there is still the 'cost' of having that option, it doesn't matter if there is a UI for it or not.
in fact, having no UI for it is even worse than having a UI for it in terms of cost. http://www106.pair.com/rhp/free-software-ui.html Jeff On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:15, Kevin Bowen wrote: > Now admittedly I'm a bit of a noob, so there may be some reason I'm overlooking that >this hasn't been suggested yet, but to me it seems like the obvious solution would be >to make this a pref, but not expose it in evolution's prefs dialogs, only editable in >gconf. Wouldn't everyone be happy that way? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brett Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Evolution] UI choices > > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:46, Andrew Cowie wrote: > > Uh guys, rather than arguing about the correct way to do it, why not > > follow your thought to its logical conclusion? > > > > SOME people want it one way. SOME OTHER people want it a different way. > > So add the power to the interface to choose between them. > > > > Flexibility is, after all, the hall mark of the Open world, and opposed > > to the "though shalt only do it this proscribed way" which is what > > pisses so many of us off about Outlook and friends. Outlook is great > > software, but you can't *control* it! Please don't make Evolution like > > that. > > Amen Brother and Hallelujah! > > Dumbing down the interface to satisfy the novice, while sacrificing > advanced functionality and flexibility for everyone else is *exactly* > what's *wrong* with Windows. If Gnome (and by extension, Evolution) > continues to follow the same path, it won't be any more appealing than > Windows/Outlook (or KDE/Kmail for that matter). Please, evolution > developers, don't follow this path. It leads to darkness... > > Cheers! -- Jeffrey Stedfast Evolution Hacker - Ximian, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - www.ximian.com _______________________________________________ evolution maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/evolution
