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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Settings vs. View
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-31 18:55:51
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On Tuesday 31 July 2001 09:26 am, Lenny wrote:
> Lazily forwarding from koffice-devel.
>
> ----------  Forwarded Message  ----------
>
> Subject: Re: Settings vs. View
> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 15:18:56 +0200
> From: David Faure <david@mandrakesoft.com>
> To: koffice-devel@max.tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de
>
> On Tuesday 31 July 2001 13:53, Lenny wrote:
> > Ok, this might be a general kde-topic, but since karbon is yet a
> > koffice-app i try to start a flame war here first.
> >
> > <lenny's pov>
> > "Settings" is about changing how stuff/the application behaves.
> > "View" is about showing/hiding stuff
> > </lenny's pov>
> >
> > At least that's a standard interpretation in the world outside of kde.
> >
> > Artists are quite picky about how their favorite application looks and
> > feels. Having "show toolbar blah" in "settings" feels totally wrong to
> > me.
>
> That's definitely a KDE-wide issue, since e.g. Konqueror and KMail have
> those things under Settings. Please discuss this on a KDE-wide list

Yes, it would fit better under View. Maybe we should change this for KDE 3 
throughout KDE.

Cheers,
Waldo 
-- 
Andrei Sakharov, Exiled 1980-1986, USSR, http://www.aip.org/history/sakharov/
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