From kde-devel  Thu Jan 06 04:28:19 2005
From: Damien Uern <morpheus_2606 () internode ! on ! net>
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2005 04:28:19 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Superlous configuration?
Message-Id: <200501061446.24227.morpheus_2606 () internode ! on ! net>
X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=110498471831550

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> now, obviously hiding something so dear to so many in a text file isn't the
> way to go, otherwise why are we creating a GUI? certainly not to force
> people to use the command line and text editors. Ah! but we have
> KConfigEditor! which.... isn't installed with KDE, and which is sort of a

I'm assuming KConfigEditor is kind of like GConf? I know GConf gets a bad rap 
because people like to compare it to the Windows Registry, but it isn't like 
that. I think these "Set and Forget" one time options should be available 
only in such a configuration program, rather than cluttering up option 
dialogs. That way, a number of tweaks can grow so that most people can be 
satisfied with what the program provides and how it behaves. 

I would *love* to see an app like Konqueror simplified right down by default, 
but allow people to add a whole bunch of stuff back to it if they desire. 
Keep it really simple with really smart and appropriate defaults for novice 
users, and there should be less complaints and less basic questions on IRC :)

Some options that need to be changed  a reasonable amount but are fairly 
advanced could be resolved by having flags like this:

[x] Show advanced File view Modes in File View Dialog.

So that some new options become present in the GUI, etc...


Damien

- -- 
"It was nice of you to let me reattach your arm."
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