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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Privacy Control Center module
From:       Benjamin Meyer <ben () meyerhome ! net>
Date:       2003-06-22 21:21:13
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On Sunday 22 June 2003 5:20 pm, Ralf Hoelzer wrote:
> On Sunday 22 June 2003 23:01, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> > Although I do like that idea I think that it is better to improve the
> > existing applications to have the cleanup ability within their own
> > configure and to make sure that they all use the .cache directory. 
> > Adding a new module only duplicates the ability which can confuse users
> > on several levels.
>
> It's just a lot of work to go through each and every configuration dialog
> to clear things out. If there's a central place where you can save your
> privacy preferences, you can easily clean everything with a single click
> whenever you want. The cache directory can't store things such as
> completion or command history, which should be easy to clear for all of
> KDE, too. It looks like most of this stuff is currently stored in the k*rc
> files.

Yah, but what about non core kde applications?  Will the module have a plugin 
system so that other applications can add themselves?

Maybe have something that clears the cache directory and goes through and 
removes all command history etc from any rc file.

- -Benjamin Meyer
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