Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756415AbXIOSYb (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:24:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755896AbXIOSYU (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:24:20 -0400 Received: from dsl081-033-126.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.33.126]:46097 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755648AbXIOSYT (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:24:19 -0400 Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:23:16 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Paul Rolland cc: Adrian Bunk , Stefan Richter , Jeff Garzik , Andi Kleen , James Bottomley , Folkert van Heusden , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, rol@witbe.net Subject: Re: sata & scsi suggestion for make menuconfig In-Reply-To: <20070915080448.37457dcf@tux.DEF.witbe.net> Message-ID: References: <20070907124800.GP16806@vanheusden.com> <1189371621.3526.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20070909210329.GE25798@one.firstfloor.org> <46E46190.6080607@garzik.org> <20070912224655.GC3563@stusta.de> <46EAA08F.30703@s5r6.in-berlin.de> <20070914151522.GL3563@stusta.de> <20070915080448.37457dcf@tux.DEF.witbe.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1581 Lines: 36 On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Paul Rolland wrote: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:15:22 +0200 > Adrian Bunk wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 04:54:07PM +0200, Stefan Richter wrote: >>> Adrian Bunk wrote: >>>> On Sun, Sep 09, 2007 at 05:11:44PM -0400, Jeff Garzik wrote: >>>>> Let's step back a moment and consider the actual scale and impact of >>>>> the problem at hand. >> Do "make menuconfig" with the .config you are normally using, count the >> number of options that are visible, and ask yourself whether we can >> really expect users to read the help texts for every single option shown. >> >> People mostly read help texts for options where they don't understand >> what this option is about - and "Serial ATA" therefore is an option that >> is likely to get enabled without the user looking at the help text. >> > > As a "make menuconfig" user, let me say that I agree. Of course, I'm used > to rebuild kernel, but sometimes, some options are not clear, and the help > text is searched for. But, getting too much of "No help text available" > usually results in people no more reading the help text. > > What about splitting the screen to have the top half with the menu, and the > bottom half with the help ? I useually have more screen space available to the side then above and below the list of options. David Lang - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/