RFC: KConfig XT (KDE 3.2)

[Neil Stevens]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

On Monday March 17, 2003 11:18, Benjamin Meyer wrote:
> 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:
> > > > 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.

You mentioned an excellent "hidden" feature.  Supporting hidden feature 
doesn't support what I'm saying here.  I'm specifically arguing *against* 
hiding features from the main app UI.

- -- 
Neil Stevens - neil at qualityassistant.com
"The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the
sheep thanks the shepherd as a liberator, while the wolf denounces him
for the same act as the destroyer of liberty." -- Abraham Lincoln
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQE+diDLf7mnligQOmERAphXAJ9LZS2OUo9VwT9vvyqmTC9KWZQm8ACdHMNo
TyD28KbRXwhFc04gYedLpeo=
=v7kr
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----