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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Settings vs. View
From:       Waldo Bastian <bastian () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-31 19:08:19
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On Tuesday 31 July 2001 11:55 am, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> 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.

Then again, view is more about the presentation of the content, while 
"Settings-> Show xxx" is more about the user interface of the application.

With the view menu you control how much information you get to see, with the 
settings menu you control the user interface. Different things.

Should not be changed.

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