> > At home, I was used to bump the mouse to see my desktop. Now I have to drag > > or hit Esc. It's not that much difficult, of course, but if I do it twenty > > times a day, it becomes a bit annoying. The last time I tried, Bastion > > Nocera successfully ignored my requests to avoid lowering shield when > > session locking is disabled. It's trendy. > > I'm pretty sure "Bastion" rejected the idea, instead of simply ignoring it :) > > There's a gnome-shell extension to disable it. Oh, that's so great! It wasn't there when I was looking for it. Here it is: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/672/disable-screen-shield/ Thanks Bastion...er, Bastien. > > > On the other hand, I saw Windows 8 recently and I couldn't find a > > difference. > > They copied GNOME's behavior perfectly. It felt like home :-) > > And that's how to disable it on Windows: > http://www.pcworld.com/article/2013667/8-worst-windows-8-irritations-and-how-to-fix-them.html > > The reason why it's there is the same as why it's in GNOME, it stops > touches/keypresses/mouse clicks from getting to the apps for the time > when the screen turns back on. So it's a requirement for touch devices, as > well as > for desktops and laptops that lack touch. One could argue that users are pretty used to and happy with mouse wiggling. But I don't mind that much, as long as there is the extension available. Thanks again. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
