From: Jonas Häggqvist <rasher_at_rasher.dk>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:40:09 +0100

Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote:

>> I would vote for new features which change existing functionality to be
>> disabled by default. Do we have a general policy on this?
>
> There is no written policy, but the general opinion among us developers
> is that the defaults should be as "sensible" as possible for the
> first-time user.

I agree. As Paul said, when adding a setting, the default should be chosen
using the following considerations:

1. Will changing the default behaviour help new and less technical users?
If so, change it.
2. If not, keep the existing behaviour.

The sorting change is a case of the first.

-- 
Jonas Häggqvist
rasher(at)rasher(dot)dk

Received on 2009-03-19