Chad Smith wrote: > On Firefox, all of those options (and more - like saved passwords and > form info) is in one place, called "Privacy" - and it took me all of 6 > clicks to clear them all.
If you're willing to lose your passwords, it's 3 clicks. :-) You may be interested in this article: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20050123185736414 The top few paragraphs are about the design philosphy of Firefox. It's beautiful. I'll quote my favourite part, this is the original Firefox developer speaking: "I remember sitting on IRC with Dave, Ben and Asa painstakingly debating feature after feature, button after button, pixel after pixel, always trying to answer the same basic question: does this help mom use the web? If the answer was no, the next question was: does this help mom's teenage son use the web? If the answer was still no, the feature was either excised entirely or (occasionally) relegated to config file access only. Otherwise, it was often moved into an isolated realm that was outside of mom's reach but not her son's, like the preferences window." > To me, this particular feature should be a button or a menu option, > because it's something that many people do often enough to merit space > on the menu bar, or even a button (which, I believe one of Firefox's > extensions does for you). But the point is, and I'm getting off track, > reworking the whole preferences idea is possible, profitable, and needed. I agree. Sadly, considering this project's utter inability to even change a stupid screenshot on the front page for 18 months, I'm not expecting this UI to change right away. However, we can try to make progress. Pick battles we can win, and try to move the project towards a mindset of action and usability. Cheers, -- Daniel Carrera | I know everything, I just can't remember Join OOoAuthors today! | it all at once. http://www.oooauthors.org | :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
