On Fri, Oct 01, 2010 at 10:22:21AM +1000, Christopher James Halse Rogers wrote: > g-s-d should probably be smarter about not needlessly changing settings, > but I think that g-s-d *should* be in charge of resolution policy. > > I think we might want to have a multi-head discussion at UDS with the > design team and the various desktop teams to work out the user > experience we want.
What we really need is a table that maps hw conditions to expected behaviors with regard to multihead. For example, consider hotplugging a second monitor. The behavior a user would expect can vary. If the second display is a monitor (not a projector), perhaps the user expects to have the laptop screen blanked and the external display shown at its maximum resolution. But if the external monitor is a projector, perhaps they want it to configure into a slideshow / notes configuration. Or, if both the primary and secondary monitors are the same, you can probably assume they're trying to set up a left/right dual-head setup. Anyway, I agree that this is likely to be more a question of policy (and thus under g-s-d's purview), but having a list of expectations would enable testing to be done to ensure the behaviors remain consistent and standardized across all drivers and hardware. Bryce -- Ubuntu-x mailing list Ubuntu-x@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-x
