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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: Settings vs. View
From:       David Faure <david () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       2001-07-31 13:18:56
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On Tuesday 31 July 2001 13:53, Lenny wrote:
> Ok, this might be a general kde-topic, but since karbon is yet a
> koffice-app i try to start a flame war here first.
> 
> <lenny's pov>
> "Settings" is about changing how stuff/the application behaves.
> "View" is about showing/hiding stuff
> </lenny's pov>
> 
> At least that's a standard interpretation in the world outside of kde.
> 
> Artists are quite picky about how their favorite application looks and
> feels. Having "show toolbar blah" in "settings" feels totally wrong to me.

That's definitely a KDE-wide issue, since e.g. Konqueror and KMail have
those things under Settings. Please discuss this on a KDE-wide list
(kde-core-devel, kde-devel, or maybe kde-look).
We can't take a decision that would affect kmail and konqueror, on this list.

-- 
David FAURE, david@mandrakesoft.com, faure@kde.org
http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~david/, http://www.konqueror.org/
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