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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Knowing when a screensaver is active
From:       Andreas Pour <pour () mieterra ! com>
Date:       1999-05-20 22:05:26
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Kurt Granroth wrote:

> Bo Thorsen wrote:
> > Actually I think the ideal thing would be for the screensavers to be able
> > to somehow be told and then show that new messages has arrived.
>
> Er.. well, if that was a solution, then this never would have been a problem
> in the first place.  The reason it is a Non-Fun Bug is because it shows the
> world private information.  Having the screen saver do it instead of a pop-up
> dialog is no improvement...

How would a generic message that says "You have new mail" reveal anything
private?  I guess one could genericize it even more by having a box that says
"An application seeks your attention" (with a "Dismiss" button) float across the
screen on top of the normal screensaver . . . .

Regards,

Andreas

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