Re: [Usability] "Advanced" button?

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

Sincerely

Alan Horkan

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On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Kalle Vahlman wrote:

> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:53:15 +0200
> From: Kalle Vahlman <kalle vahlman gmail com>
> Reply-To: zuh iki fi
> To: usability gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Usability] "Advanced" button?
>
> On 2/16/06, Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, Thomas Winwood wrote:
> > It is true that in the balance between simplicity Gnome has gone for
> > simplicity first and only now are people really starting to look at
> > ways to add back the flexibility without making a horrible mess.
>
> Really? I thought it was always about making everything work so that
> it was not _necessary_ to tweak it, which of course doesn't mean that
> people would not _want_ to tweak it.

Cannot please everyone.  There will always be a few who will want to tweak
things but as you say would should able to set thing so most users never
need to.

- Alan