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

[Dimitar Pashov]

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

--- Comment #14 from Dimitar Pashov <dpashov01 at qub.ac.uk> ---
http://community.kde.org/KTp/Usability : Almost "no comment", i guess someone
probably thought it was funny. Cool! It is not my cup of tea and won't judge
it. If you however have actual thoughts on how to define these target users I
am interested.

>From the code of conduct:
    1. Be considerate
    2. Be respectful
    3. Be collaborative
    4. Be pragmatic
    5. Support others in the community
    6. Get support from others in the community

With all respect it is not the place here to speak about literature so I will
not elaborate on my sincere recommendation. Your totalitarian approach however
does breach a number of the stated principles in the code of conduct, at least
1, 3, 4, 5, 6.

You are giving example with colours, to this I can only say you haven't got any
number of users so far to be able to say whether they go on with it or not. 
I stated my reasons for preferring larger box, Alin stated arguments for both
choices, as mentioned already there was a heated exchange in pidgin over this
issue so I hope you understand not all people share the same preferences for
little things like this. I am OK with the colours but I can assure you if
someone really does not like them then discovers it is impossible to change
them chances are you are not going to hear from them unless they are already
invested. When ktp grows and many people start using it this kind of thing
thing will not fly. A quick consultation with google told me one can change the
colours in iChat for example. But enough with specifics.

Now what is really the problem with inclusion of a minority of people who have
different perception of beauty? How is excluding them helping anything? You may
say KDE3 style configuration hell, well if this ever existed how about simply
not showing all configurations? It looks a lot more considerate, respectful,
inclusive, collaborative, pragmatic etc.. to me. You are not going to look at
my screen and typing in my input box all day every day neither am I am going to
dictate how you use your chat window. If the problem is not technical as you
said then how is such covert inclusion not an usability improvement?

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