Re: [Usability] Configuration of Gnome

["Iain *" <iaingnome gmail com>]

To be more verbose now I've had caffeine
No-one wants to think of themselves as a novice
So everyone turns on Expert mode
Then we end up with a mess

Also, the distinction between Novice and Expert is domain specific
I may be an expert in sound editing, but not in graphics design
What mode do I select?

We have expert mode already
gconf-editor. Tweak to your hearts content.
If you want a fancy UI for it, make a TweakUI tool

Problem solved.

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:53 AM, Iain * <iaingnome gmail com> wrote:
> No.
> It doesn't work
> See past times this has come up
> And Nautilus circa 1999
> iain
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Zarshark <zarshark gmail com> wrote:
>> For the sake of all different users that use the gnome desktop environment,
>> I suggest a new very simple application which can set the user type (i.e.
>> novice, medium, expert).
>> The idea is the global setting of a user profile that can add or remove some
>> configurable functions of the gnome applications.
>> In this way, a novice user can set a minimalistic desktop (default gnome),
>> instead a medium or expert one can have more functions.
>>
>> To do this, the application needs to set a new environment variable that set
>> the user type.
>> So, every gnome application must read that environment variable and
>> costumize their "Preference" menuitem, in relationship of the user type.
>>
>> This would be an extension of the gnome concept, mantaining the minimalistic
>> idea for all new user, but allowing medium and expert users to configure
>> more and a novice user to improve its ability IF AND ONLY IF he/she wants
>> (that is an answer to the Linus Torwald's sentence "This 'users are idiots,
>> and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you
>> think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome,
>> because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where
>> it simply doesn't do what I need it to do.", without changing your
>> perspective but giving to the medium and expert user more interest in this
>> environment.).
>>
>> Regards
>> Piero Dalle Pezze
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Usability mailing list
>> Usability gnome org
>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
>>
>>
>