Re: [Evolution-hackers] UAM

[Matthew Barnes <mbarnes redhat com>]

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