Re: Customize buttons that change user's customfileshouldaskforconfirmation

[storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)]

"Robert J. Chassell" <bob@rattlesnake.com> writes:

> A better user interface for the `Customize' feature would show the
> current value of a variable or face, the previous and yet earlier
> values when applicable, and the value in the distribution.  The value
> should not only be listed, but in the case of faces, shown as samples,
> as is done now.
>
>
>         Current  Previous    Yet earlier    Distribution  
>          value     value        value         default     
>                                                value      
>           (in     (from       (from                       
>           init    earlier     an even                     
>           file)    init       earlier                     
>                    file)       init                       
>                                file)                      
>                                                           

This is overkill - making the interface more complex for no good reason.

For a customize page with currently 15 values, your suggestion
would raise that to 60

And for a face with 10 attributes, your would show 40 attributes...


As far as I understand the current discussion on Customize, the aim
is to simplify the interface and make the behaviour more in line
with that of other applications.

Your suggestion goes in the opposite direction.  I vote against going
down this route!

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Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk> http://www.cua.dk