Brightside
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- This article is about the desktop reactivity software. For the UK electoral ward, see Shiregreen and Brightside.
Template:Infobox Software Brightside adds actions which are activated when the cursor is moved to the corners or edges of a GNOME desktop. It was created to add functionality which the designer perceived as lacking from Metacity and XScreensaver. As of June 2005, Brightside is not an official component of the GNOME desktop environment.
At present, the only action available at screen edges is edge flipping, which was omitted from Metacity since it breaks Fitts' law. At corners, the avaliable actions are:
- Fade out volume
- Prevent screensaver starting
- Start screensaver and lock screen
- Enter DPMS standby mode
- Enter DPMS suspend mode
- Enter DPMS off mode
- Dim screen backlight
- Custom action