[haiku] Re: Launchbox
- From: Disreali <mdisreali@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:29:03 -0700 (PDT)
--- On Sat, 9/19/09, Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jonas Sundström, on Sat, 19 Sep 2009
> 19:34:44 +0200 CEST:
> > It's possible to design a preference panel for this
> purpose
> > so that it makes that folder -more- known than if
> there was
> > no prefs panel at all. And providing a less steep
> learning
> > curve.
>
> Sure. Question is, where to stop? There are more "Magic
> folders" that
> could be interfaced with a simple preference panel:
> ~/config/be
> ~/config/boot/launch
> ~config/settings/Mail/Menu Links
> ~config/settings/Tracker/DefaultFolderTemplate
> ~config/settings/Tracker/DefaultQueryTemplates
> ~config/settings/Tracker/Go
> ~config/settings/Tracker/Tracker New Templates
>
> Partly there are panel config options already (be), for
> others, the folder is simply opened with Tracker (New
> Templates, Go, Mail/Menu> Links). Maybe we'll get more
> of those config folders options in the future.
>
> If it's done via a config panel, it should be a
> one-for-all, like "Configuration & Templates".
> Maybe all options just have a short description and a
> button to open the folder location in Tracker. That
> way it's all concentrated in one panel while still
> showing it's all just done with normal files and
> folders in Tracker. The user sees what he can backup or,
> for more savvy folks, what to manipulate with e.g. scripts etc.
>
> Regards,
> Humdinger
I'll admit that I have a strong opinion about this issue, but I really don't
like the idea of an unneeded config panel for all that you mentioned. Tracker
is all that is needed to configure those.
-D
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