On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 10:10 AM Pavel Sanda <sa...@lyx.org> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2020 at 07:47:40AM -0700, Joel Kulesza wrote: > > > Yep, that was the major point why we left continuous spellcheck off > years > > > back. > > > > > > Now it seems that you missed the new thread about continuous spellcheck > > > from one month back where left wing of devs come up with the reasoning > that > > > many users won't get idea about existing spellcheck in lyx unless it's > on > > > by default. > > > > > > > I've never been called left wing, and I'm pretty sure I don't qualify as > > 'dev,' but this goes beyond reasoning. > > To state myself clearly by left wing position I meant the opinion that the > users > need someone to guide them, while the right wing opinion tends toward more > raw > ui experience when you are on your own. > When you lean too much to the left there is a danger that power users will > be > annoyed by the helper functions (I guess that's what Maria called bloat), > when > you lean too much to the right you will make you program hostile to the > average > user base. >
Interesting. I'd not heard that distinction before—thanks for sharing it.
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