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design:profile-manager [2011/10/09 15:57] – stephan | design:profile-manager [2011/12/11 23:45] – [Profile selector on each setting dialog] jsakkine | ||
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=== Rationale === | === Rationale === | ||
- | Xfce can be quite complicated to configure. There are nearly endless possibilities, | + | Xfce can be quite complicated to configure. There are nearly endless possibilities, |
The profile-manager allows users to share their settings, export profiles and re-use them on different systems. Also, distributions can provide profiles specifically tailored for specific use-cases. Like a ' | The profile-manager allows users to share their settings, export profiles and re-use them on different systems. Also, distributions can provide profiles specifically tailored for specific use-cases. Like a ' | ||
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== Mockups == | == Mockups == | ||
+ | === Settings dictionary === | ||
+ | Settings are not always easy to understand. For example: ' | ||
+ | === Backup / Restore === | ||
+ | One of the main problems that users experience with xfce is that somehow they changed settings without realizing it. With the nr 1 example, the session. It happens quite often that people have saved their session without a running xfce4-panel. | ||
+ | Explaining to a user how to return xfce to the desired state proves difficult, it would be nice if users can save a backup of their settings, and restore if they choose to. | ||
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+ | ==== Proposals ==== | ||
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+ | ==== Profile selector on each setting dialog ==== | ||
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+ | Every setting dialog would have a profile selector. Selecting a profile would restore the related setting values to those of that profile. This would be a kind of robust equivalent to KDEs " |