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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Interactive screensavers
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () olympusproject ! org>
Date:       2002-07-01 17:32:58
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On Sunday 30 June 2002 10:52, Sarang Lakare wrote:
> On Monday 01 July 2002 12:37 pm, Unai Garro wrote:
> > That  would force rewriting the class KScreenSaver in kdelibs I guess.
>
> Yes, but that will be an extremely good feature for KDE IMHO. I don't see
> it changing any API, so it shouldn't be a problem! Writing a special
> screensaver to post notes is not the ideal solution. People should know
> that "hey, I know I can write notes on his/her screen when he/she is away"
> rather than "I know I can write notes on his/her screen.. but I hope he/she
> is running that particular screensaver!"

from a privacy standpoint: if implementing this please ensure that the note 
writer can't use the desktop's clipboard facilities otherwise someone can go 
to a locked system, "leave a note" and hit ctrl-v or press the MMB to see 
what's in the clipboard. or, more as an annoyance, hit ctrl-c or highlight 
some text to overwrite what is currently in the clipboard.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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