Re: [Nautilus-list] Mounting preferences - the death of options.

[Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org>]

<quote who="Michael Meeks">

> 	Shall we determine where this crusade to reduce user choice is going
> before going too much further ?

A lot of this is discussed on the usability list. Some of the goals are
described in the Human Interface Guidelines draft.

> I was totally unaware of the plan  to remove the user level until it
> seemed to be a done deal - I was under the impression that this was
> something that we would be using more ubiquitously, rather than axing
> altogether - what is going on ?

It was fairly widely regarded as a hindrance to usability on a number of
accounts. Indeed, the behaviour certainly doesn't assist your example of the
user unaware of an option: "Oh, you have to be in the advanced user level to
even see that one!"

Usability list archives are a worthy reference for all of this stuff.

- Jeff

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