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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Ui enhancements
From:       Laur Ivan <laur.ivan () corvil ! com>
Date:       2003-01-27 10:40:24
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On Sun, 2003-01-26 at 05:05, Greg Turpin wrote:
> Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> 
> >Think about why one thinks more configurability is making it more
> >complex. 
> >My theory: Because one often has no idea where to change what. This
> >happens when one is not playing with the settings but having a _special
> >need_, like changing from single click to double click (it's in because
> >of freedom, too). 
> >The solution cannot be to restrict configurability in general but to
> >develop a better (as in straigther) access to the wanted setting switch. 
> >
> >No idea right now how to do this...
> >
> >Friedrich
> 
> I think the solution is to use a separate "TweakKDE" application.  Most 
> users don't even bother with poking
> around.  They want to change simple things - their wallpaper, fonts, and 
> colors.  Simple things should be
> simple to do - in the Control Panel.  The "rare" things that only power 
> users would ever want to change should
> be in TweakKDE.
> The solution is definitely not to use an "Advanced" button or tab.  What 
> the heck does "Advanced" mean?
> If I click on an "Advanced" button I have no clue what options are going 
> to be available to me.

A separate app for "power users" would be a good idea (I thnik). Then we
could ask for voluntary submissions of config files and use these
configs people have to optimise the default/initial look (feedback)...


> 
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Laur Ivan                                       Tel  : +353-1-6674336
Software Design Engineer                        eMail:
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