Don't show an option for gloobus-preview

Bug #686706 reported by Jeff Fortin Tam
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Back In Time
Won't Fix
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Bug Description

We can assume that anyone who installed gloobus-preview wants to use it, so the option to disable it in the BIT preferences is redundant/useless. Be brave! Don't bother users with options they don't need! :)

Tags: usability
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Dan (danleweb) wrote :

I can live with it live this :)

Regards,
Dan

Changed in backintime:
status: New → Won't Fix
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Jeff Fortin Tam (kiddo) wrote :

I do not consider this a satisfactory answer. If there are good reasons for this option to be there, please list them.

There is a high cost in adding options that are not 100% necessary in the preferences (I think you can agree there are quite a lot of options already). If you put an option there, either it is a *really* important choice for the user to care about, or it is something that has huge performance repercussions. If not, it is a failure to design for "what users want".

See also:

http://mystilleef.blogspot.com/2005/12/just-add-option-to-turn-it-off-or-on.html
http://clarkbw.net/blog/2007/04/30/dont-do-what-i-want/
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/uibook/chapters/fog0000000059.html
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/09/unnecessary-dialogs-stopping-the-proceedings-with-idiocy.html
http://clarkbw.net/blog/2009/05/14/negotiate-with-your-users/

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Dan (danleweb) wrote :

I'll keep this option (since it is done already) but I'll remove it from the GUI.
But this will be in settings redesign: https://bugs.launchpad.net/backintime/+bug/686738

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