Re: [freenet-dev] Config page usability

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Author: Matthew Toseland
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To: devl
CC: David ‘Bombe’ Roden
Subject: Re: [freenet-dev] Config page usability
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On Tuesday 29 April 2008 23:37, David ‘Bombe’ Roden wrote:
> On Tuesday 29 April 2008 23:33:59 Matthew Toseland wrote:
>
> > IMHO there is a difference between a geek who knows what an IP address is,
> > and an experienced freenet user.
>
> Duh, nobody doubts that. But most of the people using freenet will probably
> think "why should I only look at the medium settings when I can also look at
> the advanced settings" and act accordingly. It makes the people feel more
> clever. They like that.
>
> That's why I think that the medium settings page is pretty much a waste of
> time.


Well, the main purpose for the medium settings page is to have the small
number of settings that are useful to the average geek easily visible and not
hidden amongst the large number of advanced options. To try to minimise the
number of people who come to us asking how to open fproxy to their LAN.