Am Do 19.01.2006 12:23 schrieb Stefan Seyfried <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 12:04:04PM +0100, Danny Kukawka wrote:
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded Message ----------
> >
> > Subject: Re: kpowersave - scheme settings
> > Date: Wednesday 18 January 2006 00:14
> > From: Ferdinand Gassauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Danny Kukawka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > On Tuesday 17 January 2006 23:21, you wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > On Tuesday 17 January 2006 23:15, Ferdinand Gassauer
> > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > wrote:
> > > > KDE tries to use (mostly) positive questions.
> > > >
> > > > kpowersave has a mixture of enable/disable questions. disable
> > > > IMHO
> > > > should be changed to "enable" and get checked when appropriate.
> > > > may be you want to rethink the design.
> > >
> > > Hmm, .... The only checkboxes we IMO could change are the scheme
> > > specific
> > > sound settings.
> > >
> > > In the other cases ("Disable screen saver", "Disable display power
> > > management") I see no way to change this, because we *need* here
> > > the
> > > 'Disable'-checkbox because we must overwrite the KDE/X settings
> > > you can
> > > make in KControl or in the KScreensaver settings. IMO in this
> > > context a
> > > 'enable' checkbox make no sense.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > (Y) is checked
> > (N) is unchecked
> >
> > It says
> > * (Y) Enable specific screensaver settings
> > ** (N) Disable screensaver
> > .
> > ** (N) Disable Powersettings
> >
> > IMHO the result is the same but would be easier to read
> >
> > * (Y) Enable specific screensaver settings
> > ** (Y) Enable screensaver
> > .
> > ** (Y) Enable Powersettings
> >
> > I just think it's easier for the user to deal only with "enable"
>
> The problem is that you cannot enable it from here if you disabled it
> in the
> control center. There really is just the option to "disable" it if it
> was
> enabled in kcontrol, or leave it disabled if it was disabled in
> kcontrol.
> We do not provide the option to enable it if it was disabled in
> kcontrol.
>
> I hope this makes it more clear why we do it this way.
OK I see, may be this could be noted on the screen ( change/link
kcontrol)
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