Bugzilla Bug 591 - dialing from contacts needs to be

Mickael Faivre-Macon faivrem at gmail.com
Mon Jul 16 15:30:47 CEST 2007


Even if the default can be a well thought out solution, I don't why
you shall not give the user all the options he wants. If the option is
not a common one, just add it in the advanced tab.

Mickael.


On 7/16/07, pauric <pauric at pauric.net> wrote:
> Thomas: "Would it be possible to define the action, lets say:
> Select/Call/$DOIT and
> then seperatly the "guesture" like: Tap, DoubleTab, Tap & Hold etc, take
> the simplest binding as default, but you can configure it in the settings?"
>
> Great suggestion, I'll start working on mapping the gestures to the actions
> and we can make a decision on what feels best for everyone.
>
> To your second point, changing the settings.  I'm concerned about giving the
> user too many options.  First, is it necessary?  If we arrive at a well
> thought out solution, why give the user the option to change it to something
> else?  Second, I am concerned that allowing configuration of the fundamental
> interactions will break how some apps work?  maybe/maybe not, but I dont
> really see too many advantages, versus just fixing the interaction at a
> standard - makes the rules simple for both the user and
> developers/designers.
>
> What do you think?
>



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