[freenet-dev] Config page usability

[Matthew Toseland]

On Monday 28 April 2008 15:27, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> In simple mode, the config page lists things like what IP address FCP should 
> bind to. This is to minimise our support overhead from users who half know 
> what they're doing, but who don't see the advanced mode flag ... But for 
most 
> users, it sucks. The config page should only list simple stuff, e.g. 
> bandwidth limits, and it should be short.
> 
> I will remove a load of geeky options from the config page. But we should 
> think about whether we should have three modes: simple, medium and advanced. 
> This might be the best compromise. There are lots of options that are only 
> comprehensible to people who've used freenet for a while, but there are also 
> a fair number of options that are comprehensible to geeks, but not to 
> non-geeks. IMHO these should go in medium.
> 
Implemented simple/advanced links on the config page in r19708. The advanced 
mode flag determines the default. The other pages still depend on the global 
advanced mode flag. AFAICS there's no real reason for them to have 
simple/advanced, it's just unnecessary clutter: advanced is only needed by 
devs etc who can turn on the global advanced mode.

Reasonable?
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