User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Technical Update: June 5, 2012/@comment-1656630-20120607181744/@comment-5473581-20120713062009


 * "we want to keep the collection clean, relevant, and organized. Please keep us aware of what preferences are important to you and for what reasons,"

All preferences are important to me. The more the better. I prefer to have preferences.

I understand the desire to keep things simple for people who prefer simple things. And I understand the desire to have the default options accessible for people who prefer simple things.

I don't see any reason why advanced users shouldn't be allowed to access as many advanced options as possible.

Any time there is a functionality choice made behind the scenes of any programming project, it's a no brainer that the other choice which wasn't chosen as the default should be available as an option. On the one hand, this allows tracking what people actually want (Of which I'm sure you're aware), on the other hand it allows people to use what they prefer.

I'm all for having a "clean"(read: short and simple) basic options page, with only common options which the majority of people change, but there's no problem with having slightly less "clean" advanced options page.