Re: ANN: GNUtooth, Bluetooth 'support' for GNUstep

[Alex Perez]

> Dirk Theisen (d.theisen@gmx.net) a écrit:
>> Hi!
>>
>> > the Preferences.app plugin for management of Bluetooth devices
>> >should be the Configure.app plugin for management of Bluetooth
>> devices.
>> >
>> >Maybye it is time to start Configure.app :)
*groan* Do we have to???
>>
>> I never liked Configure.app and I think Apple is on the right track
>> with just having Preferences.app where some panes need the admin
>> password to apply changes. Maybe they could be grouped by user and
>> computer settings? Maybe using a TabView?
>
> I don't think so.
> This is not the Unix Design.
Are you designing for "Unix users" (whatever that is...) or unix GEEKS,
who are expected to memorize the location of every preference/configure
panel?
> On MacOSX you don't have a lot of device and a lot of MacoS classic
> users :)
You also have one place to go for stuff. There's a reason for that, and I
think it's fairly apparent if you take a commen-sense look at why it's
done that way.
>
> On Unix like Linux it is quite different.
Needless complication just for the sake of it? You're a "splitter", it seems.
> One app should do the right thing.
> Preferences == users with no special access
> Configure   == hardware with special access for special configuration
> HostManager == Network with special acces for special configuration
>
> All in an App is confusing (and lies) (it does not reflect what *nix is)
Once again, is "reflecting what UNIX is?" the ONLY thing GNUstep is about?
I know it's *a* factor, but is it *the only* factor?
> , bloating and harder to use + some security stuff.
Can you elaborate here? Are you referring to the lock/unlock concept apple
introduced in some OS X preferences panels?
> Fabien
Alex Perez
aperez@student.santarosa.edu