While I don't like Gnome3 on a desktop (I've grown to like it on a netbook), I don't think I've ever liked KDE. Granted I don't think I've even loaded it since KDE3 first came out. I started in Black Box because I had a crap computer, then Gnome2 after upgrades, then Gnome as DM with Enlightenment as WM hybrid, then full blown Enlightenment. I run Gnome3 on the netbook.

I'm sure I can configure any DM to act like Enlightenment, but it behaves how I want out-of-box and I just have to configure eyecandy. Mainly, the way it handles focus - forms do not come to front unless you click the title bar(or in my case alt+click since I remove borders), mouse move changes focus (I can flick the mouse instead of fully grip it), can get rid of borders completely (love fully transparent shells that appear like text on top of the desktop image), virtual desktop thumbnails update and increase in size on mouse over - can pull programs out of thumbnail to current desktop, no start bar (menu is right click desktop or windows key type in app name - tho I usually type the name in a terminal with & so I can see error dumps), etc.

I've grown used to that behavior and as much as I usually embrace change, the above behavior is something I can't part with - no matter how pretty the eye candy.