G-p-m hding while on AC

[Christian Bjälevik]

tor 2006-03-09 klockan 04:14 +0200 skrev Sandis Neilands:
> Hello!
Hi Sandis!

> On 3/8/06, Christian Bjälevik <nafallo at magicalforest.se> wrote:
> > tor 2006-02-23 klockan 21:47 -0800 skrev Corey Burger:
> > > 2. More savvy users might think that g-p-m is crashing open AC plugin
> > More savvy users would probably have found the preferences dialog and
> > found the option in the last tab that controls this? :-)
> 
> And how would they do that, if the icon isn't there?
System -> Preferences -> Power Management

> > > 3. No other DE or OS does this. While this is not usually an argument,
> > > I think the expectation of least surprise holds here and there is no
> > > compelling argument to break consistency.
> > I disagree. I think it's a lot better to have it this way and only use
> > the precious panel-space when there is actually something to show. This
> > could easily be compared to update-notifier and gnome-cups-icon.
> 
> <rant>
> Oh, very interesting concept. So perhaps we should remove volume
> control too?
Volume control serves the purpose of notifying about the current volume
level, so no.

>  And how about trashcan? It shouldn't be visible if it's
> empty too!
I agree with that :-).

>  If you are chasing space on panel, try removing that
> useless logout icon, which is fairly well accesible from menu, doesn't
> indicate any state (or anything at all) and takes the most valuable
> space on panel (for right handed users) while being used twice a day
> (or less).
I like it there. It saves me to use the menu when I want to log out
using my mouse. I use the keyboard most of times though :-P.

> I find this kind of decision making disturbing. Major change should be
> discussed on -devel or -desktop BEFORE applied, not the other way
> around. Another good example for behind-the-curtains decision is GDM
> login screen and options menu.
From what I've seen not many people answer on those querys, when they
are made. For the logout-button I think it's an sabdfl decision (corrent
me if I'm wrong please) but it's often easiest to make a change and see
how the community like it. They will complain if they don't ;-).
> </rant>
> 

Cheers, /C
-- 
Christian Bjälevik <nafallo at ubuntu.com>
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