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Simple/Expert modes

  

KDE4 Brainstorm

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Submitted:  Mar 27 2006
Updated:  Mar 27 2006

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There is always a lot of arguments going on about wether KDE should be easy to use, or should be very customizable and feature rich. I say, let the people choose.

Many people like Mac OS X because it is simple and easy to use. Myself, I can\\\\\\\'t stand it because I can\\\\\\\'t adjust it to my needs like I can with KDE.

Let the default for konqueror and/or KDE in general be a \\\\\\\'simple mode\\\\\\\', where everything is very straight-forward and easy to use and figure out. This would be great for your gramma who just wants to check email and look at her home and garden websites, as well as people who just like simple interfaces. Then, let the user be able to put it in an \\\\\\\'expert mode\\\\\\\', where you can have something a little more in-depth with more options for more advanced users.




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 Pros and Cons

 
 by RedShirt on: Mar 28 2006  
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This idea is a good one. And frankly, would be much better for most newbies who wouldn't know what mode they are in or even care. Depending on how it looked, even an advanced user might want to pop in and out of that mode depending on what they are doing.

Personally I think it is like User mode, and SU... It is an extension of linux itself that you have a division, but for security reasons, all users fit in the User mode, so giving a little more options to people who decide they want them isn't a bad idea, so long as the "simple" mode has enough customizability and usable componenets.

That leads me to the con I see, exactly what can come out cleanly and be decidedly simple vs decided advanced? I think aside from terminals, nothing jumps out at me as being decided one or the other. Can an SU setup custom divisions between "simple" and "advanced"? Or do we need a 3rd fully customizable option for use in most business and probbly many home situations?


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 Nice

 
 by TubaSoldier on: Mar 29 2006  
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I personally like it. It sounds a lot similar to the xine-ui. There are four "modes". Beginner, Advanced, Expert, Master of the Known Universe.
Personally I have never had to use the Master of the known universe to change any settings but I like the option of knowing it is there. I think it is a great idea because it will give the people who want to change everything the options to. But to those who dont care it cleans up their control panel. Even if it is just "sweeping it under a rug".


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 Was used in gnome...

 
 by schnoopy on: Mar 29 2006  
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...once. As far as i can recall there was a feature like this in nautilus, ages ago, just when nautilus was "donated" (don't flame me for that, i just can't recall the exact circumstances!) by some company (was that pre-ximian ?). Anyway, would be interesting why nautilus does _not_ have this feature anymore (or i was just too much of a noob to find the settings..)!!!

Generally, i like the idea, although you would have to flag every kaction with it's expertise attribute.


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 Re: Was used in gnome...

 
 by ssokolow on: Jun 2 2006  
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I believe it was lost when the GNOME people decided that GNOME should adopt a "Grannies over Geeks" design which has been successfully driving experienced users to KDE ever since.


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 prefs are "advanced"

 
 by Warhog on: Apr 1 2006  
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i doubt that you're gramma took a look into the preferences at all... so why split it up? look at windows, where the options that you can adjust are already not-advanced. no "normal" user really edits them, i'm sure 90% of all windows's in use by "typical" user are configured the same way because of this...


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 strange phenomenom

 
 by khaitu on: Apr 5 2006  
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Who votes this idea as bad?! This is one of the most important things that needs to be addressed by linux if it is ever to be widely accepted by people who are not so computer literate.
Features are great, but not if you DON'T WANT (or need even) to use them.
Make "simple" mode default. Surely an advanced user will know where to change that setting!!!


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