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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Patch: Idea for saving power on laptops
From:       Guillaume Laurent <glaurent () telegraph-road ! org>
Date:       2007-05-18 21:53:48
Message-ID: 200705182353.48085.glaurent () telegraph-road ! org
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(that was meant for the list actually - I sent it as a private mail to Matt)

On May 18, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Matt Newell wrote:

> If the option is off by default and only enabled on a per- 
> application basis,
> then there wouldn't be any problem with it happening accidently to  
> kdevelop
> or eclipse.

Again : how do you explain this to the normal user ?

And just for the sake of it : don't you think we have too many  
options already ?


>
> It could be argued that the application should be fixed to use less  
> CPU when
> minimized,

Indeed it could. And, for instance, the fact that it doesn't draw  
anything anymore when minimized won't make a difference, now will it ?

> but in the meantime a simple to implement and activate feature
> that is properly presented to the user could be very usefull.  Your  
> reasons
> for rejecting the idea don't seem very well thought out to me.

- we already have *way* too many options

- you're trying to expose to a user a concept only developers  
understand and have any use for

- you'll be creating a usability nightmare because toggling this  
option is not a straightforward decision, and mistakes will be costly

The problem : bad web pages hogging CPU because konq can't handle  
them properly.
Your solution : introduce the user to some Unix System Programming  
basics.

Actually I can't even think of one application where this option can  
be safely applied. konsole ? no way. Konq ? What if it's doing  
downloads or file operations elsewhere ? Any network-connected app  
are out. KOffice ? Forget background autosave.

Oh, and that would also mean that when logging out, all apps would  
first have to be maximised, otherwise they won't answer to the dcop  
commands.


--
Guillaume
http://telegraph-road.org


 
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