Alternatives config

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On 23.07.2014 13:48, Marco Martin wrote:
>> I'm bringing back Icon Tasks for 5.1, and it would be nice to also
>> ship Netrunner's Expanding Icons Taskmanager (similar to Icon Tasks,
>> but launchers expand into regular tasks with labels when run, and
>> all windows appear on the bar, grouped together and drag as one).
>>
>> I'm conflicted whether to make these different behaviors full-blown
>> alternatives entries, or just options in the config dialog. The
>> alternatives UI does change the discoverability equation a bit, but
>> still. Thoughts?
>
> I would really prefer multiple widgets with few options each, but the code
> sharing issue is a valid point

I agree with Marco: The idea behind the alternatives switching was to 
make it as easy and discoverable as possible to switch between different 
solutions for the same purpose, so that would be preferred over config 
options (at least from the user experience perspective).