Am 10.11.2012 21:28, schrieb Axel DÃrfler:
Am 10/11/2012 17:42, schrieb John Scipione:This changed is spurred by the discussion that followed from when I added some more clock options to Deskbar (hrev43984) and also ticket #8769 which makes the (long and impassionate) case for moving the 12/24 hour clock options to Time prefs.> The clock options in Time would look like this: > > http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mda5n8lvTs1r0f0hfo1_500.png ... that's certainly the wrong way. What have Deskbar settings to do in the Time preferences? Who in the world would look for them there?
Actually, it isn't at all clear that this is a Deskbar setting. The clock is displayed in the area where other applications and services install "stuff", commonly known as the tray area. For all the user knows, the clock in that area could come from some independent "time service" that is configured via the Time preflet. That the clock happens to come from Deskbar itself is just an implementation detail. So as you can see, it is not clear at all where to look for settings to configure it's appearance.
IMHO, moving the clock settings into the Time preflet makes absolutely the most sense (like in this proposal: http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdcmzc036n1r0f0hfo1_1280.png).
For obvious reasons, you want to get to some configuration options right from the clock display. As from the right-click menu. You already need the option to change the time. Why not have only one option, "Configure time", and it takes you to the Time preflet, where you can change both the time, and the appearance in the Deskbar?
Best regards, -Stephan
