[opensource-dev] from debug to prefences

[Argent Stonecutter]

On 2011-01-24, at 11:25, Erin Mallory wrote:
> Here's how it would work. We take the existing advanced preferences tab and turn it into a floater activated if you click on where the advanced tab is now. we then bump many of the preferences that are in the debug over.  we can do it in kinda a category form as the sketch here shows or break it up into tabs.  

I like the general idea.

How about making it like the "about:config" screen in Firefox? That's an interface that works well for complex preferences, doesn't require any significant per-reference customization, is familiar to people who are likely to be messing with it, and is much easier to browse than the debug window?