Jens Hatlak wrote:
Bill Davidsen wrote:
Is there any doc on all those config fields, particularly those
which only appear when you know they exist?
No.
Would make submitting a useful bug report easier, and source is not
really a great resource, even if you know how to read it, it takes
time.
Prefs that do not show up by default in about:config are not meant to be
used by average users, that's why they're only to be found in the source
code. Theoretically one could build a list of prefs from source but that
would only be a snapshot then because the source can (and will!) change
at any time, constantly. If there's a chance that a pref is used by more
people it should go to the Preferences panel (SeaMonkey mentality) or be
findable in about:config (Firefox mentality, SeaMonkey fallback).
OTOH the average user won't have to care about the two prefs that caused
the problem here once the bug fix is available as part of the next release.
Do you have any idea how elitist that sounds?
Dozens of people have filed bugs, discussed this on servers, in chat rooms, and
on other mailing lists. But they're just average users, and because this stuff
means their user agent doesn't work they do care a great deal. And will the next
time some totally undocumented option is needed to make some common task work.
The tone of your "average user" comments shows how little you value other
people's time.
Because this stuff might change is exactly why about:config should dump all
available values. Or call it about:everything. People already know they may
break something, and things may change, what's new? And if I were developing
this stuff, I'd love to have a handy way to jog my memory for the name of the
option someone else created, and which supposedly breaks my code.
--
Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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