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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KDE Control Center
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-08-05 18:24:19
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On Monday 05 August 2002 09:36, Poletti Don wrote:
> One argument I heard for having the application setting here is if
> it is a componet it could be embedded in another app with no way to
> set the preferences. I don't have a good solution but I'm against having
> them in the control panel.

IMO they should remain in the control center, but be moved to their own tree. 
therefore you would end up with items such as konsole, knewsticker, component 
chooser, etc.. in a common tree. why? they are all "components" or 
"application parts"

> 2) Look'n'Feel. This has a large sub-tree. in fact everything could be
> here since its a gui. This has to be re-thought/re-named or removed. I'm
> leaning toward removed. I think this was really meant as appearance and
> should only have themes/styles but other stuff has gotten in there.

it's close to being ok now. it should be renamed though, as Look 'n Feel is 
indeed misleading / useless as a name. it also has a few items in there still 
that shouldn't be (screensaver)

> 3) Themes/styles/individual setting. A theme can set you colors/icons
> background etc. but then there are individual dialogs for the colors
> icons etc. Should these be linked in some way. I had stopped using

yes, they should. oh to find someone willing to code it!

> I'm hoping to declutter the CC but making the individual dialogs
> simplier. For instance the new backgroud dialog is a single panel
> and doesn't have tabs. Possible this can be made a tab on the desktop
> dialog thus removing one entry from the CC.

exactly. this "split all the panels apart and reorganize them according to 
whim" is not a magic wand =/

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Aaron J. Seigo
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