[PATCH] Animations enable/disable system wide

Dominik Haumann dhdev at gmx.de
Fri Feb 15 22:02:51 GMT 2008


On Friday 15 February 2008, Richard Moore wrote:
> On 2/15/08, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> > On Friday 15 February 2008, Robert Knight wrote:
> > i wonder how many users will actually have the knowledge to pick an
> > appropriate setting. perhaps it would be better to simply provide a set
> > of use cases in a drop down box, e.g.:
> >
> > Optimize graphical effects for: [ Modern desktop / laptop system
> >                          [ Low performance system
> >                          [ Remote desktop or thin client
> >                          [ Mobile device
> >
> > the exact entries are pulled out of my posterior as i was typing this,
> > but i think giving the user a set of options that map to the actual use
> > cases might be a lot easier to figure out.
>
> I think providing users with a drop down in these terms makes a lot of
> sense. We definitely want to avoid having a system that requires users
> to understand the underlying implementation of the various effects.
> That said, if this is coming out of your posterior then you should
> consider your diet.

Would it be possible to automatically get sane defaults? Maybe through 
solid?

ps: ...reintroducing a slider again sounds so much like KPersonalizer ;)

Dominik




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