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The problem still applies even when the user only sees a UI, but in a less explicit way. Power users usually customize a lot of settings that they expect to sti
by samus 3y ago
The problem still applies even when the user only sees a UI, but in a less explicit way. Power users usually customize a lot of settings that they expect to still find in updated versions. If there is no sane way to export those settings*, then people will remember it or write it down somewhere.
*: looking at you, Putty, which stores connection settings in the Windows registry
- jraph 3y agoYep, that's something Firefox manages the right way I think (in about:config). Each setting can be in different state: - default value - explicitly set to something As such, parameters set to the default can (and should) be changed in further upgrades, explicitly changed values should be kept, unless they don't make sense anymore.