[telepathy] [Bug 318660] make height of the input text box configurable

[Alin M Elena]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=318660

--- Comment #9 from Alin M Elena <alinm.elena at gmail.com> ---
so you have a case of a feature that has obviously no absolute solution -- you
yourself acknowledged that this was already a much divisive and debated issue
in another community which was concluded by adding an option and instead of
learning from their experience -- and you advise to ignore lessons of history
and embrace a bullish attitude... the developer knows better.

I gave you above valid use cases for both 1 or 2 lines... and you say that does
not warrant an option... In your opinion, can you give some examples of
features that do need to have an option? Would be also nice to hear your
usability argument for 2 lines on a 11" or smaller screen.

Freedom to configure software is not a monstrosity how you put it. I have
serious doubts that was one at kde 3.5 time also... So I suspect you are a
supporter of this marketing movement that goes around in kde at the moment that
choice is bad (that is a dogmatic, anti-liberal and anti-progressive stance
from whatever point of view you want to argue). I really fail to see any merit
in your argument against configuration. While I may agree with you that
presenting all the options in a configure menu as default view is overwhelming,
I really do not think that removing the options is the solution -- redesign the
way in which they are presented... 

I will explain you why, for me, is important to have a one line text input. I
use konversation which is a one line input and I use gtalk mobile version which
is a one line input (on my adroid even the sms input is one line)... changing
to a two line input is a real nuisance(gtalk offers that in their web app, I
experienced it already and gave up on it)... For me is simple to make a
decision on what application to use if does not offer what I need. If I want to
use software build under the motto "we know better what is good for you" I
would revert to mac osx that came with the hardware.

While I agree that a user that uses only ktp-text-ui for IM can adapt, it is
not the case for users like me who use multiple applications.

to conclude, text-ui, in the behaviour section, has at the moment 3 options do
you really think that adding one more, that offers freedom to users, transforms
ktp-text-ui in a monstrosity?
if adding a fourth create unimaginable strain on users who can engage no more
than 2 neurons at any given moment of time, we can put and advanced tab and
there add the liberating features.

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