Ryan Leavengood <leavengood@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > wrote: > > Always a good idea, how often does the > > screensaver kick in in a lengthy presentation? Always having to > > unlock the > > machine sucks. (Don't know how Haiku handles that ATM. Just > > saying.) > In the power management framework I have envisioned, the screen > saving > code would broadcast to applications that it is preparing to start, > and they could tell it not to start. So a presentation running in > full > screen would cancel the screen saver (along with media players > playing > videos, etc.) Actually all levels of power saving would have this, so > for example the machine would not try to shutdown the hard drive or > go > to sleep during a long download. I think a proactive approach would be better, though. Ie. an app would just issue a command that prevents the screensaver from running. This should be made in a way that this is automatically reverted once the app is gone. Bye, Axel.