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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    RE: Kcontrol/Date
From:       Bill Soudan <wes0472 () rit ! edu>
Date:       2000-03-29 16:37:52
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On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Steve Hutton wrote:

> On Tue, 28 Mar 2000, Bill Soudan wrote:
> 
> > Could I suggest to do this otherwise?  I know in Windows, I personally use
> > the date/time settings dialog quite a bit, since if you double-click on
> > the clock it will pop up.  It's a nice quick way to check dates.  This
> > would be very inconvient if everytime I wanted to check the calendar I had
> > to enter a root password (assuming you also bind double-clicking on the
> > clock to pop up the date settings, like in winXX).
> 
> If you just want to check dates, I think cal from the command line is better
> than the windows style popup calendar....no root priviledge required, either.

I do use this - the double click on the time/date is both more convienent
and more familiar for new users, however.

Bill

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