Re: GUADEC meeting summary

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Fri, 2007-08-03 at 17:24 +0200, Rodrigo Moya wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 21:15 +0200, Luca Cavalli wrote:
> > On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 19:59 +0100, Thomas Wood wrote:
> > > On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:02:23 +0200
> > > Rodrigo Moya <rodrigo gnome-db org> wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 11:13 -0400, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > > > >     * some people suggested removing typing break and just
> > > > > > > > rely on workrave (very popular it seems).
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Why? The current stuff is simple and working well. Any reason to
> > > > > > > remove it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Really because nobody can ever find it and it seems very out of
> > > > > > place. It's not really a keyboard option, it's a utility program.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I think it would be much better off next to the screensaver options.
> > > > > It is not really about keyboard at all, it is about enforcing a
> > > > > break by >locking the screen<.
> > > > > 
> > > > yeah, this makes sense, right? What other people think?
> > > 
> > > Well, I guess it might be most noticed there at least.
> > > 
> > > -Thomas
> > 
> > What about remove it from gnome-control-center and add it to gnome-utils
> > as a stand alone application?
> >
> yes, might make sense, but if we do so, maybe it would be better to just
> include workrave in gnome-utils. I use the typing break, and it's enough
> for what I use it for, but if most people using the feature prefer
> workrave, maybe it would be better to have it in official GNOME and
> remove it from g-c-c

I wouldn't want workrave anywhere near me. Typing break does what I want
it to, and workrave is oh god so complicated:
http://www.workrave.org/screenshots/unix/

The main features of the typing break is that it's simple and integrated
into the desktop. Can't we move the "typing break" prefs to the
"keyboard" tab of the keyboard capplet?

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>