From kde-usability  Fri Jan 07 15:21:21 2005
From: Leo Savernik <l.savernik () aon ! at>
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 15:21:21 +0000
To: kde-usability
Subject: Re: Superlous configuration?
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Am Donnerstag, 6. Januar 2005 18:50 schrieb Charles de Miramon:
> Le Mercredi 5 Janvier 2005 20:54, Leo Savernik a =E9crit :
> > The problem here is this:
> > - extension added against KDE x.y
> > - extension unmaintained for KDE x.y+1
> > - extension crashes for KDE x.y+2
> > etc.
> >
> > It'll become the same mess as it's currently with firefox. It becomes
> > unstable very quickly when adding extensions. Going with the very stable
> > vanilla firefox is, erm, too vanilla.
>
> You made a good point. Is the plugin mess in Firefox related to the fact
> that they are scripts and not really plugins.

To a certain degree, yes. It's a bigger (psychological) hurdle to set up an=
=20
autoconf/automake/c++ development environment than to fire up a text editor=
=20
and hammer in some javascript.

> But we already have today a=20
> lot of addons (KFileReplace, babelfish, etc..) for Konqui. I have install=
ed
> a lot of them and I don't have an option to take them away easily.=20

Correct. They can't be removed and are installed from the very beginning on=
=2E=20
So they get the same amount of testing coverage as built-in parts, and in=20
fact, they appear to people like built-ins.

> It is an=20
> Interface problem.

Well, it's been a human-machine-interface problem: Konqueror HEAD features =
a=20
menu point "Configure plugins...", so removal/deactivation becomes possible.

Yet my point stays valid. Those plugins not installed along with the app by=
=20
default will suffer sooner or later.
>
> Cheers,
> Charles

mfg
 Leo

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