Re: [Usability] "Advanced" button?

[Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ freenet de>]

On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 03:09:09PM +0000, Thomas Winwood wrote:
> GNOME has the image in the Linux community of being simplistic or 
> featureless due to its preference not to add an option for everything 
> under the sun. Why does GNOME not use an Advanced button to hide pickier 
> settings keeping the regular user's experience the clean GNOME look 
> which is desired?

That image is of rather no importance in light of the target 
audience.

"Pickier" settings are available via gconf-editor.

Advanced buttons or tabs are no good, because that label is so generic, 
the user doesn't know what to expect. Not to forget the existance of 
such a place is an invation to cram stuff into it.

Allthough ... maybe KDE is the 'Advanced' button of GNOME ;)


Cheers,
Thorsten Wilms