> On 20.12.2019, at 23:18, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
> A preference elimination initiative would be *very* welcome, but
> it is something that we should start working on immediately after
> the 5.3 release.
> 
> Preferences are like other bad habits: easy to get into, and
> hard to eliminate. So let's all make a New Year's resolution to
> lose weight, exercise more, eat healthier food, and get rid of
> unnecessary preferences in Squeak.
> 
> For the current release, I think that we should limit discussion
> to specific default preference settings that we might want to
> change for the upcoming release.
> 
> Dave


I really like the distinction in Firefox between "normal preferences" and "about:config"

I think we should have that dichotomy, too. Something on the surface, something under the hood (eg, like OSXs 'defaults' facility)

Best regards
	-Tobias