Maybe I should have said "moved elsewhere and didn't spend additional energy thinking about KDE 4". Some went to distros with plans to continue supporting KDE

Maybe I should have said "moved elsewhere and didn't spend additional energy thinking about KDE 4". Some went to distros with plans to continue supporting KDE 3, some went to XFCE, and some (not me) even thought Gnome 3 was nice. Recall as well that Gnome 2 was still around and supported, and then Mate kept it going. That's what I'm using as I type this. Edit: BTW, the Trinity DE is still active, so you can still use KDE 3.