On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 20:20 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote: > No. Matthew already outlined exactly how he took his measurements. > > https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-January/msg02387.html The problem with this measurement is that it measures max wattage when the cursor blinks. But for a typical user browsing, reading documents, reading email, etc. the cursor blinks a tiny portion of the time, only when they _write_ an email. I'd venture to say <10%. If that is so we're looking at a saving of about 0.2W for a typical user. Is this enough to flip the default? Here's another proposal: during first boot prompt the user to change the default to no-blink, explain the benefits, tell them how to switch back if they don't care for it. This way nobody will get frustrated or will be surprised their system no longer works the way they expect it to. I know it is more work, but this affects an important UI behavior. If 0.2W is not all that important to justify the work, lets drop it. -- Dimi Paun <dimi@xxxxxxxxxxx> Lattica, Inc. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
