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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: PROPOSAL: "Mac" menubar as default
From:       Torsten Rahn <torsten () kde ! org>
Date:       2000-04-27 4:54:17
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Kurt Granroth wrote:
> Have you actually had somebody *time* you doing this?  That's one of
> the things that piss off "real" UI folk... people often perceive speed
> much differently then is really the case.  The only thing that matters
> in the end is the stopwatch.

Personally when I went to the institute of physics everyday I preferred 
the slightly longer way as it enriches my life by not being as deadly 
boring as the short-cut. The longer way "felt" shorter although 
it took me 10 minutes instead of 7 minutes. And this is important 
for users.

People who use KDE don't stand there with a clock in their hands 
to measure what is faster. They will just use whatever feels faster.
 
> Exactly!  That's why I want it to be the default.  Since most people
> *won't* change the default, we should make sure that the defaults are
> the best possible ones...

And this "We-know-it-better-than-you-and-therefore-we-will-make-you-suck
-it-down-your-long-long-throat"-approach is exactly the right way to 
make people feel angry and pissed off.

> Well, as you said, most people don't change defaults.

> We will have an upgrade or welcome wizard that can implement Lotzi's
> suggestion of having many major config items right up front.  The mac
> menubar can be one of those items... I just want it checked ON as the
> default.

And you obviously know that 30% of the people won't look at these 
annoying dialogs popping up on the screen just clicking mindless
on the defaults , crying out: "What-a-crap!" and going back to what
they were used to (Windows).
So making a decision doesn't go away for us by creating this 
upgrade-wizard.

Tackat

> --
> Kurt Granroth            | http://www.granroth.org
> KDE Developer/Evangelist | SuSE Labs Open Source Developer
> granroth@kde.org         | granroth@suse.com
>            KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Unix

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