Display Configuration KCM design review

Aaron J. Seigo aseigo at kde.org
Thu Oct 4 11:15:58 UTC 2012


On Thursday, October 4, 2012 12:49:42 todd rme wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 12:07 AM, Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> >> 2. Can users move the screens by small amounts using the arrow keys?
> > 
> > what's the use case for this?
> 
> It is hard to move objects by small increments using the mouse,
> especially along a single axis.

yes, but what is the use case? in which case is it important to move the 
monitors by small amounts in a given axis?

> >> 3. When you move secondary screens, is there anything showing where
> >> the screen top-left corner in primary screen coordinates?  For example
> >> text in one of the corners
> > 
> > wouldn't that be implied by relative position of the monitors in the
> > preview?
> It would give the relative position, but not the exact absolute position.

ok, i'm going to sound like a broken record here, so apologies in advance, 
but: what's the use case for knowing the absolute position?

the reason i ask is that if the interface does not need to provide such to-
the-pixel features, then it becomes a lot easier to make and use ...

-- 
Aaron J. Seigo
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