From kde-core-devel  Mon Apr 22 18:47:04 2002
From: Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2002 18:47:04 +0000
To: kde-core-devel
Subject: Re: Gnome Article on UI Design on /.
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On Monday 22 April 2002 05:41 am, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> why do you think it is hard to side with a "single idea"? probably beca=
use
> different people work in vastly diferent ways/methods/environments. so =
you
> end up with a large chunk of people who need/want it something one way,=
 and
> a large chunk who want it another. you can either have a niche product,
> cripple the interface for many users, or be configurable.

I think the problem is that many features are being added without taking =
the=20
big picture into account, without thinking of the feature in terms of "ta=
sk".=20

I am currently looking into kcmfontinst and one the things that puzzles m=
e is=20
that you can choose whether to delete a font or to move it to /tmp. This =
is a=20
typical example of a bad feature. I don't want to move a font to /tmp. I =
can=20
hardly imagine anyone else would. Maybe people want to temporary disable =
a=20
font (why?) and you could implement that by moving the font to /tmp, but =
the=20
feature to move the font to /tmp is pretty silly. If I want to move files=
=20
around I use konqueror.

Cheers,
Waldo