Can you add cancel button when it's possible?

[Jasper Huijsmans]

On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 01:41:12PM +0200, Ondrej Mihalyi wrote:
> I agree with you that the option to revert is not crucial, but as Auke
> Kok (sofar) mentioned, it's always nice to have that option if it's only
> a bit useful, and I believe it is if you have more than two options -
> you chose one, you don't like it, but now you can't remember which one you
> had before and keep trying one after another until you find it (e.g theme
> names, font size and name, etc.  
>

I don't think it is too much to ask, but I'm always prepared to be
convinced I'm wrong.

> To conclude my comments and clarify
> my statements, whether we have a REVERT button is not important to me.
> More important is whether discussion about topics like this is meaningful.
> Whenever a user has an idea on this list how to make XFCE better, a bunch
> of replies follows his message stating why it is good and why not, but I
> see no clear statement from anyone from XFCE team whether they consider it
> or they just don't like it and would never do that even if someone posted
> a patch, period.  
>

Discussions like this are the only way for us to get feed-back, so they
are very important. We read all of them and even if we don't participate,
it will influence our decissions.

Sometimes we will agree immediately, sometimes we will say we hate it,
but most of the time we will simply keep the ideas in the back of our
minds and take them into account during the constant and gradual
development of xfce.

> When I posted my previous message, I tried to make
> myself clear and advocated for an option I though would be useful and make
> your software better and smarter.  You don't have to agree, but then it's
> not enough to say why it's not useful, because I know it would be useful
> to me and you're not going to convince me. You definitely should state
> whether it's good and you'll work around it, bad and you'll never touch
> it, or you don't care and are free to accept patches; otherwise my message
> would be followed by many more going over and over the same topic.  
> Nice day to you, ondro
> 

I was genuinely interested in an example of when it would be useful. I
stated my own opinion that most of our options don't need a revert
button.

Here's how I believe the process works:

If something bothers you (or anyone else) try to convince us we're wrong.
Specific examples are always better than general statements ("I lost two
days of work" vs . "I like that better") and, if you are a developer, a
patch to show what you mean can make your argument stronger.

Lots of discussion generally means people think it's important and will
make us pay more attention. If many people want something we will
consider it, if many people disagree that means we can do what we want ;-)

In the end we will decide based on available time, personal interest and
opinion and user input.

	Jasper