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List:       gpa-dev
Subject:    Re: GPA development
From:       Bernhard Reiter <bernhard () intevation ! de>
Date:       2000-06-23 14:16:09
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On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 04:29:45PM +0200, Peter Gerwinski wrote:
> Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> > (This was related to writing  plug-in for the filebrowsers on major
> > platforms.) But the design concept has to be there. Maybe filebrowser
> > developers will help if they know in detail what functionality they have
> > to provide.
> 
> IIRC, file browsers have documented interfaces for such
> plug-ins, don't they?

:)

It might need some work to add it to a filebrowser in a useful way.

> > > > b) The keyring management dialog should transparently show
> > > > all important information in one window. 
> > > 
> > > Not all - Did you read the Whitten report on the PGP GUI.  
> > > One important thing is still missing:  An option (which is enabled by
> > > default) to suppress most information - the standard mode; the other
> > > information should only be shown in expert mode.
> > 
> > True. May I should have written: Only the (most) important information.
> > But it should show it at once, the way it is done now with all the
> > windows is very cumbersome from a usability perspective.
> 
> I have my problems with the concepts of "user levels".  IMHO the
> display of each information should be configurable separately.
> In addition, we can provide ready-made profiles for novice,
> intermediate, and expert users, but for the real[TM] expert,
> customization is most important.

I am not completely sure about that statement.
Sometimes less configuration possibilities are better and even suit the
experts. 
	
	Bernhard
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