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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Patch: Idea for saving power on laptops
From:       Uwe Thiem <uwix () iway ! na>
Date:       2007-05-18 17:29:53
Message-ID: 200705181829.54293.uwix () iway ! na
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On 18 May 2007, Florian Hackenberger wrote:
> On Friday 18 May 2007, jos poortvliet wrote:
> > It's a cool idea, but I'd rather see the apps fixed that don't NEED to do
> > anything when minimized to really not DO anything.
>
> Well the fact that the X server does not know about windows being minimised
> (and therefore neither do the applications), is probably part of the
> problem. Therefore a browser cannot freeze a page, because it may not even
> realise its window is invisible to the user. 

Hm... Kaffeine stops playing when invisible, minimised or otherwise. So it 
must be possible somehow. ;-)

Uwe

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