[desktop-discuss] REQ: Comments on latest desktop

[Shawn Walker]

On 9/11/06, Garrett D'Amore <garrett_damore at tadpole.com> wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
> > On 9/11/06, Alan Coopersmith <Alan.Coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> >> Shawn Walker wrote:
> >> >>>>> Desktop Context Menu: Desktop Resolution...
> >> >>>
> >> >>> This is a useless option. People change their resolutions once a
> >> year.
> >>
> >> Unless they use a laptop and change everytime they connect or disconnect
> >> from a projector.
> >
> > I think the real point is to make it easy for those that need it, and
> > get rid of it for those who don't. Maybe a tray program would be
> > better suited to providing that functionality ala nVidia's nView
> > tools, etc.?
> >
> > Most of us aren't going to use the option.
> >
>
> I think this is useful.  There is a class of user who carry their
> laptops back and forth, and use an external monitor at their primary
> workstation.  The ideal resolution at a worksite with the monitor is
> likely to be quite different than the ideal resolution when roaming.
> (Almost everyone hates panning.)
>
> Admittedly, desktop users are unlikely to find it useful.  But laptop
> users are much more inclined to use it.

That I can accept (as a laptop user who runs Solaris even!).

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Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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