Lancelot/Sammenligninger

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    Lancelot og Kickoff

    Lancelots fordele

    Bedre søgeegenskaber

    Oprindeligt havde Kickoff meget begrænsede sægemuligheder, som slet ikke kunne sammenlignes med KRunners and Lancelots. Dette ændrede sig i KDE SC 4.4, da kode fra Lancelots søgning blev porteret til Kickoff.

    Kickoff nu bruger således nu samme søgemaskine som Lancelot, men da Kickoff kører i samme proces som skrivebordet selv, så er de fleste dataudbydere (kaldet runners) er slået fra for at undgå, at at ustabile runners får hele skrivebordet til at gå ned (selv regnemaskinen er slået fra).

    Lancelot kører derimod i en separat proces, så den kan risikere at bruge potentielt ustabile runners og således give dig alle de muligheder, som KRunner selv gør.

    Gå igennem programmerne

    Når du går igennem programhierarkiet i Kickoff, så kan du kun se den aktuelle kategori, og for at komme tilbage til den forrige skal du klikke på 'tilbageknappen'.

    I Lancelot kan du altid se det forrige niveau du kom fra og desuden har du en brødkrummelinje.

    Log ud og lignende muligheder

    In Lancelot, options such as Log Out, Switch Users etc. are accessible the instant you open the menu. In Kickoff, those are located in a separate section.

    Devices

    Lancelot provides quick access to both removable and fixed devices.

    Better Plasma integration

    Apart from the look and feel which is completely Plasma themed, Lancelot sports a few other integration points from both developer's and user's perspective. One of the trivial examples is that Lancelot can be used as an alternative to the Add widgets dialogue.

    Lancelot's disadvantages

    Special requirements

    Although the initial sizes of Lancelot and Kickoff don't differ that much, making Lancelot's window smaller would render it barely usable which is not the case with Kickoff.

    First impression

    On the first start, Lancelot looks more complicated than Kickoff - two-columns plus section buttons versus one column that Kickoff sports.

    Lancelot and KRunner

    Lancelot and KRunner are rather different programs - one is all-in-one application launcher while the other is only a searching interface. For that reason, only the searching experience will be covered in the comparison.

    Lancelot's advantages

    More common keyboard navigation

    For navigating the search results, Lancelot uses Up and Down keys while KRunner uses the Tab key.

    Lancelot uses the Tab key for the search box completion, while it also supports the End key used for the same purpose in KRunner.

    Lancelot's disadvantages

    Complexity of the UI

    KRunner sports a very sleek and simple user interface.

    Help

    KRunner provides information about the syntax of each runner.

    Lancelot and KMenu

    KMenu is meant to be a simple application menu meant only for easy application browsing. For anything more advanced, it fails short.

    On the other hand, there are a lot of users who want only that - a simple menu from the days of KDE 3.x.