Re: [Wesnoth-dev] What to do with the Advanced Tab

[Ben Anderman]

I don't see why it matters that it will be useless to most of them;  
they may look at it briefly to see what's there and leave it when  
they find nothing interesting - what's wrong with that? And it will  
be useful to a portion of them, who want to make maps/campaigns.  
Basically, I don't see how it hurts the users who don't use it to  
have it there. When I see preference options I don't understand,  
generally I just don't touch them.

Ben (aka crimson_penguin)

On Aug 3, 2005, at 8:43 AM, Andreas Grosse wrote:

> Richard Kettering <address@hidden> [02:08:05 05:00] wrote:
>
> >    Likewise - it is very useful to a number of "non-hacker" campaign
> >    developers, who probably have no idea how to set such a preference
> >    otherwise.  I'd preface this by saying that I have never,  
> > myself, used the
> >    advanced preference tab, but I understand full well how useful  
> > it is.
> Since I have already been quoted on this topic I won't repeat the
> points I already made months ago. But what strikes me in this  
> thread is that
> we seem to agree that the tab has it's uses, but that it might be a  
> god idea
> to change the way it is accessed.
>
> I am still bothered by the fact that the actual _users_ of wesnoth  
> (or,
> better, 'gamers') won't need the advanced tab, regardless how  
> beautiful or
> complex the interface is. With the advance to version 1.0 the  
> amount of
> users will steadily increase faster than the amount of developers.  
> With
> every day this tab is useless for an increasing amount of people.
> The point I am having here is that I think that it would be best to  
> have
> the interface as easy and understandable as possible for the vast
> majority. This (obviously) makes it a bit harder for the  
> developers, but
> I agree that "harder" should neither require a fundamental  
> understanding
> of the operating system nor require knowledge about compile options.
>
> Therefore I would suggest the compromise: create a special command  
> line
> options to start wesnoth in "developer mode", showing the "Advanced"
> tab (optionally renamed to "Developer Options" or similar) and maybe
> using some useful default settings. Maybe it would be possible to
> deliver a special "developer start" script to ease the startup for the
> not-so-technically-inclined?
> This would help us making the interface easier for the users who only
> want to play the game AND lowering the initial burden for new
> developers / artists. I know that this implies quite some changes  
> to the
> code, but if you don't agree, heck - there is a life after 1.0 :-)
>
> Cheers,
>   majestyk
>
>
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