On Saturday 30 September 2006 08:56 pm, Alan Horkan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> > On Sun, 1 Oct 2006, Martin Ejdestig wrote: > >> Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 00:49:43 +0200 >> From: Martin Ejdestig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: Joachim Noreiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: [email protected], Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Usability] gnome-screensaver configuration (or lack >> therof) >> >> On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 22:49 +0100, Joachim Noreiko wrote: >> > --- Elijah Newren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > You are more than welcome to write your own or fork >> > > gnome-screensaver. >> > > The GPL is designed to allow those who disagree >> > > with the direction of >> > > a project to take it a new direction. >> > >> > That's not a very helpful answer. >> >> Well, it's true. > > Please refrain from such antagonistic behaviour. > > I think we can safely say RTFM and suggesting a fork are responses > which almost go without saying should be used only as a last resort, > and perhaps are less helpful than no > response at all. A fork was suggested in the bug. The maitainer didn't seem to think this was a good idea.... > > If the submitter could be more specific about which exacty screensave > he wants to configure we might be able to sugges an alternative > approach. (The image slideshow screensaver might be an example of a > screensaver which really doesn't need to be configured.) I had no specific screensaver in mind. If you haven't already, install X-Screensaver and take a look at the screensavers there. There are options for most, if not all of them as far as configuration (colors, number of blobs/stars/shapes/spkies/cows/ants/spaceships.....). This is not unlike screensavers in KDE as well as Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS. It's been "standard" for ages. I found an interim (or possibly permanent) workaround though. Details at http://www.kde.org. As time goes by it seems more and more as if Linus really *did* know what he was talking about.. "This 'users are idiots, and are confused by functionality' mentality of Gnome is a disease. If you think your users are idiots, only idiots will use it. I don't use Gnome, because in striving to be simple, it has long since reached the point where it simply doesn't do what I need it to do. Please, just tell people to use KDE." - Linus Torvalds 12 December 2005 http://mail.gnome.org/archives/usability/2005-December/msg00021.html -- Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com © 2006 angrykeyboarder™ & Elmer Fudd. All Wights Wesewved _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
