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Search options for settings. When done correctly, it helps a lot. For example, in IntelliJ (and other jetbrains products) you can open settings and search for
by TrianguloY 5y ago
Search options for settings. When done correctly, it helps a lot.
For example, in IntelliJ (and other jetbrains products) you can open settings and search for almost anything. It will search in headers, options, values... And you can quickly find what you need, from the hundreds or more settings available.
On the other hand, on Android you can also search, but not only takes very long to actually search, it also duplicates entries and often never finds what you want.
But I guess the main issue is that the ability to search settings requires special base structure that you need to develop from the beginning, but when you start programming the number of options is small and you don't think about adding search until it's late.
- giaour 5y agoVS Code is another program that I think does search in settings very well. I can't think of a program that isn't an IDE that has taken this approach, though.
- TrianguloY 5y agoKDE settings also has settings search (also windows more or less and other comment mentions mac). An OS is not a program but...close.
- mwcampbell 5y agoThe JAWS screen reader for Windows has had a searchable settings UI for several years. I regret that I and possibly my coworkers, working on a competing product (before I went to Microsoft), used to privately mock that search feature, taking it as evidence that JAWS had gone overboard with settings.
- rightbyte 5y agoFirefox on desktop?
- iamcurious 5y agoVLC
- spacexsucks 5y agoEmacs. You can search for all settings. And completely replace them.
- giaour 5y agoI think Emacs has the same kind of user base and accomplishes the same tasks as IntelliJ or VS Code, so let's call it an IDE for the purposes of this discussion.
- mschuster91 5y ago> I can't think of a program that isn't an IDE that has taken this approach, though. There aren't many, but on the other side... IDE developers are dog-fooding their product. They want customizability, they know other developers will want that customizability, and they get their wishes granted.
- cobalt 5y agoJetBrains products have searchable settings
- bodge5000 5y agoI guess the issue is that one of the bigger reasons for not having all these settings is that it makes it more complicated for not only the users but the developers (eg more conditions in which a bug can appear, you know what I mean). Having to add search on top of that means you not only need to maintain all the features, but another feature (search) to manage the features. Not saying its a bad idea, I just don't think it'd fly with some of the anti-settings camp