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Daniel

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2010/11/5 18:07

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I found the finding the OS4.1 Prefs tricky to navigate at first after about 5 years away from Amigas and had some thoughts about how it could be organised to be more 'new-comer friendly'. This would involve integrating the various programs through the use of tabs and hopefully some re-structuring with removal of redundant features to make for easier/faster configuration.

Warning: this is purely my own brainstorming, I have not designed any new Prefs programs myself

and would imagine doing so could be a large and complicated task. Here it goes...

Original Prefs > New simplified Prefs

Compatibility > Compatibility
DefIcons > DefIcons
ScreenBlanker + ScreenMode + Picasso96 > Display
AmigaInput + Input > Input
Internet + URL > Internet
Locale > Locale
GUI + Palette + WBPattern + Pointer + Font > Look
PopupMenu + ASL > Menus (including new prefs for context menus)
Notifications > Notifications
Printer + PrinterPS + PrinterGfx > Printers
DOS > Shell (would also have new options related to the new Shell)
AHI + Sound > Sound
WBStartup > Startup (may also include some more advanced options related to Kickstart/BIOS)
Time + Timezone > Time
Updates > Updates
USB > USB
Workbench > Workbench (possibly including an easier to use DefIcons Prefs within this to replace the existing DefIcons?)

There might be some sort of bubble help option as well to explain functions for less experienced Amiga users as you moved the point over the icons. However, IMHO with the right name and icon design this wouldn't necessarily be needed at all.

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Gnu	Published: 2010/11/6 3:11 Updated: 2010/11/6 3:11
Just popping in Joined: 10/21/2009 From: B.C. Canada Comments: 52	Re: Ideas for a simplified Prefs drawer Good layout. Familiar for new users used to windows. Your image reminded me of somthing on os4depot. prefscentre This looks pretty good to me. What's your opinion Daniel? Regards Gnu

Daniel	Published: 2010/11/6 20:36 Updated: 2010/11/6 20:36
Just popping in Joined: 06/01/2010 From: United Kingdom Comments: 228	Re: Ideas for a simplified Prefs drawer @Gnu Have tried PrefsCenter and is quite a nice 'patch' but I'm not keen on how it works as an additional layer on top of the original Prefs. It's a great third-party effort, but I think a more permanent solution should rework the existing system rather than creating something to go on top of it.

samo79	Published: 2010/11/7 16:07 Updated: 2010/11/8 5:55
Home away from home Joined: 12/02/2006 From: Italy, Perugia Comments: 3786	Re: Ideas for a simplified Prefs drawer I really like the idea, currently prefs are not user friendly at all, some functionalities can be merged exactly as you say

Marko	Published: 2015/10/25 20:34 Updated: 2015/10/25 20:34
Quite a regular Joined: 09/20/2008 From: Gothenburg, Sweden (via Finland) Comments: 523	Re: Ideas for a simplified Prefs drawer @Daniel There is also Preferences: http://os4depot.net/index.php?functio ... workbench/preferences.lha

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