On Tue, 2007-04-10 at 05:02 -0600, Sankar P wrote: > If simplifying the preferences is what you two are looking for, I think > it will be sufficient if we just get rid of the instantaneous > click-and-apply model and start using buttons to launch dialogs with > not-so-commonly-used-options. Once we do not show all the options, the > preferences will not look so crowded. > > As somebody was once mentioning, firefox also has as many configuration > options as Evo has. And the way in which it is presented, (See attached > Screenshot) makes it look simple whereas in Evo we show all the options, > as in http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000734.html
I think our bloated Preferences dialog would best be alleviated by moving EPlugin-specific preferences to the Plugin Manager in the style of applications like Gaim/Pidgin and Rhythmbox, instead of allowing plugins to haphazardly pollute the main Preferences dialog. In other words, give the Plugin Manager a Configure button. Does that jibe with your statement about using buttons to launch dialogs with infrequently used options? Matthew Barnes _______________________________________________ Evolution-hackers mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-hackers
