RFC: KConfig XT (KDE 3.2)

Benjamin Meyer ben at meyerhome.net
Mon Mar 17 19:18:36 GMT 2003


On Monday 17 March 2003 1:40 pm, Neil Stevens wrote:
> On Monday March 17, 2003 06:20, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> > On Monday 17 March 2003 7:56 am, Alexander Kellett wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 08:51:32PM -0800, Neil Stevens wrote:
> > > > You're right.  The fact that I'd not heard of it proves it's not
> > > > being used as a reason to strip down KControl.  That's great.
> > > >
> > > :)
> > >
> > > i think that taking the existance of kconfedit into account
> > > could limit the size of the configuration dialogs by a fair
> > > bit in some places, its quite obvious that some options are
> > > there that are not needed by even 1% of the users. reducing
> > > the need that devels feel to add ui's for all these obscure
> > > options will probably increase devel productivity also.
> >
> > The big option that comes to mind is the ability to turn on/off the menu
> > bar. users are always confused about it and the only real use I know of
> > is for fullscreen (i.e. kiosk or presentation).  This would be an
> > excellent "hidden" feature.
>
> Well, that's the only real use you know of, but I've been asked for that in
> the past.  Trust developers here.  They're the ones who hear from their
> users, not you.

Wow not only was I supporting it by giving an example, but you know of a fact 
that I am developer for you have worked with me on a number of projects where 
you and me were the only developers (or close enough).  I am in awe.

-Benjamin Meyer





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