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Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?)
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?) |
Date: |
Mon, 13 Apr 2015 13:20:15 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> I have the strong suspicion that the "less choice is good" movement
> we are seeing stems from being too lazy (or at a loss) wrt thinking
> hard about how to guide the user through a rich set of choices. The
> latter would be, in my view, the right thing to do.
There are many ways to interpret "less choice is good". For me, what it
means is that adding a custom variable, a C-u prefix, or a new command
just to "give more choice" is often actually either laziness or
a reflection of the fact that it's very hard to find a better UI.
Of course, in Emacs we get to enjoy even more cop-outs and more choices,
since most of the "missing choices" are available to the end user,
modulo a few advice-add and enough motivation ;-)
Stefan
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), (continued)
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/04/13
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), tomas, 2015/04/13
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Gian Uberto Lauri, 2015/04/14
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/04/14
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Gian Uberto Lauri, 2015/04/14
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Eli Zaretskii, 2015/04/14
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Gian Uberto Lauri, 2015/04/14
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?),
Stefan Monnier <=
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), tomas, 2015/04/13
- Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?), Marcin Borkowski, 2015/04/13