On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 at 15:20, Eirik Bakke <eba...@ultorg.com> wrote: > There are hundreds of options that can be customized, and there is real > value-add in _not_ requiring the user (especially new users) to know about or > touch them. > > We also don't want a situation where we end up having two different user > interfaces for setting the same options. A user that changed the LAF from a > startup dialog or installer would then have to find and use a _different_ > user interface (the Options dialog) to change it again later.
This is a very good point! This thread came partly from issues with people finding (the right) options, and a default that doesn't match what most of us are doing. But for common options that people might want to customize, then a better welcome page would beat a dialog. Because rather than setting the option, we could just open the options dialog in the right place to show them where to set it. eg. big button on welcome page with text "Switch to dark or system look and feel" opens the look and feel tab in the options. We could have defaults that match what most of us use, and 6-8 quick links for settings that a lot of us change? And keep the current direct links to install plugins or activate features, which could look a little more like you're meant to press them! Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
