Am Mittwoch, 15. Februar 2006 21:28 schrieb Riku Leino: > Christoph Sch?fer wrote: > > At this point, I would ask if this does reflect the reality of most > > workflows. I suspect the answer is no, unless one only works for one > > company with a few standard fonts, and in this case, the most used font > > would be chosen in general settings. The advantage of separating document > > and general prefs is flexibility plus clear separation. > > Of course it's ok if you know what you're doing. I'd think defaults are set > ok where ever Scribus is used for something more pro-like work. This is > just something I always run when I've deleted the scribus prefs directory. > > > To be honest, I don't see a win here. See above and my previous posting. > > I think the likeliness of confusing both settings and messing things up > > is bigger in the setup you suggest. But then, this is only my personal > > opinion. I can live with both options :) > > Hehe these have been my personal opinions too and you still don't seem to > get my point here.
I did. I even suggested the same yesterday. But after reading the opinion of others, I had to change my mind :) > It's exactly what you've suggested (two prefs). Only > difference being the ability to apply to both only by using only one of > them. Problem is, both dialogs aren't 100 % identical. So one would have to add new code to have the options only available in "general" to be greyed out. And I don't know if a user will immediately understand why this is the case. > I'm fine with the current setup too and will shut up now :) Why? Usability is _very_ important, and these issues need to be discussed :) Cheers, Christoph
