Re: lynx-dev lynx2.8.3pre.6 (patch, according to Klaus)

[Leonid Pauzner]

18-Apr-2000 05:59 Philip Webb wrote:
>> Everything is done according to his first draft, except:
>> - Editor is moved on the top of Keyboad Input section (many votes)

> IIRC the consensus was to put it 2nd under General Preferences.
> the point was that novices might otherwise overlook the option,
> leaving them using a very inferior alternative.

Well, there was three or four pre-release versions ago,
and now we have _nothing_. Let we made _something_, and then start
looking for a better alternatives (minor tweaks).
Otherwise we got nothing again.

Look at the new options menu: Editor is on the firss page,
it could not be overlooked.

>> More comments/suggestions/patches welcome.

>> +  General Preferences
>> +  User mode                        : [Advanced....]
>>    Cookies (!)                      : [ask user..]
>> +  Searching type                   : [Case insensitive]

> IIRC also, the consensus was to put `Search type' 3rd & Cookies 4th;
> we didn't reach a consensus re Search vs Searching,
> but i argued for the former as being shorter & neater.

It is more a philosophy problem: consensus among one person;)

Well, you want

        User Mode
        Editor
        Searching type
        Cookies

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