On Tue, 1 Feb 2005, Ted Gould wrote:
[extensions warning and logging]
This is already in the codebase, but unfortunately there isn't alot of text for the warnings. I'm hoping to get this into the .inx files before the release, but atleast there is much more information than there was previously -- even if it isn't has helpful as it could be.
I'm really unsure about the dialog that pops up on startup warning about extensions. I think this is going to unnecessarily freak out a lot of users, who will conclude something is drastically wrong, when in reality the problem is not abnormal. I'm not sure what the best approach is, but we really need to put some thought into this.
I'd like to suggest we turn this dialog off for the 0.41 release by default, and try to figure out a more appropriate solution for 0.42.
Bryce
I totally agree. As a win user it freaks me out and I've been in here for years. "The problem is not abnormal"? I don't even know what the problem is, so heaven help somebody picking up Inkscape for the first time. As for telling people what to do about it. The average user just is not going to do anything about it, except say "Bye". They will want something that works, not something that half, quarter etc works.
My thoughts are: If it doesn't work, lets put some real effort into fixing it, and we that's out then don't draw attention to it. So I agree with turning the dialog off for 0.41....................but I'd still rather it was fixed.
vellum