Linux and fonts and Firefox and human-factors design

[James R. Van Zandt]

Paul Lussier <p.lussier at comcast.net> wrote:

>   "Ben Scott" <dragonhawk at gmail.com> writes:
>   >   Ah, even better.  Do we put a knob in, and risk confusion and
>   > clutter?  Or do we leave it out, and piss off everyone who considers
>   > that particular knob essential?  If we put it in, do we spend
>   > time/effort/money/manpower drawing up a fancy preferences UI and
>   > documentation?  Or do we leave it hidden under the hood, which makes
>   > it hard to get to, hard to use, and hard to understand?
>
>   It depends.  One answer won't fit for all options.  Some should be
>   configurable in the basic Preferences panels, some shouldn't be.
>   Regardless, you should be able find some docs on the options.  There's
>   no reason the about:config UI can't have a single column for a brief
>   description of what the option does, and perhaps another for "related
>   knobs you might also want to tweak".

Or, preferably, a column of links into local HTML documentation of
that option.  The local docs could of course include links to on-line
docs, and to other entries in the about:config virtual document.

          - Jim Van Zandt