Suggestion: don't add an Options dialogue!

Peter.I.Hilton@sb.com
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 14:02:40 +0100

I like the design goal that AbiWord 'should Just Work'. I think that an
Options dialogue would be misplaced and that it would be a mistake to add
one, for as long as it can be resisted.

In his book 'Tog On Interface', Bruce Tognazzini points out how ridiculous
it would be for car designers to add an option for the steering wheel to be
attached to the passenger door (or something like that), 'just in case the
driver doesn't want it in front'.

Not only should AbiWord 'Just Work', but ideally it should do it the right
way...

Peter Hilton
(Any opinions expressed in this message are mine, not my employer's)

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