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Idea #5057: Screensaver options like in old Gnome versions

bug This idea is a duplicate of Idea #185: Add screensaver settings in gnome-screensaver.
Written by gio91ber the 18 Mar 08 at 22:35. Category: Look and Feel. Related project: Nothing/Others. Status: New
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I remember that in hoary there were also scrennsavers' advanced options.

Could you re-activate this option?
There's also a project called xFX (http://software.xfx.net/utilities/sss/) that does exactly this.

Sorry for my wrong English... I'm Italian.
Gio :)
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Written by gio91ber the 18 Mar 08 at 22:35.
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AndrewC wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 00:50
That was removed from gnome-screensaver many moons ago because the GNOME folks decided that options were too confusing for users to handle. I immensely disagree with them, but they seem too hardheaded to change their stance on it any time soon. Still voting up.

Eldmannen wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 01:44
I was wondering why there were no possibility to change settings for screensavers.

I don't think its too complex/advanced/confusing for users.
Even Windows lusers have screensaver properties.

Also, all the settings are hidden in the "Properties" dialog.

Chipmaster wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 17:38
Gnome = KISS
KDE = Configure

Don't expect either to embrace the mentalities of the other.

days_of_ruin wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 18:06
you can already customize everything else in gnome
so I don't think the devs are anti customizing.
+1

elisee wrote on the 19 Mar 08 at 22:26
It should really really come back. Gnome should never prevent the user from customizing. It should only make very good defaults, and not take the control away from the user!


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