Re: Fedora Core 2 wishlists

[Jaap Haitsma <jaap haitsma org>]

Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 08:05:56PM +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
>
> > Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 07:48:30PM +0100, Jaap Haitsma wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > I've been suffering from RSI quite badly some years ago, a.o. a program 
> > > > like workrave helped me controlling the problem. I think every desktop 
> > > > should include one even if it only is to prevent RSI.
> > >
> > >
> > > Menu -> Preferences -> Keyboard -> Typing Break
> > >
> > > michaelkjohnson
> >
> > I know this option but it's far to simple. AFAIK it doesn't adapt if you 
> > take a break your self. WorkRave really measures your activity and 
> > forces you to have small micro breaks if your mousing or typing. If you 
> > are reading it doesn't stop you.
>
>
> So this, in opinion, would be a place to take up the discussion of
> enhancing GNOME's included support, rather than having lots of
> different tools that try, with varying amounts of success, to do
> the same job.
Why bother redoing so much work (unless you like getting RSI ;-) )when 
there is already a good alternative, which has the advantage that you 
can also use it under KDE. (OK I admit you need GTK libraries installed 
for that)

What do you think of including WorkRave in Gnome 2.5 or later somewhere 
down the line? There are all kind of accesibility features for people 
with physical problems. I guess a good RSI program complements these 
tools nicely.


Jaap