Re: 321770 - Filter on Last 20 Rolls

["Dotan Cohen" <dotancohen gmail com>]

On 03/10/06, Patrick Wagstrom <wagspat iit edu> wrote:
> That should read "Novice users SHOULD know not to touch things in there
> that they don't understand."  But, the fact of the matter is, they
> don't, and for good reason - putting something in front of the user is
> the equivalent of saying "Play with Me".  The beauty of GNOME is in it's
> simplicity - great strides have been taken to make GNOME more simple
> while retaining the power.  Making a GConf key for this seems like the
> optimal solution - giving power while maintaining simplicity.
>
> For more information on this topic, you may want to check out Jeff
> Waugh's talk on freedom and design vs megapixel.  He gave the talk as a
> keynote at FOSDEM and, more recently, at Ohio LinuxFest.  You can find
> his FOSDEM talk at:
>
> http://free-electrons.com/pub/video/fosdem2006-jeff-waugh-keynote.ogg

Yes, this is the attitude Linus was talking about when stating his
preference of KDE over Gnome. Note that I'm a KDE user, so I do feel
that these options should be present. But, as F-Spot is a Gnome app,
then I agree that it should stand in the Gnome philosophy, even if
that means babying the user. I'll try to keep that in mind when
suggesting UI imporvements.

Maybe an sub-menu in Preferences, labeled Advanced, would be a good
place for options such as these. Please, don't let this thread turn
into a Gnome-vs-KDE thread because I happened to mention them both. I
hate flame wars.

Dotan Cohen
http://gmail-com.com