Re: [Usability] inability to experiment

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 23 May 2008, at 16:28, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> I would report this as a bug but the fact that it's so consistent
> throughout the interface indicates to me that this was a conscious
> design decision. I like the fact that the design principle is carried
> out so consistently though. :-)

There's been a bug open about it for many years... not so much a  
conscious decision as an inability to decide on the best solution, at  
the time:
<http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=95110>

It's certainly something we ought to revisit at some point.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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