gnome splash and screensaver lock dialog

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
> Nicu Buculei wrote:
>> Paul W. Frields wrote:
>>>
>>> The lock dialog defaults to the "plain" version for usability reasons
>>> -- that's something that's been decided upstream by GNOME and we
>>> probably won't be changing it any time soon.
>>
>> While I understand the point about usability (and appreciate you did 
>> the work and submitted a design - IIRC this in not the first time you 
>> do that), don't you think the root of the problem has to be addressed?
>> If we think a feature is that bad for usability reasons, shouldn't we 
>> just drop it? Or make the themed dialog more usable or the simple 
>> dialog prettier?
>> There *must* be a way to have something both usable and pleasant 
>> looking.
>>
> +1
>> To me, shipping two dialogs, one that is usable and another that is 
>> pretty is like knowingly ship something broken and just papering over 
>> it a temporary solution.
>> And I learned sometime you have to break the temporary solution to 
>> get the problem solved properly.
>>
> +1 true..
>
> I personally think we should enable lock-screen-dialog theme by 
> default but leave the splash screen off.
> ( with the new gdm look it looks out of place + my laptop is so fast 
> loading I just see for very short time :) )
>
> Not enabling it puts the lock screen out of place with the overall theme.
>
> I also think the lock screen dialog should look closer to the gdm look.
> ( as in the frame/look where the user choose his login account )
>
Hum skip the lock-screen-waves looking more like the gdm login box.

I always end up with conclusion that the gdm login box is out of place.

> We could move the password and the buttons beneath the picture and the 
> display name. (  having that above the user picture and DN seems out 
> of place )
> And drop the login name and the hostname I don't see the purpose of 
> having that at all.
>
If what I mention above is done I think lock-screen-waves would look 
even better :).

Best regards
                  Johann B.
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