Re: Proposal for inclusion in desktop: gnome-screensaver

[William Jon McCann <mccann jhu edu>]

Hi JP,

JP Rosevear wrote:
> I'm in favour with a couple of notes:
>
> 1. I liked the UI for unlocking circa 0.13 much better than the current

I made some changes in response to Matthew Paul Thomas' analysis [1].  I 
don't agree with all of his conclusions but overall it seemed to be 
"less" which as we all know is "more" - so it won me over.  Also worth 
noting is that as a result of less complexity and fewer images the 
startup time improved significantly.

The changes were basically:

 * Show a "face image" if available
 * Center user's name instead of using a tabular layout for 
username/password fields
 * Don't show the stock lock icon
 * Don't display the "Unlock" button when show the switch users options
 * Remove the progress bar

We have some other bona fide user interface experts on this list so 
maybe they can help out here.

> 2. The extra settings like DPMS need to be exposed like in xscreensaver
> or move somewhere appropriate

I'm hoping that there will soon be one place for all power management UI 
and policy.

Jon

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ScreenSaver