On Thu, 2008-07-17 at 00:12 -0500, Gian Paolo Mureddu wrote: > Bastien Nocera escribió: > >> Using 'timebar:2' modifies the percentage calculation to use an > >> exponential function - this makes the bar run faster at first, then slow > >> as it approaches 100%. This makes startup seem even faster. Seriously! > >> > > > > Awesome. Humans are so gullible. > > > > True, though I can think of ONE situation where faster boot times are > desirable: laptop users. For the minute or so it takes my laptop to boot > and initiate my session (no automatic session start, though), if the > battery is at full 100% charge, it will eat 5% of the charge during that > minute... Just do some math here and at that rate, should anything > happen during boot (like the scan of the largest partition on the > drive), there's only 20 or so minutes of power. I didn't say _actual_ faster boots were not desirable, just that a perceived faster boot was a good thing. FWIW, if you can only get 20 minutes of battery from your laptop, it's time to buy a new battery... -- Fedora-desktop-list mailing list Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
