Re: Preferences, System Tools

[Havoc Pennington <hp redhat com>]

On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 19:06, Curtis Hovey wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-06-04 at 15:01 -0400, Havoc Pennington wrote
> 
> 
> I think Erik Pukinskis made a good argument regarding authority to
> change hardware settings:
> http://mail.gnome.org/archives/desktop-devel-list/2003-April/msg00494.html
> 

Agreed. Per-user good.

> > Hardware
> >       * Screen layout (multiple monitors), resolution, and depth
> >       * Mouse speed
> >       * Speaker configuration: 2, 4, 5.1
> >       * Sound volume
> >         (may additionally have a panel presence) 
> >       * Which printer and printer options such as paper
> >         (may additionally have presence in print dialogs) 
> >       * Power management
> 
> I think we should include PDAs, cameras, and media players, they are now
> common in the workplace and home.  Computer retailers are selling these
> 'accessories' with the purchase of a new computer, and users will expect
> them to be treated like the optional printer and speakers they
> purchased.

Note that Seth's list is of settings in the UI, not of devices. What are
the settings you mean when you say "PDAs, cameras, and media players"?

> > Internationalization
> >       * Keyboard layout
> >         (may additionally have a panel presence) 
> >       * Language
> 
> What of locale?  Are date and number formats implicit in the items
> above?

I would assume those come from the active language/locale yes. Not sure
we need "English messages and French number format" in the GUI.

Havoc