Re: [Usability]Embedding capplets in application preferences

[Andrew Sobala <andrew sobala net>]

On Fri, 2002-11-22 at 20:11, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 22, 2002 at 01:58:53PM -0600, Joshua Adam Ginsberg wrote:
> > 
> > Suggestions for improvement or an alternate visual cue?
> > 
> 
> See the other thread about the GNOME menu button, as well,
> specifically the asktog link.
> 

It doesn't have to say "GNOME" - in fact it shouldn't - but I don't see
any objections to the general design. The text could be "System wide
settings" or a similar string.

> I'm not sure we're solving a real problem. When would you want a
> per-app proxy? If never, then it's not an issue.
> 

That's not the issue. The issue is that in a web browser, you'd want a
way for the user to set a proxy. That should change the system wide
preferences, but in a way that is obvious what it's doing. It's not a
per-app setting.

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Andrew Sobala <andrew sobala net>