On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:24 PM, Edward K. Ream <[email protected]> wrote:
> In some other thread, Ville mentioned that settings are often a > symptom of bad design. I'm glad he made that remark. It's > provocative, and I think it is a reasonable assertion. The great > P.J.Plauger once described such settings as akin to an adjustment know > on the back of a TV set. It's a symptom of potential trouble. > > Ville, can you provide the link that you gave in your original post. > I had intended to read it, and now I don't seem to be able to find it. http://ometer.com/free-software-ui.html And to recap, here's a particular quote that has stuck in mind: QQQ Preferences keep people from fixing real bugs. One of the more amusing functions in GNU Emacs is "menu-bar-enable-clipboard." Now that KDE is fixed, Emacs is basically the last remaining X application that insists on having cut and paste that doesn't work correctly. So they have this function "menu-bar-enable-clipboard" which basically means "please make my cut and paste work correctly." Why is this an option? I call this kind of preference the "unbreak my application please" button. Just fix the app and be done with it. QQQ -- Ville M. Vainio http://tinyurl.com/vainio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
