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On Fri, 2014-01-24 at 14:01 -0600, John Griessen wrote:
> On 01/24/2014 01:43 PM, Peter Stuge wrote:
> > I think the only option for a UI in 2014 is
> 
> 
> gEDA tool users don't like to have ONLY one option...
> they like scriptability, command line possibilities,
> and configuration choice for the UI menus.

The problem is: When we make all configuratible, code will become
complex and user problems can occur due to wrong configuration, i.e.
a user may ask how he can do some action, but the answer will not work
for him due to different configurations.

For text label we can indeed offer in place and popup editing -- popup
dialog appears when user presses right mouse button to open context menu
and select "edit".

Personally I like to have some options for configuration, but my feeling
is that most people in these days prefer to have only one way to do
something. I.e. in the Ruby vs. Python discussion I have seen people
prefering Python because there is only exactly one way to do something
(Ruby generally offers more than one way). For Linux: For Gentoo we have
many options, for Ubuntu fewer. And of course Ubuntu has more users. I
am not sure how many configuration options other EDA tools have -- I can
not remember discussions about how to change something from default.

For the Tablets (I do not have one currently): User can install Apps,
but can he change configuration?

Indeed, sometimes it can be nice to have not too much choices.