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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Superlous configuration?
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2005-01-06 8:30:25
Message-ID: 200501060130.26565.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Wednesday 05 January 2005 11:41, Scott Newton wrote:
> One option for kcontrol would be have some sort of usability level with
> each option - say novice, intermediate, advanced - and have a option for
> the user to select their level with novice being the default. That way you
> can have very few options for those starting off but with the user having
> the option to show the more advanced ones rather if they so wish - rather
> than someone else deciding for them.

there's no such things as an "across the board intermediate" user (so you get 
an interface that is poorly adjusted, or the settings are so fine grained you 
lose all benefits), people are bad at judging their skill level and this 
strategy creates a nearly impermiable barrier to learning the rest of the 
interface. in other words, this simply doesn't work very well in practice. 

ever wonder why, despite it being one of the most obvious ideas, virtually 
nobody uses this strategy, and why many who have later stopped doing so?

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Aaron J. Seigo
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