Why isn't gconf-editor in the menus by default?

[Corey Burger]

On 2/11/08, Scott James Remnant <scott at canonical.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 07:23 -0800, Corey Burger wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
> > <joerlend.schinstad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >         gconf-editor is a really powerful application when you want to
> >         tailor
> >         your system. Even though it has about a million configuration
> >         options,
> >         I think it's very user friendly, offering sensible key names,
> >         descriptions of their functions and easy navigation (apps >
> >         appname >
> >         preferences).
> >
> >         The question is, then; why isn't it available in System >
> >         Preferences
> >         by default?
> >
> > It was removed as part of MenusRevisited because it is just that, a
> > power user tool. those that know about it can just run it and those
> > that don't won't mess up their systems with it.
> >
> This should not be a standard justification for why things are removed.
> Power Users are Users too, they still need to be able to get to things.
>
> Instead this is a good example of why the menu system is not a very good
> way of launching applications and utilities.
>
> Scott
> --
> Scott James Remnant
> scott at canonical.com



I agree that what I said is not a good generic response. I was merely
stating the explantion given for this specific case. And yes, menus suck.

Corey
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