Re: MacOSX-like screensaver trigger when the mouse is put to rest in a corner of the screen

[Brian Mury <b mury ieee org>]

On Fri, 2005-14-01 at 10:42 +0100, Albert Vilella wrote:
> A feature (hopefully not patented) that I would like to see in gnome
> desktop is that the screensaver is triggered when the mouse is put to
> rest in a corner of the screen.
> 
> I find this feature useful in MacOSX desktop, and maybe worth to include
> in gnome,

I doubt it is patented. It's a feature that's been around for a long
time in various screensavers on various platforms. I had a screensaver
on my Amiga years ago that did this; I've seen it on Windows
screensavers; and I'm sure I've seen it elsewhere, but I can't recall
where.

Most implementations I've seen had one corner for "blank now" and a
different corner for "never blank".