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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: KControl
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-09-20 4:12:27
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On Friday 20 September 2002 08:53, Poletti Don wrote:
> >* "Internet & Network -> Preferences" might be renamed to
> >something more
> >suitable.
>
> For reference this panel has time settings for sockets and 2
> checkboxes for some ftp settings.
>
> I HATE this panel. I've done a good bit of network programming and
> I have no idea what parts of KDE will be effected by these.

all of them that use IOSlaves for network communication. they are most useful 
for people on slow and/or broken connections... it allows one to set the 
timeouts so that if you are on a network where latencies tend to be stupidly 
high, you can still use KDE apps by making them "more patient" ... 
conversely, if you are on a high-quality low-latency-to-everywhere network, 
you can set these lower to get quick feedback on broken connections... 

> At best I would suggest splitting off the ftp boxes and
> moving them to components and named FTP. I'm assuming that
> some embedded ftp functions use these.

the ftp ioslave.. which is used whenever you access ftp via a KDE app (e.g. 
konqueror)

> Who or what uses the socket timings? I think these should
> be removed. 

when did "i don't know the purpose of this" become a good argument for "it 
should be removed"? maybe it has a good purpose, and you just don't know 
about it. i'd suggest FIRST discovering what it does and then asking one's 
self if it needs to be clearer in the panel, whether it needs to be 
redesigned, or if it can indeed be removed.

> Generally these are kernel parameters and I

kernel parameters?

> think belong in a config file somewhere not KControl.

removing GUI altogether may not be the best idea, but perhaps repositioning 
them somewhere less obtrusive, or perhaps providing an actual explanation of 
what those times do in the panel would be a help...

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Aaron J. Seigo
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