Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:53:46 +0200 From: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> To: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Automatic screen lock when leaving desk Message-ID: <20090715125346.a18ef46b.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <4A5DB32E.7010406@infracaninophile.co.uk> References: <4A5CA4F1.6090605@isafeelin.org> <20090714204318.GC1832@kokopelli.hydra> <4A5DB32E.7010406@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:45:02 +0100, Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote: > I used to be a NeXTie, and the Screensaver.app there had a really nifty > little feature. I'm surprised it's not been copied into other screensaver > applications since, as it's pretty simple. They just had a facility where > moving the mouse cursor to one corner of the screen and leaving it still > for a few seconds would cause the screen saver / screen lock to come on > straight away. > > Conversely you could designate another corner of the screen as "don't turn > on screensaver even after an extended period of idleness". Being a NeXT app > this was all configurable by dragging little '+' or '-' icons around a > scaled down image of the screen, or off it entirely if you didn't want that > facility. This feature has been implemented in the (original) Norton Commander (Version 4 or 5, I think), but just as a screensaver, no real lock. Remember, it was DOS. -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...
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