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hellonurse · 07-23-2020, 08:41 PM

I mentioned .ini only as an example. On my machine, for example, the majority of non-essential (and some essential, too) stuff isn't installed and is configured via configuration files. All those mpv's, vlc's, sumatra's, audacity's, foobar's, keepass'es and what not. Configuration files are either within the app's directory itself or somewhere under \AppData.

My latest bandwidth-wasting ramble was about what's peculiar about the portable mode, so the registry is not what we're talking about here.

I mentioned PATH because that's the most exemplar of what gets additions or changes among Windows environment variables, unlike in the Unix-like-world, where you'd expect to be stuffing all kinds of pretty disparate settings into your environment.

I don't question the way the setting are stored, but sometimes it's reasonable to provide for some flexibility - to make the portable mode a little more portable in a little less conditional way, for example.

"You're in charge" was just a way of saying, like, "look, whoever in charge of whatever has a final say in whatever they're in charge of".

Yup, the millions is a very powerful argument, except it doesn't matter. Like, let's say I've used the app for a couple of days and have noticed a couple of very minor bugs that could be reported, but why would I, if they don't affect me? Like, that the viewer stops responding to zooming up using the keyboard or toolbar buttons if the 'Zoom step size' setting is set to or below 12% and you zoom out to or below 9px or that pressing on 'Previous/Next page' toolbar buttons without a book loaded results in an error. It's completely minor, it may or may not have been reported before, but it's there. Same goes for the way millions use any kind of software. Unless something is broken like there's no tomorrow or breaks something else, no one cares.

You can disregard suggestions, you can ignore suggestions, you can consider suggestions and deem them not worth the time, pointless or whatever.

And again, let's distinguish between complaints and suggestions and stop making it seem that I want something from someone. I don't want anything and I don't care.

Again, I don't care. But somehow I don't bother explaining myself over and over, as my bandwidth isn't limited.

And no need to use those "special needs" puns. Those things do not get to me, just take my word for it.

07-23-2020, 08:41 PM	#13
hellonurse Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2020 Device: Bookeen Cybook Odyssey 2013	I mentioned .ini only as an example. On my machine, for example, the majority of non-essential (and some essential, too) stuff isn't installed and is configured via configuration files. All those mpv's, vlc's, sumatra's, audacity's, foobar's, keepass'es and what not. Configuration files are either within the app's directory itself or somewhere under \AppData. My latest bandwidth-wasting ramble was about what's peculiar about the portable mode, so the registry is not what we're talking about here. I mentioned PATH because that's the most exemplar of what gets additions or changes among Windows environment variables, unlike in the Unix-like-world, where you'd expect to be stuffing all kinds of pretty disparate settings into your environment. I don't question the way the setting are stored, but sometimes it's reasonable to provide for some flexibility - to make the portable mode a little more portable in a little less conditional way, for example. "You're in charge" was just a way of saying, like, "look, whoever in charge of whatever has a final say in whatever they're in charge of". Yup, the millions is a very powerful argument, except it doesn't matter. Like, let's say I've used the app for a couple of days and have noticed a couple of very minor bugs that could be reported, but why would I, if they don't affect me? Like, that the viewer stops responding to zooming up using the keyboard or toolbar buttons if the 'Zoom step size' setting is set to or below 12% and you zoom out to or below 9px or that pressing on 'Previous/Next page' toolbar buttons without a book loaded results in an error. It's completely minor, it may or may not have been reported before, but it's there. Same goes for the way millions use any kind of software. Unless something is broken like there's no tomorrow or breaks something else, no one cares. You can disregard suggestions, you can ignore suggestions, you can consider suggestions and deem them not worth the time, pointless or whatever. And again, let's distinguish between complaints and suggestions and stop making it seem that I want something from someone. I don't want anything and I don't care. Again, I don't care. But somehow I don't bother explaining myself over and over, as my bandwidth isn't limited. And no need to use those "special needs" puns. Those things do not get to me, just take my word for it.