Re: Fwd: [Usability] Technical language in applet menus

[Phil Bull <philbull gmail com>]

On 5/8/05, Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com> wrote:

> That would be great. In addition, Mac OS X
> <http://alexandros.roussos.free.fr/macosxrumors/images/030629/Expose_prefs.jpg>
> (as well as the "Hot Corners" shareware for Windows
> <http://www.southbaypc.com/HotCorners/screenshot.gif>) lets you
> deactivate the screensaver by resting the pointer in one corner pixel of
> the screen. (They also let you turn on the screensaver immediately by
> resting the pointer in another corner pixel.) If you're watching a movie
> full-screen you're likely to move the pointer into the corner to get it
> out of the way anyway, so this technique is easy to remember.

Take a look at this:

http://home.jesus.ox.ac.uk/~ecatmur/brightside/

Seems pretty similar to the apps you linked too.

-- 
Phil Bull
philbull.tk