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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Bug#43832: No way to set default page to open up by default
From:       Thomas Zander <zander () planescape ! com>
Date:       2002-06-12 17:42:41
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Without going into this long monologue I want to point out that KWord
is an application that has been build on the premise of how it should
be done.
I am in a position where I deal with professional DTP users and (lots
more) simple users. 

I also like UI design.

Your points are well taken, but I am not going follow the way things
have been done for millenia and nobody changes because nobody dares
to simply because you want to, you are going to have better arguments
then that.

In short; the argument 'I don't want to see this dialog since I never
use it' is not a good enough argument for me, as I showed in other emails.
I have not heard other arguments since 'I am sure others feel like me'
is not much more of an argument, now is it?




> > I don't think the current behavior should change.
> 
> ****
> What is so hard about adding a option box to the dialog "make my
> selection default"? Or "don't show this dialog box again"? Ignoring
> everything else, this would be a solution that should be amicable to
> both sides of this debate, at the cost of one checkbox and a few lines
> of code.  
> ****
> 

Its not hard; but another option in the dialog only has the reversed
effect; more widgets on screen is bad.

> > If this changes, how can the user choose another template?
>
> File->New ??

Inconsistent behavior is worse. Opening a file and then opening another to 
get the dialog you wanted in the first place?

-- 
Thomas Zander                                           zander@planescape.com
                                                 We are what we pretend to be

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