brightness control usability issues.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: gnome-power-manager
In latest gutsy with all updates gnome-power manager is extremely annoying with the automatic brightness control. The brightness setting osd appears after a minute or so even when the option to change brightness when idle has been disabled (though it thankfully does not alter brightness then). It appears again on keyboard/mouse input, obscuring part of the screen for a second. Also, there is no way to configure the idle time, as the screensaver setting is not respected, making the period far too short and annoying. Finally, I believe it wold be useful if the ac brightness and battery brightness could be synced with an option, as to me at least the screen brightness is more of a comfort issue than a power issue, in a way similar to volume.
The gui seems to go far with this volume analogy, with a similar applet and OSD, however I don't think this makes so much sense when the brightness is set automatically, as the osd obscures a part of the screen with no user action. Also, the screen dimming is not affected by inhibiting automatic sleep, and I think considering the use cases of inhibit, it might be a good idea.
Changed in gnome-power-manager: | |
assignee: | nobody → ted-gould |
importance: | Undecided → Low |
summary: |
- brightness control usability issues + brightness control usability issues. |
Changed in gnome-power-manager (Ubuntu): | |
assignee: | Ted Gould (ted) → nobody |
I see this on gutsy too. It behaves exactly like it's doing the dim-when-idle, it just displays the screen brightness indicator, which is quite annoying.