[Tickets #5150] Conf.xml could contain a "title" element to make configuration pages.more readable.

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=5150
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 Ticket             | 5150
 Created By         | xconspirisist at gmail.com
 Summary            | Conf.xml could contain a "title" element to make configuration
                    | pages.more readable.
 Queue              | Horde Framework Packages
 Version            | HEAD
 Type               | Enhancement
 State              | New
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Owners             | 
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xconspirisist at gmail.com (2007-03-22 08:23) wrote:

At the moment, the conf.xml dictates how the configuration pages are
currently laid out within the horde options. 

Currently, the configuration options have a description which obviously
describes the option, but there is no title displayed with the option.
With every single option, you have to read a rather lengthily description
in order to ascertain what that configuration option actually does.

>From an HCI point of view, it is likely that titles for options would make
it a lot quicker to sift through configuration options, because less text
needs to be read.

For example, there is a configuration option in the mnemo application to
display a print icon in the header. At the moment, this configuration
option is a checkbox, with this text besides it:

"Should we display a Print link in the Horde application menus?"

I suggest that a title element would read:

"Display Print Link"

Or at least something to that effect, with the description AS WELL below
the title. 

Also from a HCI point of view, it would be a good idea to have the title
in bold, because it is important, and should be easy to pick out. The
description is less important, but needed if the user does not understand
the title. I suggest that there is a linebreak in between the title and
the description. 

A suggested patch to a configuration option may look like this:

<configboolean name = "print" title = "Display Print Icon" desc = "Should
we display a print icon in the application menus?">true</configboolean>

Thanks for your time in reading this submission.