine a feature request for the search to be hideable will be
heard. But just as those poor Windows 10 users do, I keep sticking to KDE,
because all in all, KDE is still the best thing out there. I upgraded my
main PC when KDE4 was removed from the package manager, but I just can’t
bring it over my heart to do the same on the laptop.
KDE4 is just too cozy, even with its few remaining quirks. =)

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