If so, the gnome-power-manager programming team and jasonspiro need your feedback:
Do you ever carry your laptop around with the lid open?:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=488027
A “don’t suspend laptop for. X min on close” option. Good idea? Bad?:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=488028
I think it is an extremely interesting and unusual request from a dev, please contribute. The very large ubuntuforums community should consider this as an opportunity to fill the gap between devs and users.
References
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html
(note: he’s provided me with this link in one of the emails we exchanged).
