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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Re: First time user article
From:       Chris Howells <chris () chrishowells ! co ! uk>
Date:       2002-06-18 8:24:56
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Hi,

On Monday 17 June 2002 9:36 pm, Poletti, Don wrote:
> Here's a ZDnet article from a writer who tried linux and KDE
> for the first time. Nothing very new but interesting.
>
> http://www.zdnet.com/anchordesk/stories/story/0,10738,2870735,00.html

I'll take a look at it later..

> This does reaffirm my belief that we need to be able to change/
> configure screen resolutions from a KDE control panel. And

KXConfig allows you to reconfigure stuff from KControl although it has a very 
different GUI and is not integrated the way the other stuff is.

> yes I know this is a x-windows thing but from a usability standpoint
> that argument doesn't hold water.

Unfortunately it does from a technical view point though. Currently, you _can 
not_ change the resolution on the fly. You must restart XFree86. Some XFree86 
extension allows you to mess around with virtual resolutions, I don't know if 
some hack based on that could be used.

I've no idea what the situation is with other X servers.

- -- 
Cheers, Chris Howells -- chris@chrishowells.co.uk, howells@kde.org
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