idea: kpersonalizer to ask for user 'type'

[Aaron J. Seigo]

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On February 18, 2004 07:11, George Staikos wrote:
> >     http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-core-devel&m=98944039129759&w=2
>
>    Which is why I suggested that instead of user 'type' or 'level', we can
> provide a choice along the lines of:
>
> 1) minimalist desktop
> 2) featureful desktop
> 3) whatever other choice the user may want
> ...
> n) customize

we have KPersonalizer that does much of this. but extending it to 
per-application and per-configuration panel settings doesn't work for all the 
reasons people have cited.

maybe if we keep moving this conversation to different email lists we'll 
eventually find support for the idea of user levels.. hmmmm...

>    You don't categorize the user, you let the user choose.  Remember that
> KDE as we provide it is not KDE as is shipped to end users with their
> distro anyway.  The people who use "our" KDE are people compiling with CVS
> or source packages.  They are capable of basic decisions.  Distros will
> customize as they see fit.

the "distros will customize" argument is IMHO just an excuse, and it works 
against creating a solid KDE brand which is not good for our users and not 
good for the project.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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