[interfacekit] Re: some prefs issues

"Andrew Bachmann" <shatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > after the recent and not-so recent updates of some prefs up, I have 
> > several issues I'd be glad to clear:
> > 1) could we join the different UI related preferences applications? 
> > There is ScrollBar, there is Menu, Appearance, etc. - there is too 
> > much 
> > of them IMO.
> I'm pretty happy with the way things are now.  Alternatively, a
> ScreenSaver type preferences app would not offend my sense of
> aesthetic.

Well, I could live with the R5 version of the apps, but now that we've 
got one more (Appearance) the others have no real differentiation 
anymore. I wouldn't know where to search for things (like with enabling 
FFM now ;-)).

OTOH we should not put too much effort into this as well; if we really 
want to do skinning with the next release, we need to think of a nice 
layout (API-wise and UI design) anyway.

> > 3) could we please, please, pretty please not introduce fixed-size 
> > knobs in scroll bars into OpenBeOS? Also I think we shouldn't allow 
> > for 
> > separate skinning of the scroll bars as well, because I can't see 
> > how 
> > that is different from any other UI component. I wouldn't even add 
> > the 
> > possibility to change between single and double arrow styled scroll 
> > bars; sometimes people just don't know what's good for them.
> I think you'll find some backward thinker wants those fixed-size
> knobs but we should not make them the default any more. :-)  I
> used to use single arrows for a while until I saw the light, as well.
> No grippy for me thanks. :-)

It even was the default??? I didn't even remember that there was such 
an option at all (I probably wouldn't have shouted then).

Bye,
   Axel.

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