Am Freitag, den 15.04.2005, 01:15 +0100 schrieb Thomas Conneely: > On Fri, 2005-04-15 at 00:44 +0100, Thomas Conneely wrote: > > > As for locking at a different time than activating the > > > screensaver, I've found this useful for exactly one thing: > > > I like to have the screen actually lock just after the > > > screensaver comes on. That way if I'm sitting at my desk > > > reading something, and the screensaver comes on, I can > > > just move my mouse and I don't have to enter my password. > > > But then, we could just make locking *always* happen maybe > > > 15 seconds or so after activation, and dump that option. > > > > Wouldn't a setting for "Wait n seconds before password prompt" be much > > more suitable and easier to understand for non-technical people?
> Please ignore my previous post, I misunderstood the current behaviour of > the dialog. So perhaps this should be reviewed to increase clarity Probably you were right; the "lock after x minutes" refers to the time after the screensaver is activated. The only way to find that out was by a tooltip. Pretty bad, should be replaced. Alex _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
