On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:26:36 -0500, corvid <corvid@lavabit.com> wrote:
BTW, I was curious why it handles a subset of the prefs. Are the others not interesting on windows?
Those are the preferences that struck me personally as most interesting. I didn't implement absolutely everything, because I wanted to keep it fairly simple and user-friendly. In particular: - I didn't do the geometry and show_* options, to avoid cluttering the prefs interface. - I didn't do w3c_plus_heuristics and most of the advanced network options (http_max_conns, etc.), because I don't think most users would understand/need them. I am considering an "Advanced" tab for these options, though. - I didn't do enterpress_forces_submit and middle_click_drags_page, again because I'm not sure how many users would understand/need them. - I didn't do font_max_size, because it can be automatically calculated, and because I think font_min_size is more interesting. Plenty of people have trouble reading very small fonts, while excessively large fonts are uncommon and a minor annoyance at best. - I moved a bunch of options around (compared to the example dillorc) and used the "negated" allow_white_bg because it seemed more logical to me, and more closely resembles the way other browsers do things. Keep in mind, I'm largely targeting "mere mortals" here -- more advanced users, particularly on Unix, are likely to know about and use dillorc directly. But at some point, I'll probably make it at least save the other options, so users can set those manually and still use the prefs gui for everything else. ~Benjamin