2005-07-27, 14:19
i completely disagree. the best way to avoid people mucking around with settings is to not have them in the gui. plus, having them in the gui leads to code to display it which is bloat. plus layout difficulties and so on. they're advanced settings, which, though will be documented in the online manual, are for advanced users only. advanced users are quite capable of editting an xml file to change a couple of settings. furthermore, these are one-off type settings - it's not the sort of thing you need to enable or disable regularly.
the gui settings should be reserved for things that the user needs to (or could need to) change on a fairly regular basis. the fewer settings we have in the gui, the more user friendly the product is.
it benefits both new users (less confusion due to less settings) and power users (who are gonna configure things the way they want, and are quite happy to edit an xml file to do so).
cheers,
jonathan
the gui settings should be reserved for things that the user needs to (or could need to) change on a fairly regular basis. the fewer settings we have in the gui, the more user friendly the product is.
it benefits both new users (less confusion due to less settings) and power users (who are gonna configure things the way they want, and are quite happy to edit an xml file to do so).
cheers,
jonathan