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Idea #7931: Merge configuration tools

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #80: Clean up Preferences and Administration..
Written by qense the 1 May 08 at 13:19. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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There are a lot of configuration tools. I think this can confuse new users, because they don't know where to look. What I suggest is to merge all setting of the same kind(controls, screen, etc) and provide an unlock button for settings that require more rights. This will make configuration a lot easier and faster, since everything will be in one place.
(Never forget the power of tabs!)
(By the way, idea #130 looks a bit like a duplicate, it's older, but less advanced.)

EDIT: To make things clear: I meant GNOME.
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Written by qense the 1 May 08 at 13:19.
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madjr wrote on the 1 May 08 at 21:02
agree, this why i like ubuntu-tweak so much

ottk3 wrote on the 1 May 08 at 23:34
/signed

tgape wrote on the 2 May 08 at 02:23
Ah, yes, tabs. Tabs are amazing.

http://homepage.mac.com/bradster/iarchitect/tabs.htm

I think the key point is that it should be intuitive to navigate to where to set any particular option, especially in the GUI. It would be nice if there was a command-line (possibly curses based) utility that mirrored the GUI setup, but most of us command-line types can fend for ourselves. Worse comes to worse, we can patch /proc/kmem by hand (yeah, I know, kmem bit the dust long ago. But I can dream!)

mlhuzzy wrote on the 2 May 08 at 09:31
This sounds like a great idea.....I'm very new to Ubuntu but think it is brilliant. Successfully installed and using on my Toughbook - it really does do what it says on the tin :)

The only problem I have is knowing which applications to use - there seem to be loads of apps that do the same or similar jobs....a list of the most commonly used/standard apps would be very useful.

Thanks Ubuntu for dragging me away from a Windows OS :)

topyli wrote on the 5 May 08 at 22:58
GNOME used to have a central place for all configuration. It was broken down to small separate tools for a reason: it is much easier to do one thing than many things. We don't need to go back to what KDE and Windows do.

Voting down :(

RyanPrior wrote on the 6 May 08 at 00:50
Also voting down for the same reasons as topyli. Configuration GUIs that do a small set of jobs well are inherently better than big GUIs that try to do it all.


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