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The Krunner "command oriented" and "task oriented" styles, although based on the same engine, provide quite a different feel from each other. The first seems like an enhancement of the simple "run command" interface found in KDE 3, Gnome and elsewhere, but the "task oriented" style acts more like KDE 3's Katapult, Gnome Do, or the Mac OS Quicksilver quick-launchers.

Of course everyone is used to running commands with the Alt-F2 shortcut, but quick-launchers should have easier shortcuts like Alt-Space. The advanced nerdy users would never opt to part from their precious run-command interface (and why should they?), but some of rest of us would really appreaciate an easier quick-starter.

I really like the "task oriented" interface, especially as a free-floating window and with the Nepomuk plugin enabled. It lets me run programs, find files, launch web sites, etc, with the same feel as Katapult, but with even more functionality. I've set the shortcuts on my PCs to launch this with Alt-Space, but I wonder why a user should have to go through all that trouble to get a great quick-launcher, and even more important, why this great interface should be hidden by default, and especialy after KDE developers spent precious time creating it.

Therefore, I propose, "free floating" "task oriented" krunner assigned to the "Alt-Space" shortcut and the "top edge of screen" "command oriented" krunner kept as "Alt-F2". This should really be very non-controversial, since no one will loose any functionality, Alt-F2 will continue to do what it is expected to do, and "Alt-Space" functionality will be added, with an interface that people expect of a quick-launcher. This is a virtually painless change, as it can be implimented very easily, and it will not steal or change shortcuts previously assigned to other programs or functions.