Please see notes interspersed... On 3/27/02 8:18 PM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 3/27/02 8:11 PM, "Dan Frakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> on 3/27/02 3:49 PM, Paul Berkowitz at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> It's IE's way of conforming to standards: since most prefs you want >>> to set in IE are really Internet Config prefs anyway, you can set hem >>> from either IE or Internet Control Panel (now System Prefs), and >>> they're the same prefs, instead of conflicting. this was the issue >>> (plus Autofill) that finally got me to drop Netscape: Netscape was >>> always overriding Internet prefs, but IE conformed. That's because >>> they're the same prefs. >> >> But there are times you want two apps to use different prefs. Having them >> all trying to control the same preference file is a bad idea, IMO. A better >> solution would be to let the user choose whether IE should save to the >> master prefs or to use its own (and, vice versa, whether to use the master >> prefs file or its own). Figuring out a good interface for such functionality >> might be tricky, but it's certainly doable. >> > > Set the usual prefs from Internet Prefs or IE; set your freaky prefs that > pertain only to your other browser (how many different browsers using > different prefs do you need?) in the other browser. As a web developer, I have to run quite a few different browsers for testing. I understand that IE may wish to be the "usual" browser with Internet Prefs access, while other browsers are considered "freaky" -- but I don't see how that can be a sound architectural plan. > This sounds pretty > farfetched, anyway. IE gives the normal user an easy way to set all the > prefs he/she expects to find in one place, instead of doing some in > Internet, some in IE, and honors prefs set in Internet, which is honest, > decent and consistent, I think it's a good system. Actually, setting internet prefs for all applications in a browser's prefs panel is what I expect ... But only in Windows, with its shotgun wedding of the OS-makers browser with the OS. Why I should be setting prefs for my other Internet clients (FTP, RealPlayer, Newswatcher) in the Web browser is a mystery to me. Of course, if I only use Microsoft's clients, I don't have the problem ... Anyone see a pattern here? How about this: settings you want to be global could be set in a global "Internet Prefs" panel; settings that you want to be application-specific could be set in an application-specific panel. One level of overriding, readily accomplished in an XML world... -- Joshua -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
