--- Austin Acton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If people understand the difference between KDE and > Mandrake, it will no > be confusing, i.e. Mandrake tools for system > (install/remove fonts), and > KDE tools for KDE (aliasing, font sizes). My point > was that it's good > for people to learn this difference. Unless of
true > course KDE and Mandrake > someday DO become one product, then I'll stop using > it. :-) > And what if they decide to switch to gnome. They Then I'll stop using it :o) > will have an instantly > biased view against gnome because the font tools are > not all in one Ideally it could integrate into KControl or Gnome-Control-Center. As I understand it they already have that capability for panel applets. This is something KDE and GNOME need to get worked out first though. > place. Same with IceWM or whatever. And it won't GO Ice :D > be gnome's fault at > all, it will be Mandrake's. > > > > > Another possibility is to get rid of the control > center and make a folder > > called 'control panel' where we put both the drak* > tools and the KDE config > > things. It would look kinda like Windows's > control panel. > > Now this is a much better idea. Group similar > concepts together. That > way if you have gnome installed, gnome tools show up > in MCC (or whatever > it's called), and KDE tools as well. Again though, > this may confuse > people... eg. why do I have to be su to change MY > font size?... That'd just make another level of indirection to get to config stuff, unless it's like the rpmdrake family where you can still get to the components directly. > I still think educating the user in a very intuitive > way is a better > idea that handing out an easy solution (read: > cover-up) that won't help > him at all on another distro, or another machine, or > another version of > MDK. I agree with that. > I think better documentation, more obvious > documentation, and maybe more > intuitive access to the 'control' tools is a better > idea. > Like I said earlier, it doesn't take much to make a > newbie into a major > linux (and/or Mandrake) supporter, but he's unlikely > to do so without > learning a FEW unix concepts... > > IMHO anyway, > Austin > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com
