GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 115276
option to "glue" gconf preferences to gnome particular preference windows
Last modified: 2004-12-22 21:47:04 UTC
My wish is that in gconf-editor there would be a switch so that, when activated, a new tab would be added to most preference windows in gnome, allowing us to change the gconf options related to that app/component. The drawback of a danger of giving users so easy acess to damage their system is aliviated if the option is not a default, and only available inside gconf-editor preferences. Also, only application and general system options would be available, but the core and dangerous options. The advantages of it would be for advanced users to faster and more easily access these options and configure his gnome to his liking. For example, Nautilus gconf options would go in nautilus preferences window, gedit in gedit, and so on. An example of this is done in internet explorer, where there is an advanced window that once actived (i think the user needs first to activate it), shows lots of usable and interesting options. I'll try adding an atattchment with a screenshot of the advanced tab from internet explorer. If I can't do this, there's one at http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/ie5/onoff.aspx
Created attachment 17549 [details] ie5 advanced tab
Correction: The advanced window in internet explorer does not need an activation of some sort to be available.
This is not something I want to fix: * The majority of users don't need to change advanced settings. * The users that actually want to change advanced settings are likely to know how to use gconf-editor anyway. * Internet Explorer doesn't show all possible settings in the dialog, just a subset.
* The majority of users don't need to change advanced settings. They don't need, or they don't want? Newbie users I've known want to change settings of an app when they don't suit them. Also, some of the advanced options in gconf, are not so advanced, but change non- critical default behaviours of apps. * The users that actually want to change advanced settings are likely to know how to use gconf-editor anyway. The hierarchy in gconf is confusing, since it is organized more or less like the internals of gnome, not how the apps and system are shown to the user. * Internet Explorer doesn't show all possible settings in the dialog, just a subset. I agree with this, only application and general system options would be available, but _not_ the core and dangerous options. Adding a "link" which would open gconf showing the related options is also a good alternative.
I'm going to let the application developers decide if they want to implement this. It is _not_ a gconf-editor issue