[openbeos] Re: Tracker and default options

On 2007-07-28 at 17:19:26 [+0200], Salvatore Benedetto <emitrax@xxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:
> On 7/28/07, Cian Duffy <myob87@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > BeOS 5 didn't -have- the navigator to be turned on by default. I'd still
> > back it being turned on, as spatial file browsing is so early 90s... but 
> > the
> > original BeOS used spatial by default.
> 
> Either I didn't make myself clear, or I don't understand what you mean.
> Probably both, sorry. I'll try again.
> 
> I'm using BeOS MAX and the tracker has the "Show Navigator" option ON
> by default, while in Haiku it is OFF in the default configuration. I was
> just wondering
> why it is not ON by default in Haiku like it is in BeOS MAX.

The OT default is and always was (as long as the navigator existed) OFF. The 
BeOS MAX guys just changed it. A lot of people (including Axel, the OT 
maintainer) prefer spatial browsing. So I guess this won't change in Haiku 
anytime soon.

CU, Ingo

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