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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: Proposal for KControl
From:       Simon Edwards <simon () simonzone ! com>
Date:       2002-06-30 9:42:14
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Hi,

> On Saturday 29 June 2002 23:13, Waldo Bastian wrote:
> > On Saturday 29 June 2002 03:54 pm, Joseph Wenninger wrote:
> > > > Why do we have an "Information" group?  What does that have to do
> > > > with a _Control_ center?

errrr.... because the same information that is provided is relevant to 
configuring other aspects of the system. Configuration and "getting info" 
about a system are closely related tasks when you think about it.

The "Information" group has got to go still. "Information" as a 
concept/grouping doesn't fit the other groups. "Information" is a different 
kind of thing than "Network" or "Sound". 

What I would like to see is the "Peripherals" top level get renamed to 
something people understand, like "Hardware". All the read-only hardware 
information 'controls' (Block Devices, IO-Ports etc) be put together onto one 
'control' page using tabs. This new merged control should then, logically be 
placed under the "Hardware" top level group... and called "Information".

> > > I don't know. I've thought for a long time that it would be better
> > > to split it into it's own "System Information" Container
> > > application (which could be a special mode of the Control Center
> > > Applications)
> >
> > I like that. I can make a patch for that if people like.
> I do like that. If nothing else, it removes an entire toplevel entry in
> the control center without losing any functionality.

Please don't go making patches yet. This topic needs to be discussed and 
planned out properly first.  Re-organising the control center is a big job 
and one that this list should go about doing in a systematic way.  (I just 
wish I had the time right now do finish the Control Center catalogue, and put 
some real thought into a re-organisation, and making up some _good_ top level 
categories... other things must come first right now I'm afraid..)

cheers,

-- 
Simon Edwards             | Guarddog Firewall
simon@simonzone.com       | http://www.simonzone.com/software/
Nijmegen, The Netherlands | "ZooTV? You made the right choice."


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