The KDE 4 series has been a very good experience for me. Sure, I have complaints (who doesn’t) but for the most part, the latest generation of KDE contains quite possibly the best open source innovation I have ever seen. The shear size and scope of KDE absolutely amazes me, and most of the new ideas are just fantastic. For example, I don’t know how I lived without Folder Views all this time! So with that said, let’s look at the features I wished for that actually did make it into KDE.

1.) Sorting Applications by Name in Kickoff

This has been a long standing complaint of mine for quite some time. When KDE 4.x debuted, applications in the applications list in Kickoff were not sorted by name, but instead category. This made it really hard to find the simplest thing. Thankfully, this was finally fixed in KDE 4.3, in which an option was included to sort applications by name. Now, finding your favorite app in your Kickoff menu is not a hindrance at all.

2.) KDE Needs More Speed