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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Printer configuring
From:       Ferdinand Gassauer <gassauer () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-08-01 11:06:35
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On Tuesday 31 July 2001 17:47, Michael Goffioul wrote:
> > > IMO, what could be done to avoid part of the problem, is to integrate
> > > the default paper size into localization settings, so that the default
> > > page size will always be correct.
> >
> > Or at least a question in kpersonalizer ( I know I have a different or
> > extended opinion on the purpose of kpersonalizer ;-).
>
> You may think about a configuration widget where the user would setup his
> default print settings (something accesible easily from the print manager
> or some other place -> see below). The fact is that I only have PageSize in
> mind, maybe there are some other system-wide options that could be setup:
>
> Option		Possible in Qt-2.3.x
> ------		--------------------
> pagesize		Yes
> orientation		Yes
> margins			No
>
> Any other idea?
>
> > IMHO it should lead the user to a functional desktop without digging
> > through kcontrol, hence asking for printing, mail/news settings and font
> > size and may be others.  These settings are at least as important as
> > styles and other optical effects.
>
> AFAIK, kpersonilalizer is only intended for graphical setup, not for system
> configuration. However you may think about an easier access to some
> features of the print system, notably from start menu. In the area of
> "Quick Browser", you may think about a "Printers" submenu containing
> something like:
>
> Add printer
> Global settings
> ---------------
> <list of installed printers>
>
> Selecting the first item would popup the wizard, the second item would
> popup a global config dialog (like default Page Size), and selecting a
> printer would start the job viewer for that printer
>
> I think it is possible to "plug" something into the start menu, but I don't
> know how, and moreover I don't know if many people would find it useful.
> Comments?

IMHO for private (home) users the distinction between system wide settings 
and private desktop does not (yet) exist.
I aggree it's up to the distributors to ask most of the questions, but it's 
up to _a_ KDE setup wizzard to provide a way that the KDE desktop "works" 
after the "first install" which kpersonalizer give the inpression if a new 
userer reads the text. He/she will not understand that the printing, email, 
internet access etc settings  are NOT part of the basic setup. 
At minimum I'd like that kpersonalizer asks these question, pointing out that 
something migth have to be done. 
Tests:
* print a test page
* connect to the internet
I would considers this userfriendly and a key to success in the SOHO market.
>
> Bye.
> Michael.

-- 
cu
ferdinand
on SuSE 7.0 current CVS
 
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