Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
- Subject: Re: What is the rationale behind keeping preferences in one place and "Application Support" files in another?
- From: Andy Armstrong <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 18:45:18 +0000
On 8 Dec 2005, at 18:37, John Stiles wrote:
I know - that's what I'm objecting to :)
What?
Putting prefs beyond the reach of defaults based on the (IMO)
arrogant assumption that users aren't competent to use it.
As an example: I was recently able to help a technophobic user to
configure his system by sending him a shell script containing a
series of defaults commands. Not only that but when I explained to
him what it did he was delighted by the possibilities afforded by the
command line.
Disabling the use of a tool because we /think/ users won't be able to
benefit from it is arrogance.
--
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net
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