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Re:Settings are not a design failure by chii on Thursday February 03, 2022 @01:45AM (#30189462)
but if they are either mutually exclusive, or that one must be selected for the operation to work, then the designer/developer has to choose a default.

Often, the user don't even know what they want, and assume the default is the right choice, since it's "professionals" who have chosen it.

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Re:Settings are not a design failure by KeepFlying on Thursday February 03, 2022 @04:19AM (#30190417)
Of often they'll be unaware the setting exists or even more likely be unaware that the setting even _might_ exist (and therefore don't even think to Google it).

Though often still theyll be afraid to look around at settings for fear of breaking things.

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Re:Settings are not a design failure by fattegourmet on Thursday February 03, 2022 @08:25AM (#30192073)
not making the settings accessible is a design failure, imo
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