[Konversation-devel] [Bug 211725] Konversation has a bad default configuration

[Eike Hein]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211725


Eike Hein <hein at kde.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |RESOLVED
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX




--- Comment #6 from Eike Hein <hein kde org>  2009-10-27 08:47:39 ---
> - Left tab is required to allow having more than 20 channels and keep a usable ihm.

Most users don't start out joining 20 channels, and with relatively few
channels, the treelist version of the tab bar is a waste of screen space. Our
defaults are designed to cater to new users, not power users. We expect power
users to be able to change the position of the tab bar on their own.


> - Activate trayicon like does kopete, that way end user will know there is this possibility


We strongly object to applications polluting the system tray by default. Tray
icons should be opt-in, not opt-out. We also don't believe in enabling features
by default merely to advertise their existence; that is bad software
development practice.


> - Skip useless event and similar are mandatory to avoid beeing notified by
anoying bot or similar noise on non-unix-guru channels

That join/part/nick events are "useless" is your personal opinion. It is not
ours. We do not believe that an IRC client should hide them from users by
default, and indeed no popular IRC client I'm aware of does.


> - downloadPath is required to finish sending files in non xdg dir

This has been discussed with our DCC maintainer -- he likes it and will make
the change.


> - log is required to finish send logs in home dir

I can't see any compelling reasons to hide the logfiles in a hidden directory
structure where they're difficult to access. IRC users tend to want to grep
their logfiles frequently; the default log path reflects that.


I understand that you prefer to have your IRC client configured differently,
and that's fine, that's why we have these options. Defaults are not for
everyone. But please do realize that in chosing the defaults, we have a greater
audience to consider than just you, or ourselves for that matter.

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