On 2/18/06, Miles Lane <miles.lane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > A quote from that page: > ---------- > Why doesn't the screensaver preferences tool allow me to change the > settings for the theme? > We are trying to take a different approach. We would prefer for the > themes to simply work. [...] > There are a few reasons for this approach. One of them is to simplify > the UI and make it easier for the user. Another reason is so that > system administrators can more easily control (or lock down) the > settings. > ---------- > > Personally, I think the Gnome developers' know-it-all attitude is > stupid and offensive. Dang it! They take their bloody "present no > options to the users" too far! Idiots! > I'm sure these particular Gnome developers mean well, and I don't see the point in getting angry at them. I agree that neither of the reasons they list are very good. Having one extra button to open a second dialogue hardly clutters the UI, and makes it no harder for the user. To let system admins lock down settings, they should simply provide a "Don't show or let users open advanced controls." key. I think it's still a good concept to provide multiple variations of some of the screensavers in the list, but that's not mutually exclusive to allowing advanced controls. If someone presents a well-formed and polite request for them to allow advanced settings, I think we could get further in resolving this issue. n0dalus. -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list