Re: TortoiseOverlay icon prio (Was: Re: Not all overlays appear on Windows 7 with TSVN 1.6.7+)

Simon Large wrote:
> On 17 March 2010 07:27, Lübbe Onken <luebbe.tortoisesvn_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>> 2010/3/17 Hans-Emil Skogh <Hans-Emil.Skogh_at_tritech.se>:
>>> Ties could be resolved by favouring TSVN:s choice. ;-)
>>>
>>> This would give all clients that use TortoiseOverlay the posibility to
>>> ifluence the order of which the overlays should be dropped - thus giving the
>>> best possible usability for every installed client.
>> I was just about to write up the same suggestion, so a +1 from me :)
>
> My only concern here is that the user's priorities may differ from the
> developers, for example Stefan would drop Deleted first and I would
> drop Unversioned first. But that could be resolved (if necessary) by a
> Tortoise app providing some UI so users can set their own priority
> order for that app.
>
> Naturally I like my own suggestion about a standalone TortoiseOverlays
> UI best ;-)
>
> Simon

Why not do both? Have a preferred order that gets set by each installed
client AND a standalone UI that can optionally create its own set of
preferences - specifically designed for the nitpicky users who want
refined control. That way everyone is happy. Well, as happy as only
having 15 overlays can make people.

"No one will ever need more than 15 overlays."
(Bill Gates [misquote])

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