Re: autocompletion
Jeff Waugh <[email protected]>
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<quote who="Jonathan Sambrook"> > > > The actual completion key should be configurable. > > > > You have got to be kidding... > > Nope. It exists as an option I've made use of elsewhere. So since it > enabled me, as a user, to set my preference, I know that it is something > (at least one) user had a preference on. If the software behaved correctly, the preference would not be required. Preferences are for stuff that is actually preferential, not for unbreaking the software (interface or behaviour). > > *Please* make an effort to think about *solving* things before throwing > > preferences at them. The software is much, much better for it. > > In general I agree that "everything is a preference" is bad for > maintainability, explicability, etc. What are the criteria y'all operate > by for creating new preferences? (It seems to be a sensitive issue round > here...) The 'Question of Preferences' section in Havoc's 'Free Software UI' doc is a good summary of GNOME's approach to preferences and usability: http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html It's very simple, and not inflexible. It applies (and I believe, solves) many of the 'sensitive' discussions about Galeon's user interface. - Jeff -- "People keep asking me why we aren't married, and he says, 'Every time I am about to ask you, you do something annoying'." - Kate Beckinsdale ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Get the new Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0002en