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 _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
