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Re: bad UI defaults
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: bad UI defaults |
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Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:12:41 -0400 |
> * The smaller (one-pixel?) width of the outlines of boxes and arrows
> in the menus means they pretty well fade away on my 1280×1024
Strange. They definitely don't fade away on my 1800x1440 display.
Could there be a problem with colors rather than just thickness ?
> * The new mode-line order is worse IMO. Also it's hard for the less
> sophisticated to revert to what they're used to, since it's not
> customizable in an accessible way. To me the time, mail status and
> battery status are important and shouldn't be shunted off the
> right. I don't care about the line number and people who worry
> about line numbers usually aren't using Emacs properly. I may be
> in the minority, but I'd expect that to be the case also for a lot
> of users who'd have more trouble changing it. I think there should
> at least be some Custom option to allow you to reorder the normal
> elements of the mode line.
I dont have much opinion on this issue, except that I agree
that it should be made easier for a user to change the mode-line.
Stefan
Re: bad UI defaults, Dave Love, 2003/04/23
Re: bad UI defaults, Richard Stallman, 2003/04/18