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List:       lyx-devel
Subject:    Re: enable continuous spellcheck by default?
From:       Jean-Marc Lasgouttes <lasgouttes () lyx ! org>
Date:       2013-03-27 12:59:09
Message-ID: 5152ED1D.7060307 () lyx ! org
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26/03/2013 19:47, Pavel Sanda:
> Features should be enabled by their usage not because someone might not become
> aware of it.
> If most people switch it on _then_ enabling it by default makes sense.

We do not have any real data about usage anyway so other arguments can 
make sense. Having telemetry would be fun.

> The firefox example above has nice demonstration of such option - I must have
> been switching off this "always show tabbar" feature so many times and yet the
> only functional relevance of single tab is to tell "hey, we know tabs, aren't
> we cool?" otherwise its just stealing vertical place in the browser. Now to
> deliver this hint is just one time thing even for those people who never heard
> of tabs. All other folks have to pay for this single moment and to me this
> price is unacceptably high.

Personally I keep this lone tab because I often use tabs and do not like 
to have my screen jump when a new tab is open. But I understand what you 
mean.

JMarc
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