Re: [Utopia] Gnome Power Manager, updated screenshots

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 21:47 +0100, Richard Hughes wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 21:46 +0100, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> > I don't think "Display brightness" should be in here. It could work
> > pretty much like a "learning mute" (volume mute...). For example:
> > - Power is on mains
> > - User sets the brightness -> remember as mains brightness
> > - User unplugs the power
> > - Either the brightness for when on battery is known -> restore it
> > - Otherwise guess 1/2 of current mains brightness, let the user change
> > it (and save it when changed)
> > - Plug back in, restore the mains brightness, etc.
> 
> Sounds good to me. We can be clever so the user doesn't have to be.

Ouch ;)

> > The "Put display to sleep" bits should probably be in gnome-
> > screensaver's capplet.
> 
> This is where the two projects blur. I would say display sleep settings
> should not be in a screensaver dialogue, but then I'm biased :-)

Apple seems to be doing the same: http://www.xvsxp.com/power/

> > That'd be 4 less sliders in the dialogue.
> 
> Ohh yes, I know - the glade file has everything, and the application
> disables things it hasn't got. 
> 
> Should the sleep type be in options? Not something the average user
> needs to know I guess - default to "Quick sleep"

Default to quick sleep, except for UPS's?

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>