Scott Wallace wrote:
> 
> Recent updates which will soon be in the public 3.1 update stream
> (#3543 & #3544) have tweaked the default settings for certain
> preferences for the forthcoming 3.0 release, and there's now an easy
> way that people can try them out without compromising their current
> working style.
> ...

Looking forward to it!

> Prominent in today's settings:
> 
> *  scrollBarsNarrow is set to false (voices were heard loudly and clearly!)
> *  optional buttons and annotation panes are both turned *off* (as per Dan.)
> *  infiniteUndo is off but useUndo (i.e. one-level-undo) is on.

Sounds reasonable to me.

> *  preserveTrash is off, so things won't build up in your trash-can.

I just had an idle thought here... it might be nice for the default setting to keep a single item (at most) in the trash can.  This would protect yourself from accidentally hitting the X halo on a morph, but at the same time keep the trash can from filling up with lots of stuff.  It'd be basically like the one-level undo.  Not critical, but nice to have.

> *  smartUpdating is off, so browsers will not self-update in inactive windows.

Probably good... I've noticed things slowing down when I have lots of browser-like windows open, which is probably the smartUpdating.  The important thing is that when a browser window is brought to the front, it updates, so you never have the out-of-date code problem that used to happen.  (This seems to work fine with smartUpdating off.)

- Doug Way
  dway at riskmetrics.com