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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: New lockscreen
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2013-01-11 9:50:53
Message-ID: 1567241.BF7OVWsRSk () freedom
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On Friday, January 11, 2013 10:28:22 Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> On Friday 11 January 2013 10:12:13 Martin Sandsmark wrote:
> > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 09:49:06AM +0100, Martin Gräßlin wrote:
> > > no, removing features is not a regression. It is the decision to remove
> > > the
> > > feature. The use case for screen savers does no longer exist or when did
> > > you last have a screen which needs to be saved? For background reading I
> > > recommend [1].
> > 
> > I still have CRT screens, and plasma displays (yes, ironic or something)
> > are highly susceptible to burn-ins as well. LCD displays usually only

"an animated screen saver" is not the only answer. "blank the screen" works 
just as well, probably even better from a power consumption point of view. 
blanking the screen is still supported :)

> But the discussion again shows that just removing it completely and tell
> people to use XSS if they want screen savers would have been the right
> choice.

agreed.

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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