On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Josh Dady wrote:

> >>> Apple's HI guidelines are quite specific that configuration choices
> >>> should be made, whenever possible, by the programmer and not by the
> >>> user.

> >"To reduce the complexity of your application, make decisions about 
> >which features to implement as preferences based on what your users 
> >really need. The key is to implement as preferences only those features 
> >that your users find useful. [continues...]"

> The latter does not imply the former -- these two statements have vastly
> different scope.

Yes, they certainly do.

> The second statement implies that the Camino developers should not add
> several additional preference panes to control what color and style of
> socks the browser will assume I'm wearing while reading the news.  
> The first statement implies that the Camino developers should
> completely remove the font-related preferences, as the developers
> would ordinarily choose an appropriate font during the localization
> process, and therefore these settings are just needless complication
> that no one uses.

Yes. And neither statement supports the notion that there should be no
preference pane to allow the user to turn type-ahead searching on or off.

DS

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