Re: Cache and Store

* Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-11 16:40:44]:

> On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 15:25 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> > * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-11 14:08:32]:
> > 
> > > On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 12:42 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> > > > * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-11 08:19:49]:
> > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 22:47 +0200, Florent Daignière wrote:
> > > > > > * Bob Ham <[email protected]> [2007-05-10 21:45:59]:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > > This is a real cognitive problem showing up right there.  It isn't your
> > > > > > > responsibility to second-guess the user.  There are valid reasons for
> > > > > > > the node to have this functionality.  The only reason for it not to is
> > > > > > > to inhibit users.  That's what Microsoft do.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Indeed... and experience has shown that it works.
> > > > > 
> > > > > What do you mean "it works"?  What does it work to do?
> > > > > 
> > > > ...
> > >
> > > You didn't answer the question.  What do you mean "it works"?
> > 
> > I did in the part you've stripped. Inhibiting users seems to be
> > something that most of them like.
> 
> I couldn't see anything relating to inhibiting users in the part that I
> stripped.  Also, I'm still not sure what the answer to my question is.
> 
> Perhaps I'm not making myself clear.  There's a goal which you're saying
> is achieved by inhibiting users (at least that's what I understand by
> the phrase "it works.")  What is the goal?  What does inhibiting users
> achieve?

Improving the usability, providing them  an interface like they are used
to. Not  inhibiting them would  force us  to document what  side effects
changing that setting might have; It's not something we want to dedicate
ressources on doing.

NextGen$

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