On Saturday 11 October 2008, Chani wrote:
> > why am i on the fence? it will be slightly less convenient as the user
> > will now have to go to two diferent places to configure things that are
> > reflected in the same place. that's one of those things about "usability"
> > when applied via straight logic versus considering actual user goals and
> > patterns.
>
> if I change the theme in plasma, does it change the screensaver widgets'
> theme?

iirc, the plasma screensaver shell is started every time the screen saver 
activates .. so .. yes =)

> what about if I change it in this hypothetical kcm?

ditto.

> > > 5) we must hide other activities that aren't usable as desktop activity
> > > (having a panel as desktop activity is a so bad idea)...
> >
> > yes, this is something that we'll want to add to the .desktop files i
> > think...
>
> yes. marco mentioned the formfactor, but that's not enough to tell: the
> screensaver containment would not work as a desktop containment, even
> though it is of type DesktopContainment... (I'm actually still unsure of
> whether it should be a CustomContainment)

yes, we can't just use what we have verbatim. we'll need some categories. 
multiple categories per containment should be fine

Desktop
Screensaver
Panel
... ?

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