Re: [Workrave-user] Micropause timer reset

[William M. <wi...@kn...>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 06:55:13PM +0100, Rob Caelers wrote:
> Note that is possible that those keys do not exist. In that case you
> have to create them.

I installed the deb pkg from the website which apparently is using
gconf. However, I don't see the monitor group and don't see any way to
add a new group via gconf-editor. I found the ~/.gconf/apps/workrave
directory and created a monitor directory but it does not show up in
gconf-editor. What am I missing? I've tried searching the gconf docs and
the web.


> activity: number of milliseconds you have to use mouse/keyboard before
> workrave decides you are active.
> 
> noise: if two "events" (mouse movement or keystrokes) occur and the
> time between those two events is more than noise time, the first event
> is ignored. Example:

Yeah, I can see where this would get confusing. It seems that it comes
down to requiring events to happen within a window before workrave
considers the user active. If the two events are further apart in time
than the noise value, then workrave ignores it. If the two events are
closer together in time than the activity time, workrave ignores it.
Thus two or three rapid keystrokes would be ignored. However, the next
one will cause activity to begin if it's done within the 9s time frame.
I think that I understand it and it's still confusing! I see why you
pulled it :).

You've obviously gone to a lot of effort to come up with an algorithm
that tracks usage. Once monitors can track eye activity, you'll probably
be able to refine this algorithm to meet the needs of folks like myself.
Until then, the ignore idle override (or whatever you're going to call
it) will be a useful feature.

Regards,
William

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