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Downloads: 153
| Submitted: Jul 27 2006
Updated: Jul 27 2006
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Description:
I think yakuake (http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=29153) is one of the best 3rd party programs for KDE, and I use it very often. For those that do not know: yakuake is a konsole session trapped in a drop-down window. When you press F12, yakuake semi-smoothly grows from the top of the screen and you have a console ready (inspired by the Quake tilde-terminal). This terminal instance is not present on the taskbar. The concept is great for the terminal, as the terminal is a function I frequently access.
Perhaps the concept is very useful for other frequently accessed programs as well, such as a browser. Imagine konqueror or firefox bound to F11. Each time you press F11, a preloaded instance of the browser drops down from the top of the screen. If you have gmail open, you can immediately see if you have a new message. Your browser is probably always open anyway, so why not make it as easily accessible as possible?
Some properties of yakuake which make it so very usable to me:
1. If focus is lost, yakuake retracts itself, making management of that window very easy.
2. The size of the window as well as the extension speed is configurable.
3. The terminal is always open: no need for an entry in the taskbar.
4. The terminal is tabbed, something quite useful for a browser as well.
ADDENDUM: It seems someone feels the same way about yakuake I do. Find another idea for a yakuake-like interface for a filemanager here: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=36655
License:
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