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It's important that our preferences system should use an operating system mechanism for storing those preferences, if possible. We want to make it possible for Mozilla to be configured with defaults that are configured via tools that are not specific to Mozilla. That is, you need to be able to configure Mozilla as part of an entire desktop system from the same point using the same tools as the rest of the desktop. | It's important that our preferences system should use an operating system mechanism for storing those preferences, if possible. We want to make it possible for Mozilla to be configured with defaults that are configured via tools that are not specific to Mozilla. That is, you need to be able to configure Mozilla as part of an entire desktop system from the same point using the same tools as the rest of the desktop. | ||
* Do you mean ''mmc'' integrating under Win2K+? | |||
<i>2. The mechanisms for saving data should be hidden behind APIs so it's possible to replace backends easily.</i> | <i>2. The mechanisms for saving data should be hidden behind APIs so it's possible to replace backends easily.</i> | ||
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Brendan brings this up and I think it's important to note explicitly. It's important that whatever we use has a local cache of network preferences and can operate in a disconnected state. | Brendan brings this up and I think it's important to note explicitly. It's important that whatever we use has a local cache of network preferences and can operate in a disconnected state. | ||
* Not only on cache, but before any connection after installation we should work too. So we need reasonable defaults. | |||
== Integration Points == | == Integration Points == | ||