On Monday 01 June 2009 10:23:34 am Vincenzo Ciancia wrote: > Il giorno lun, 01/06/2009 alle 15.34 +0200, Mark Shuttleworth ha > > scritto: > > It's a good idea, but that's outside the capabilities of X today, > > would require major surgery to address, and there are other > > initiatives that would give more immediate gratification. > > Doesn't kde already do such a thing to hide the mouse pointer when the > user is typing near it (btw a very good idea)?
kwin can also know when a dropdown or context menu is open. i've been looking into the possibility of delaying notifications which occur during these types of interactions for n seconds. several researcher groups have found significant benefits for these types of "computer-mediated" interruptions. -- Celeste Lyn Paul KDE Usability Project usability.kde.org _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
