RFC: Disabling blinking cursor by default

[Orcan Ogetbil]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 10:33 PM, Dimi Paun  wrote:
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> On Tue, 2009-02-03 at 20:20 -0500, Josh Boyer wrote:
>> No.  Matthew already outlined exactly how he took his measurements.
>>
>> https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-devel-list/2009-January/msg02387.html
>
> The problem with this measurement is that it measures max wattage

s/wattage/power/
there's no such thing as wattage.

> when the cursor blinks. But for a typical user browsing, reading
> documents, reading email, etc. the cursor blinks a tiny portion
> of the time, only when they _write_ an email. I'd venture to say <10%.
>
> If that is so we're looking at a saving of about 0.2W for a typical
> user. Is this enough to flip the default?
>
> Here's another proposal: during first boot prompt the user to
> change the default to no-blink, explain the benefits, tell
> them how to switch back if they don't care for it. This way
> nobody will get frustrated or will be surprised their system
> no longer works the way they expect it to.
>
> I know it is more work, but this affects an important UI behavior.
> If 0.2W is not all that important to justify the work, lets drop it.
>

that, according to my calculation, means saving 1 tree every 23 days.
If you promise you are going to plant a tree every 23 days, I think we
should restart the discussions to consider this issue.

Orcan