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1. Dialog navigation

* A paged configuration dialog should be used when there is more than one category of options.
* Tabs should be used as second-level navigation.
* Tree views shouldn't be used in the paged dialog's sidebar. 


2. Grouping of options

* The number of categories (pages) should be between 3 and 6.
* The number of tabs on a page should be between 2 and 4.
* The options should be in the visible space so the user doesn't need to scroll. (otherwise it's an indicator that options might be moved to advanced sections or dialogs)
* There shouldn't be "orphaned options" - options which are not related to any other ones. 


3. Dialog layout

* The dialog should be resizable. (the latter is important for accessibility)
* The overall size of the dialog shouldn't be bigger than 800x600.
* The dialog should have scrollbars which appear when not all options are visible. 


4. Wording

* Keywords used in page title and the label in the left navigation bar should correspond. <br /><small>(for example, the page title may "Here you can personalize kopete"” while the label is "Behavior".  This should be reported and the acceptable change would be Behavior -> "Here you can change the behavior of Kopete" OR Personalize -> "Here you can personalize Kopete")</small>

* Obviously technical or otherwise hard to understand wording should be avoided.