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Subject: Re: Inconsistency - discussion
From: viwe lolwane <ghostnet2000 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2009-06-01 13:15:18
Message-ID: 6d02055d0906010615i1ebad29fja0f421f219527c3b () mail ! gmail ! com
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Hi Louai.
Please ignore the last message I send this message without reading the whole
thread.I think you have a point there.
thanks.
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:10 PM, viwe lolwane <ghostnet2000@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Louai.
> Do you really want us to follow the microsoft OS, or any other third party
> operating system,
> being unique could not hurt.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Louai Al-Khanji <louai.khanji@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> > One more:
>> > System settings categories are somewhat cluttered and can be grouped
>> better
>> > (for example Akonadi stuff and KDE resources could go into a new PIM
>> category,
>> > CDDB retrieval and AudioCD somehow belong to multimedia, ...)
>>
>> System Settings has a lot more inconsistencies.
>>
>> Why is the mouse theme set in Computer Administration -> Keyboard &
>> Mouse instead of in Look & Feel -> Appearance?
>> Why is there both Network & Connectivity -> Sharing and Advanced ->
>> System -> Samba?
>> Why are there three places to set screen blanking? (Look & Feel ->
>> Desktop -> Screen Saver, Computer Administration -> Display -> Power
>> Control, Advanced -> System -> Power Management)
>> Why is setting up cameras in Advanced User Settings while Remote
>> Controls are in Computer Administration?
>> Why is setting *Paths* in the About Me KCM?
>> Why is the About Me information not filled out already from the Unix
>> account info and used everywhere in communications applications?
>> Why are there several places to configure input shortcuts (Input
>> Actions, Keyboard & Mouse)?
>>
>> Once you start looking the list goes on and on. I've singled out
>> System Settings, but if you actually look at how things are grouped
>> you start to see this everywhere.
>>
>> --
>> - Louai Al-Khanji
>>
>> >> Visit http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to
>> unsubscribe <<
>>
>
>
>
> --
> viwe lolwane. Intern
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>
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>
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viwe lolwane. Intern
S A Square Kilometer Array Telescope
cell +2782 367 9417
Phone (w) :021 531 7282
Fax:021 531 9761
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<div>Hi Louai.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>Please ignore the \
last message I send this message without reading the whole thread.<div>I think you \
have a point there.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"> \
</div><div>thanks.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:10 PM, \
viwe lolwane <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:ghostnet2000@gmail.com">ghostnet2000@gmail.com</a>></span> \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px \
#ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> Hi Louai.<div><br></div><div>Do you really want us to \
follow the microsoft OS, or any other third party operating system,</div><div>being \
unique could not hurt.<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Louai Al-Khanji <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:louai.khanji@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">louai.khanji@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div>> One more:<br>
> System settings categories are somewhat cluttered and can be grouped better<br>
> (for example Akonadi stuff and KDE resources could go into a new PIM \
category,<br> > CDDB retrieval and AudioCD somehow belong to multimedia, ...)<br>
<br>
</div>System Settings has a lot more inconsistencies.<br>
<br>
Why is the mouse theme set in Computer Administration -> Keyboard &<br>
Mouse instead of in Look & Feel -> Appearance?<br>
Why is there both Network & Connectivity -> Sharing and Advanced -><br>
System -> Samba?<br>
Why are there three places to set screen blanking? (Look & Feel -><br>
Desktop -> Screen Saver, Computer Administration -> Display -> Power<br>
Control, Advanced -> System -> Power Management)<br>
Why is setting up cameras in Advanced User Settings while Remote<br>
Controls are in Computer Administration?<br>
Why is setting *Paths* in the About Me KCM?<br>
Why is the About Me information not filled out already from the Unix<br>
account info and used everywhere in communications applications?<br>
Why are there several places to configure input shortcuts (Input<br>
Actions, Keyboard & Mouse)?<br>
<br>
Once you start looking the list goes on and on. I've singled out<br>
System Settings, but if you actually look at how things are grouped<br>
you start to see this everywhere.<br>
<br>
--<br>
<font color="#888888">- Louai Al-Khanji<br>
</font><div><div></div><div><br>
>> Visit <a href="http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub" \
target="_blank">http://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub</a> to \
unsubscribe <<<br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br \
clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br>viwe lolwane. Intern<br>S A Square Kilometer \
Array Telescope<br><br>cell +2782 367 9417<br>Phone (w) :021 531 7282<br>Fax:021 531 \
9761<br>Website: <a href="http://www.ska.ac.za" target="_blank">www.ska.ac.za</a><br>
</div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>viwe lolwane. Intern<br>S A Square \
Kilometer Array Telescope<br><br>cell +2782 367 9417<br>Phone (w) :021 531 \
7282<br>Fax:021 531 9761<br>Website: <a \
href="http://www.ska.ac.za">www.ska.ac.za</a><br>
</div>
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