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Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?)


From: tomas
Subject: Re: Do we want more choice? (was Bookmark the end of file?)
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 21:26:15 +0200
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On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 01:20:15PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I have the strong suspicion that the "less choice is good" movement
> > we are seeing stems from being too lazy [...]

> 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 ;-)

Definitely. It takes more thought to offer more choice in a useful
way. I think Emacs is one of the more advanced interfaces wrt this
aspect.

- -- t
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