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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: New KListView - Grouping items
From:       Kenneth Wimer <kwwii () bootsplash ! org>
Date:       2007-02-11 18:55:51
Message-ID: 200702111955.52011.kwwii () bootsplash ! org
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As much as I hate to quote him, here goes:

"While hackers can be very good at designing interfaces for other hackers, 
they tend to be poor at modeling the thought processes of the other 95% of 
the population well enough to write interfaces that J. Random End-User and 
his Aunt Tillie will pay to buy." — Eric S. Raymond, 1999


On Sunday 11 February 2007 19:04:33 Rafael Fernández López wrote:
> > I would prefer to see more emphasis on "doing the right thing out of
> > the box", and leave out extensive customizability in the first
> > iteration of a feature, it can always be added later.
> >
> > My observations are that a common dialogue between KDE developers goes
> > like this:
> >
> > first developer:  When the user does X , Y should happen.
> > second developer:  When the user does X, Z should happen.
> > first developer:  Lets make it configurable!
> > second developer:  OK
>
> I see it more like: I have hard-coded this, damn I should't have done so !!
> Ok, let's wait what people say:
>
> More or less, if we suppose I only have received 10 mails (or feedbacks
> from different parts), 9 said it rocked, and 1 said it was too much
> (joining items). Well if we want to go for all users, I think is not so
> painful having a configuration tab (say on future kcontrol) for handling
> selections. That would keep all users happy, and help customize the
> desktop.
>
> I see your point, but I see my point too... so is hard to take a decision.
> I would really like to hear from others.
>
> So waiting for your comments :)
>
> Bye,
> Rafael Fernández López.
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