idea: kpersonalizer to ask for user 'type'

[Friedrich W. H. Kossebau]

Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2004 12:41 schrieb Adriaan de Groot:
> On Wednesday 18 February 2004 12:26, Friedrich W. H.  Kossebau wrote:
> > Am Mittwoch, 18. Februar 2004 10:38 schrieb Stephan Kulow:
> > > On Tuesday 17 February 2004 15:38, Janne Karhunen wrote:
> > > > way - kpersonalizer exists already. Why not make it to ask
> > > > for user level and do the settings accordingly? IMHO asking
> > > > this would be FAR more important than asking for a theme to
> > > > be used.
> > >
> > > Welcome to the real world: People have different views in what
> > > level they are in than you might configure for them.
> >
> > With e.g. "Home", "SOHO", "Coder", "Scientist", "Geek",
> > "InsertYourTypeHereIfCommon" there could be more suited default layouts
> > that would please more people.
>
> As Stephan already said: there are different views on what level people are
> and what a particular type implies - as well as that we can get into
> endless bikeshedding over what one particular type would want.
>
> Let's put it another way: I'm having an identity crisis. I need your advice
> on which type I am. My computer stands at home. I code for KDE CVS. I'm a
> computer scientist who does proof theory on the machine. I'm also a geek
> with glasses. So which type do I fill in?

:) Nitpicker. Uhm, no, perhaps that which you are most often ;) I do not say 
that such a categorization will match anyone but it might come closer to 
hopefully most than one plain setup, in the beginning, that is.

Of course the profiles should have some description to help one to find the 
one coming closest.

> Gosh, that's hard to say. The more so that I have absolutely no clue
> whether scientists want konsole on kicker or not. _Supposing_ I knew that I
> wanted konsole on kicker, how would I find out which profile to use?

It's not only about Konsole but also other apps, about number of desktops and 
things I right don't know which :/

Yes, I lack any numbers, as I said, it's about the idea. It was a proposal to 
solve the conflict about what the default setup should look like, by offering 
a set of setups. But if noone picks it up or thinks it doable, that's it.

Friedrich