On Sep 14, 2006, at 4:37 AM, Joachim Noreiko wrote: > > --- Shaun McCance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, 2006-09-13 at 09:57 +0100, Joachim Noreiko >> wrote: >>> Urg. Why do we even have this ugly little tab section? I understand >>> these options are provided by X, but why? What needs to happen to >>> kill them off or fold them into GNOME properly, or bring them >>> kicking and screaming into the rest of the GUI? >> >> Easier said than done. There are people who use those options. I'm >> one of those people, because I like using a Compose key. We can't >> just ditch them. The list of options comes from the X server, > > And what comes from the X server is bizarre and limiting -- eg the > options for the compose key -- and sometimes archaic. I know it's > black magic that I have no hope of understanding, but will there ever > come a time when it's part of GNOME, and we therefore can update it? > ...
First, design the ideal configuration interface, offering the most useful options you can think of, whether they exist or not. Then, talk with the maintainer (Sergey Udaltsov, I believe) to find out which are possible with the current code and which aren't. Then, go bribe some X hackers to implement the missing parts. :-) -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
